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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... or 0.94 per cent, to 5,067.8. NEW YORK - US stocks fell 1.1 per cent on Friday amid sustained worries over the financial health of mortgage-financing firms Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae and lingering concerns about corporate earnings. Shares in the two ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
... NEW YORK - Wall Street managed to book solid gains Thursday in seesaw trade, amid lingering concerns about the financial health of two big mortgage finance firms and Lehman Brothers. On the positive side of the ledger, traders said Dow Chemical's move ...

Bear market poses threat to mining

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
... But it is critical to remember there are hundreds of other companies at their start up phases whose long-term financial health remains in the shadows. "A lot of these companies live and die by capital raisings. [They] raise capital, get the cash and ...

Asia Pac equities in the red

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
... past few weeks, Aberdeen Asset Management claims that any further share price corrections would be good for the financial health of the region. Investors have indiscriminately pumped capital into Asian stockmarkets, investing in a multitude of "good" ...

Debenture devil in the detail

... "loan to valuation ratio" (LVR) figures and the role of credit rating agencies in providing information on the financial health of the debenture companies. "The LVR is a critical one for investor. A market value is different to a forced sale value so ...

BankWest throws a barbie

... accessible" than traditional branches. Besides the free food, the group offered those who visited the branch with free financial health checks and one-time offers, such as no application fee on personal loans and home loans and 10,000 free bonus reward ...

Don't gamble with personal insurance: AXA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
... Australians need insurance that evolves and responds to both their immediate and future needs. When it comes to the financial health of Australians, insurance can't afford to be considered a discretionary item."

AIOFP forms Westpoint Recovery Fund

... planners themselves have started blaming the group's directors and auditor KPMG for misrepresenting the company's financial health. Meanwhile the Financial Planning Association (FPA) released a statement saying that planners have to ensure they put investor's ...

Market wrap

... fractionally higher, trimming early gains as caution ahead of a slew of tech earnings and concerns about the financial health of GM hit index futures. The Nikkei rose 22.06 points to 13,417.08. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks ended half a per cent lower ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2005
... prices relieved investors' worry about inflation and strong earnings from GE lifted optimism about corporate financial health. Shares of GE rose almost one per cent on the New York Stock Exchange. The company, generally considered a barometer of the ...