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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... September share price index contract was 93 points lower at 4,245. Economic news scheduled for Wednesday includes the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations skilled job vacancy report, Reserve Bank of Australia financial aggregates ...

Waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... is underscored by the continued flow of mixed messages out of the US. There was good news last night. The Commerce Department reported that personal income, personal spending and personal savings all increased in May. Read, US wages and salaries are ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... Democratic-controlled Congress before going to President Barack Obama's desk to be signed. On the economic front, the Commerce Department revised lower its estimate of first-quarter growth in gross domestic product, a broad measure of the country's output ...

Waiting to see

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... economies and financial markets going forward. Consider this. Here's the joint release by the US Census Bureau and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development: "Sales of new single-family houses in May 2010 were at a seasonally adjusted annual ...

Toot those Vuvuzelas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
... (CEDA), and Queensland Resources Council chief executive Michael Roche addresses a CEDA lunch in Brisbane. And in Perth, Department of Treasury executive director revenue group, David Parker, is speaking at a Committee for Economic Development of Australia ...

Progress fast tracks bank fraud alert

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... potential fraudulent activity in credit cards and other products. For example, once an agent within the bank's fraud department detects a pattern of fraud regarding credit card activity, they can use Progress' software to automatically suspend the card ...

Australian Ethical appoints CIO

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
Australian Ethical has appointed current head of research, James Jordan, as its chief investment officer replacing Martin Halloran who leaves on 30 June. Phillip Vernon, chief executive Australian Ethical, said Jordan has been a key part of the investment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... broad-market S&P 500 index advanced 4.45 points (0.41 per cent) to settle at 1,102.83. Most analysts expected the Labor Department on Friday will report 500,000 non-farm jobs were created last month, up from 290,000 in April, and the unemployment rate ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... April 2006, before climbing back to $US1.2298. Stocks received support from two upbeat economic reports: the Commerce Department said construction spending rose by the biggest amount in nearly a decade, its 2.7 per cent April gain the largest since August ...