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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2007
... 26.66 points, or 1.76 per cent, to finish at 1,490.72. The Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 45.80 points, or 1.77 per cent, to close at 2,541.38. LONDON - Britain's index of 100 leading shares fell to its lowest close in a month in choppy trade as the ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
... ending weaker, as it struggled to gain footing after a poor New York lead and lower metal prices hurt the miners. At the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 33.7 points to 6337.1, while the all ordinaries shed 32.5 points to 6367.4. NEW YORK ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
... finishing lower, and the S&P 500 snapped a six-day streak of gains. Bernanke said the economy is set to grow at a moderate pace, close to or slightly below its current pace, in coming months, but he warned that the risks of elevated levels of inflation ...

Economic round-up: Wage wars

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2007
In Western Australia some small businesses have had to close because they cannot compete in the wage wars with mining companies who are offering premium pay packets to workers. There is increasing pressure on the hospitality, retail and manufacturing ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2007
... post its full year results. Miner Great Western Exploration Ltd lists. The Australian share market surged to fresh highs at close yesterday. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was ahead 59.4 points at a record of 6392.9, surpassing its previous best of 6369.0 ...

Aberdeen finalises restructure

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
... on relevant DeAM assets under management of approximately $11.5 billion, with the transfer of the businesses effective at close of business last week.

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
... ground as the jitters from Shanghai faded and enthusiastic BHP Billiton Ltd investors lifted the bourse's fortunes. At the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 20 points to 6333.5, while the all ordinaries gained 21.7 points to 6363.5. NEW YORK ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2007
... futures contract was 13 points higher at 6,345 on a volume of 3,988 contracts. The S&P 500 reached a second straight record close on news of a $US6.8 billion ($A8.27 billion) takeover in the financial sector and data pointing to economic strength in ...

Advisers need to think small for big profits

Financial advisers are missing out on a $3.76 trillion market by not engaging with the small to medium-size Australian business sector, according to Brian Boggs of financial planning and education company ili. Speaking at the 13th annual Rainmaker Information ...

Chilean pension system faces reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
... between 2020 and 2025 are "likely to receive a pension of about 44 percent of their final salaries, with a wide variation-from close to 100 percent, at one extreme, to nearly zero, at the other." Other people may even retire with pension savings so low ...