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BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
... thank for its good fortune. Exceptional Chinese growth has underpinned growth in the domestic economy because of China's heavy appetite for Australia's major export - resources. And this is being reflected by the shining performance of the S&P/ASX 300 ...

ACCC opposes NAB/AXA merger

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... including feedback from planners, dealer groups and investment product providers. "The undertakings as proposed place a heavy reliance upon IOOF having sufficient distribution capability to provide an effective competitive constraint upon existing key ...

AMIST appoints CIO

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
... make trustees more accountable for their fund's investments. "I think more and more super funds will be required to do the heavy lifting on their investments," he said.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
Local markets have received strongly negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with heavy falls on Wall Street, oil falling below $US75, and metals, too generally lower. Only gold futures rose. At 0717 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
The Australian share market has received mixed to positive leads from offshore trading overnight. US stock indices were higher, Europe equities were mixed, and metals and oil, too, returned mixed results. At 0731 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
The Australian share market was down in intra-day trading by noon, but gained off its lows of the session, buoyed by earnings results. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 35.6 points lower, or 0.8 per cent, at 4,424.0 points, while the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... or 0.01 per cent, to 10,465.94 while the broader S&P 500 index gained 0.07 point, or 0.01 per cent, to 1,101.60. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index rose 3.01 points, or 0.13 per cent, to 2,254.7. LONDON - European stock markets closed lower after ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
The Australian share market was up about half a per cent at noon, buoyed by rising banking stocks. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 22.7 points, or 0.51 per cent, at 4,508.8 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had risen ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... tumbled 261.41 points (2.52 per cent) to finish at 10,097.90. All 30 of the Dow's blue-chip stocks closed in the red. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index dropped 70.03 points (3.11 per cent) to 2,179.05 while the broad-market S&P 500 index shed 31.60 ...

Goldman Sachs pay $620m to settle SEC lawsuit

SEC RELEASE, BLOOMBERG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... settlement is a stark lesson to Wall Street firms that no product is too complex, and no investor too sophisticated, to avoid a heavy price if a firm violates the fundamental principles of honest treatment and fair dealing," he said. Around $280 million ...