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AAP | WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2006

... and the broader S&P 500 indexes. But US blue-chip stocks ended higher as investors snapped up big-cap stocks like General Motors amid growing concerns about the specter of higher interest rates. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 22.10 points at ...

East beats west in optimism survey: Grant Thornton

... meltdowns in both countries with the US in particular walking a tightrope this year as one of its biggest companies, General Motors, teeters on bankruptcy. This is in stark contrast to India's outlook. Four years ago, business owners recorded a low 25 ...

US defined benefit scheme shake-out continues

In a pre-emptive move to avoid the pension-related miseries of General Motors, US computer giant IBM announced it will close its defined benefit retirement scheme to new employees in favour of a 401(k) system. IBM is the latest of a raft of multinational ...

Market Wrap

AAP | FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2005

... data. NEW YORK - US stocks fell, with the Dow closing at its lowest level in nearly three weeks on weakness in General Motors while investors sold technology shares before Intel's mid-quarter update on its results. The Dow Jones industrial average was ...

Market Wrap

AAP | THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2005

... energy companies fell as oil prices slipped below $US60 a barrel. Also weighing on the blue-chip Dow average was General Motors after the company's chief financial officer John Devine stepped down on Tuesday. The Dow Jones industrial average was down ...

General Motors mortgages driving down to Australia

WWW.THESHEET.COM | WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2005

General Motors Acceptance Corp will open a mortgage funding business in Australia during the first quarter of 2006. Few details of GMAC's business plan are clear, however the company has been hiring staff and working with marketers on its plans. As ...

Marketwrap

... economy fanned worries the Federal Reserve would keep raising interest rates while declines in automakers' like General Motors stemmed from investor concerns about weak November sales, which will be reported tomorrow. The Dow Jones industrial average ...

Pension funds killing GM

Pension fund and health care costs for General Motors (GM) in the US add $A5,000 to the cost of each car, almost sealing the fate of the giant car maker. After earlier reports by Financial Standard that the pension fund burden for GM is one of the factors ...

Market wrap

AAP | THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2005

... of Statistics releases average weekly earnings NEW YORK - US blue-chip stocks ended lower, hurt by a sell-off in General Motors shares over worries about the automotive sector. But the broader market was little changed following a tame inflation report. ...

Market wrap

AAP | FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2005

... The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 20.87 points at 2196.68. The turnaround in the Dow average came after shares of General Motors had dropped to a 23-year low. LONDON - Britain's top shares ended lower as falls by key stocks such as oil giant BP and mobile ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI | 12:42PM

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI | 12:34PM

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI | 12:17PM

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA | 12:29PM

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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