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World growth to drop by one-fifth, but no US recession: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... expects US growth to slow to 1.5 percent this year, down from 2.2 percent last year, but to stay clearly above the recession red zone. Growth in western Europe is also slowing, driven down by confidence indicators which are generally deteriorating. For ...

Tricom a day late on settlements

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
Stockbroker Tricom Equities yesterday failed to settle all trades relating to its share trading activities from the middle of last week. The Herald Sun reported that Tricom notified the Australian Securities Exchange and other market participants that ...

IRESS signs Asgard and Asteron

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
IRESS Market Technology has expanded its service after entering into key partnerships with Asgard Wealth Solutions and Asteron and upgrading its modelling and insurance products. Asgard Wealth Solutions (Asgard) partnered with IRESS Market Technology ...

Member protection costs will hurt: AUSfund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
Super fund managers should consider placing inactive members into eligible rollover funds to reduce member protection costs, according to AUSfund. Warren Fawcett, manager of the Eligible Rollover Fund (ERF) at AUSfund, said member protection costs would ...

Saving for the kids' textbooks

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
Investment bonds are making a comeback as the vehicle of choice to boost children's school savings. According to statistics from research house Plan for Life, the investment bond market segment is continuing to grow with more than $8 billion in funds ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
... at 12,488.11 and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up 8.79 points, or 0.65 per cent, at 1,362.76. After dipping into the red, by late afternoon, the Nasdaq Composite Index was up 8.15 points, or 0.35 per cent, at 2,358.06. LONDON - Britain's top shares ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... cent, to $114.04. Rio said it had formed a joint venture with the world's largest copper producer, CODELCO, to explore for the red metal in Chile. US stocks rose 0.9 per cent after the government said 117 million US families would receive a tax rebate ...

Oil sours economic rally

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
A recently released PricewaterhouseCoopers survey reveals that senior executives have replaced terrorism with risk of energy supply as a primary concern in 2008. Leading oil-importing economies that share these concerns meet today in the Swiss resort ...

Oil rich city pours $17.1b in SRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
The government of Abu Dhabi is set to become a world leader of alternative energy after investing $17.1 billion in sustainable future energy projects across North Africa and the Middle East. Launched at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi this ...

Asia's de-coupling is on track

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
Despite a 25 per cent drop in the MSCI Emerging Asia Index since last October, there's growing evidence that the region has de-coupled sufficiently from the US economy not to follow it into what could be a deeper recession than 2001. While exports and ...