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Westpoint auditors get just desserts

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
... these periods and have their next three audits following these respective periods reviewed by KPMG's partner in charge, department of professional practice- audit. They must also pay ASIC's investigation and legal costs. Fullarton and Kelly signed unqualified ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... Chan said. "The market has already run hard, but you can't stop the momentum at the moment." On Friday, the US Labor Department said the country's unemployment rate unexpectedly had dipped to 9.4 per cent, its first decline in 15 months. That sent US ...

Dead cat bouncers dead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... Statistics reported that the unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.8 per cent in July from June. In the US, the Labor Department announced a dip in the jobless rate to 9.4 per cent in July - the lowest since August last year - from 9.5 per cent in the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
... cent in just 16 days. The market put up modest gains as many traders held their positions and looked toward the Labor Department's employment report on Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 33 points. On Monday, the blue chips jumped 115 points ...

Christmas in July

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
... contraction of only 0.8 per cent in the second quarter from -2.4 per cent in the first. And more recently, the US Commerce Department reported that US second quarter real GDP growth contracted at an annualised rate of 1 per cent - a more than substantial ...

Greener than green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... to be nothing for investors to do but wait, and protect their profits while they sit. And then came the US Commerce Department reporting greener than green shoots sighted in the housing market. Wall Street rejoiced. Yes, Virginia. Remember housing and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... looked past data on consumer inflation which appeared to be skewed by a temporary surge in energy prices. The Labor Department said its consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.7 per cent in June. The market's rally gathered momentum after the Federal Reserve ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
... Wednesday, kicking off the second-quarter earnings season. Investors were encouraged also by a report from the Labor Department showing that the number of initial jobless benefits claims fell last week to 565,000 - the lowest level since early January ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
... 3875.2 points. NEW YORK - A dour report on job losses in the United States in June sent stocks sharply lower. The Labor Department reported that US employers shed 467,000 jobs in June, pushing the unemployment rate to a fresh 26-year high of 9.5 per ...

Scheuber appointed QSuper chairman

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
... member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. QSuper also appointed Norelle Deeth, former director-general, Department of Child Safety, Walter Ivessa, assistant under treasurer, Queensland Treasury, and Michael Barnes, general secretary, Queensland ...