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It's official, Rudd saved Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
... government was expecting the GFC tsunami the number one concern was jobs. And when that's the pre-occupation it's hardly a surprise the government would look to the industries that do the employing. Mining plays way above its weight in how much export ...

CBA in takeover bid for Count Financial

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... Commonwealth Bank has announced a $373 million takeover bid for financial planning group Count Financial, which went into a surprise trading halt this morning before the news. Count Financial share volumes surged yesterday on the Australian Securities ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... the board. I think (investors will be) digesting the results over the past few days and picking the opportunities that surprise on the upside," he said. The major banks were higher, with National Australian Bank the strongest performer, up 1.7 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
The Australian dollar was over half a US cent higher on Thursday, after reaching 106.00 US cents overnight for the first time in two-weeks. At 0710 AEST on Thursday, the Australian dollar was trading at 105.44 US cents, up from 104.78 US cents on Wednesday. ...

A penny saved could spark a recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
"Don't push me cause I'm close to the edge I'm trying not to lose my head, ah-huh-huh-huh" - The Message by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five Recession worries, it seems, travel fast. After doing a tour of the USA, they are now doing the rounds ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
The Australian dollar was slightly weaker at noon on the back of a sluggish equities market. At 1200 AEST on Tuesday, the Australian dollar was trading at 104.93 US cents, up from 104.16 US cents on Monday. Since 1700 AEST on Monday, the local unit ...

Market dives on US downgrade, China demands new reserve currency

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... ratings agency credibility, pointing to their role in the global financial crisis and said the US downgrade shouldn't be a surprise. "They're a lagging indicator, they don't tell us anything the market has not already factored in," he said. "Sure the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... unemployment rate down a notch to 9.1 per cent. Economists had forecast only a net 84,000 jobs generated. The mildly positive surprise on jobs came despite a drumbeat of bad economic news over the past week, which had led some analysts to worry that ...

Agreement reached on debt ceiling

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... risked having their AAA US Treasury holdings downgraded in the event of default. The compromise deal would come as no surprise to John Eisinger, a portfolio manager at Janus Capital Group, who told Financial Standard in May that the US debt-ceiling debacle ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... weekend's fatal high-speed rail crash in China. However, Mumbai fell 1.29 per cent after the Indian central bank announced a surprise 50 basis points rise in interest rates as it struggles to tame inflation. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand share market ...