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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
... by a rally on Wall Street, while Japanese traders were still on a high after Tokyo's successful bid to host the Olympic Games in 2020. On Tuesday Tokyo was up 1.54 per cent, or 218.13 points, at 14,423.36, adding to its 2.48 per cent rise on Monday as ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... per cent, or 204.01 points, to 13,860.81, with speculation that the capital would fail in its bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games adding to downward pressure. Hong Kong rose 0.10 per cent, or 23.25 points, to 22,621.22 and Shanghai climbed 0.83 per cent ...

NFL dispute over 401(k) touches down

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... didn't perform as expected and were responsible for a series of controversial decisions that have marred major football games. Outraged NFL fans, team owners and media proprietors forced both sides back to the negotiation table early this week. Under ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... rose 0.97 per cent to close at 5,627.21 points as the focus in the British capital turned towards the start of the Olympic Games. The Paris CAC 40 jumped by 2.28 per cent to 3,280.19 points, while Frankfurt's DAX 30 was 1.62 per cent higher at 6,689.40. ...

Grexit and the games people play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... because of the game of chicken Greece and its paymasters (Germany, in particular) are playing. Cue in Joe South: "Oh the games people play now Every night and every day now Never meaning what they say now Never saying what they mean." -- Games People ...

Financial Standard launches SelectingSuper iPad app

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... comprehensive listing of their fund in the directory section of the SelectingSuper iPadA(R) app. They can add videos, interactive games, fund ratings and social media widgets onto their page. "Technology and demographic trends both suggest more people ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... space, Zynga said it plans to raise up to $1.15 billion in a keenly awaited initial public offering that values the US online games giant at $7 billion. A joint venture between Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks said it would sell wireless ...

Fund managers out-invest school kids

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
At this year's ASX Schools Sharemarket Games, the 60,000 participating school students showed that they have only half the skill of professionals investment managers. The results should come as welcome relief to managed funds investors throughout Australia ...

Wealthy prefer online shopping

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... across more item categories. For example, while the major categories are now clothes, airline tickets, music and computer games, this will broaden into higher yield bigger ticket categories such as financial services as the current wave of younger online-savvy ...

DC theatrics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... concern would litter the headlines again once the debt ceiling stalemate becomes game, set and match. (apologies for mixing my games) The positive in all these is that, equity markets have already factored in a slow growing US economy as far as the eye ...