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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... divest loss-making North American operations and close 80 stores as annual profit has plunged 98 per cent. NEW YORK, Sept 15 AFP - Shares in Research In Motion fell sharply in after-hours trading Thursday after the BlackBerry maker said it shipped fewer ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... while the broader All Ordinaries index rose 7.6 points, or 0.18 per cent, to 4,277.4 points. ENERGY NEW YORK, Sept 9, 2011 (AFP) - Oil prices tumbled Friday, along with stock markets, as concerns intensified about the health of the European and US economies ...

Unshaken and unstirred

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... doing the rounds of the financial markets. Japan was again shaken by a strong aftershock but financial markets hardly stirred. AFP reports that, "A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake late hit the same area of Japan ravaged by disaster a month ago, seismologists ...

We shall overcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... that the world is an ugly place to put your money. The nuclear crisis is Japan remains unresolved. Here's the latest from AFP, "Japan said it was on "maximum alert" over a crippled nuclear plant where radioactive water has halted repair work and plutonium ...

Chile not so hot on fixed income

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... cash into fixed income over equities and aggressively hedged their investments to potential currency fluctuations. Chile's AFP system was introduced in 1981 to help people set aside more money for their retirement. Since then, more than 11.6 million ...

FPA to offer Life Risk course

... chief executive Jo-Anne Bloch said the FPA has developed the new education program to enable Associate Financial Planners (AFP) practitioner members to gain a professional identification in their area of speciality. The new program combines modules on ...

Investors Accru SMAs

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
High net worth advice specialists Accru Financial Planning (AFP) have partnered with BlackRock to offer Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs) on its menu. Director Matthew Kidd said BlackRock's size and international reach, including the future inclusion ...

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 ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2006
The Australian Fair Pay Commission yesterday increased the national minimum wage for low paid workers by $27.36 to $700 and by $22.04 for those above $700 in a decision that was supported by both major political parties and the union movement but opposed ...

ASIC comes down on financial services fraud

... people to deal in financial products and carrying on an unlicensed financial services business. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) have also stepped in, charging McKim with forgery and using forged documents. After it was clear that McKim was under ...