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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
... in the market comes after a weak lead from Wall Street, where stocks were pulled back by a poor outlook from Procter & Gamble, disappointing earnings from US Steel and a report showing consumer confidence at a two-year low fuelled worries about the economy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
... Mineral and Atticus Resources will list on the ASX. NEW YORK - US stocks fell overnight after a weak outlook from Procter & Gamble, disappointing earnings from US Steel and a report showing consumer confidence at a two-year low fuelled worries about ...

Consulting the cows

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
... harvests. This year the cows chose only corn from the buffet, which apparently isn't good news. But economic predictions are a gamble at the best of times and along with economists, Cambodia's royal cows haven't always proved accurate - they didn't predict ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2007
... the September 11, 2001, attacks. Investors snapped up defensive stocks, including shares of companies such as Procter & Gamble Co and Altria Inc, the parent of cigarette maker Philip Morris. Health-care stocks also rose, with shares of Merck & Co up ...

Don't gamble with personal insurance: AXA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
Australians seem only too happy to invest in Lotto and gamble with personal insurance, something AXA finds puzzling considering how unlikely it is a Lotto win will be there to support them when their income can't. Statistically, it's no small gamble. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2006
... volatile session, with gains in Apple Computer Inc. lifting the Nasdaq, while shares of consumer goods maker Procter & Gamble Co. helped boost the blue-chip Dow. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 42.66 points to 11,242.59. The Standard & Poor's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2006
... contract closed day trading down 66 points to 4903 on a volume of 25,252 contracts. NEW YORK - US stocks rose as Procter & Gamble Co beat earnings expectations and software maker Adobe Systems Inc. affirmed its profit forecast, renewing optimism about ...

Virgin motors on with new chief

... appointed NRMA's David Wakeley as its new chief executive officer two months after the resignation of founding chief Rohan Gamble. "We were somewhat overwhelmed by the number of applications we had to wade through for the role and in David we found a ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2006
... after strong economic data renewed concerns about rising interest rates and an outlook by consumer products maker Procter & Gamble missed expectations. A three per cent drop in crude oil prices also hit energy companies. The Dow Jones industrial average ...

Virgin Money on the hunt for new CEO

Virgin Money is on the lookout for a new CEO after it announced that its founding managing director Rohan Gamble has resigned. The news comes only a few days before Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson arrives to launch Virgin's third financial offering ...