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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... Nasdaq Composite gained 19.90 points (0.72 per cent) at 2,776.79. The market welcomed payroll firm ADP's report that US companies added 201,000 jobs in March. The private-sector hiring report comes ahead of Friday's keenly awaited March jobs data. With ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... Boyardee maker ConAgra Foods Inc all reported results that beat expectations. Earnings growth has been strong across US companies, which are benefiting from lower costs and stronger revenue overseas. The government also said fewer people filed for unemployment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... has resulted in higher prices, forcing some poor families to spend up to half of their incomes on food. Many large US companies have counted on spending in China for growth. Previously, interest rate hikes in China have resulted in stock losses in the ...

Open fire roasted bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... the 1.9 per cent gain it calculated last month. The latest ADP/Macroeconomic Advisors survey showed that private US companies added 93,000 jobs in November - the largest increase since November 2007 and more than the expected 70K increase. Better still ...

Me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... activity indicators have been improving. Profits continue to expand. The third quarter saw around 80 per cent if US companies beat profit expectations. Forward indicators such as the leading index of economic indicators, the ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing ...

ASIC reaches sixth Westpoint settlement

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
ASIC has reached another Westpoint settlement, this time against Barzen Pty Ltd (formerly Dukes Financial Services) and Joseph Dukes for $1 million. The settlement is subject to the approval of the Federal Court. If approved by the court, the Dukes' ...

Glum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
... things! Not anymore. This time, "we'll never make it, we're doomed!" It doesn't matter that around 80 per cent of US companies in the S&P 500 reported second quarter earnings that topped expectations with many raising their earnings guidance for the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... 10,424.62 after a gain of nearly two per cent, or 200 points, a day earlier on better-than-expected earnings of key US companies. The tech-rich Nasdaq composite index rose 23.58 points, or 1.05 per cent, to 2,269.47 and the broader S&P 500 index added ...

Half-filled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
Another set of dismal data again failed to get Wall Street down last night. Big-named US companies that reported their second quarter results overnight came up short of expectations and worse, some even downgraded their earnings guidance. Data out on ...

Investors get more from Westpoint settlement

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
Investors affected by the Westpoint collapse have scored another win after ASIC reached an agreement to settle its actions against Glenhurst Corporation and its insurer, QBE Insurance (Australia), for $2.5 million. The settlement is subject to the approval ...