Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 8361 - 8370 of 9744 results for "Major"

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
... trading. Woodside Petroleum climbed 40 cents to $45.40, Oil Search three cents to $4.28, and Santos seven cents to $13.97. The major banks were all in the black. National Australia Bank jumped 41 cents to $40.98, Westpac 23 cents to $25.76, and the Commonwealth ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
... day, whether we are five points on either side of this position," Mr Russell said. "Once again we have seen gains in the major resources stocks on the back of rises in the commodity prices and that is where I think the prices will driven in the shorter-term. ...

QSuper champions fin literacy

... improve the financial literacy of its 470,000-odd members, including the largely overlooked Gen X and Gen Y segments. A major supporter of the Financial Literacy Foundation, which features money guru Paul Clitheroe on the advisory board, QSuper has taken ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
... prices boosted energy shares, while data showing moderate inflation lifted economy optimism. Exxon Mobil's stock led the major advancers in the S&P 500, as crude rose on gasoline supply concerns. A day after the biggest gain in the Dow industrials in ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2007
... Index dropped 16.12 points to finish at 1,493.00. The Nasdaq Composite Index slid 22.38 points to close at 2,549.77. The major miners fell back after resource prices tumbled overnight, with copper and nickel suffering the biggest losses. BHP Billiton ...

Industry funds to boost planner numbers

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2007
Industry funds are looking to offer members access to a greater numbers of financial planners to try and counter the near 15,000 retail-oriented planners now advising in Australia. Currently, industry funds offer commission-free financial planing to ...

Economic round-up: Greenspan versus the poet

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2007
... influence than he's given credit for with his economic observations. Trying to turn down the heat on the world's fastest-growing major economy, China's Premier Wen Jiabao relies on a team of technical advisors led by central bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan ...

Tax cheats handed decade in jail

Three South Australians were sentenced to a total of 12 years imprisonment for committing a tax fraud amounting to $6.8 million. 62-year old Maxwell John Reid, 48-year old Edna Reid and 75-year old Graham Ernest Dasborough were found guilty of a total ...

Macq appoints new WA business manager

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
Macquarie Adviser Services (MAS) has appointed former Skandia executive Rob Thompson as its new strategic business manager in Western Australia. Thompson has more than 17 years experience in the industry, and will be in charge of exploring new business ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2007
... as Treasury yields surged above 5 per cent, reinforcing fears that global inflation would force borrowing costs to rise. Major indices posted their biggest three-day drop since February's global equity rout, and their biggest one-day loss in three months. ...