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US insurer postpones IPO

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2010
... distributed through independent agencies, and the tenth largest writer of all property and casualty insurance in the United States, based on 2009 net written premiums, the company said. The division and offers commercial and personal property and casualty ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
The Australian share market was slightly weaker at noon on Thursday, following a negative lead from United States markets overnight. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 5.4 points lower, by 0.12 per cent, at 4,619.8 points, while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... A senior trader with MG Global, Anthony Anderson, said it had been a good morning's trade on thin volumes. "The United States talked about quantitative easing and the banks are performing well," Mr Anderson said. "The insurance sector, apart from QBE ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
The Australian stock market at noon on Tuesday was higher, following a rise on United States markets overnight. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 14.9 points, or 0.32 per cent, at 4,646.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index had ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
The Australian share market is expected to open higher on Monday in the wake of gains on United States markets and strong Chinese economic data released over the weekend. On Friday, Wall Street lifted as a better-than-expected wholesale inventory report ...

Fuld me twice

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... argued Thomas Baxter, general counsel of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. "Instead, the Federal Reserve, the United States Treasury Department, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and others tried hard to save it - not for its own sake, of course ...

Double positive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... (10 May) and minus 3.9 per cent (20 May). Double positive. Positive manufacturing surveys out of the numero uno (United States) and numero dos (China) biggest economies in the globe ignited the fuse that sent Wall Street soaring last night. The US Institute ...

Market Wrap - Midmorning

MARKET WRAP - MIDDAY  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
The Australian stock market opened lower on Friday, following a fall on United States markets overnight. At 1010 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 16.8 points lower, or 0.38 per cent, at 4,339.2 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
... their lowest level in over a month as investors sold out of equities in response to renewed economic concerns in the United States. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lost 61.2 points, or 1.4 per cent, at 4,320.1, while the broader All Ordinaries index dropped ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
The Australian stock market at noon continued to trade lower after United States markets fell in the wake of disappointing housing data and more concerns about the recovery in the US economy. At 1200 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...