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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... addresses a Trans-Tasman Business Circle luncheon in Sydney. Fairfax Digital chief executive Jack Matthews addresses an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia luncheon. Gerard Lighting Group Ltd and Vantage Goldfields Ltd list on the ASX. The Australian ...

Goldman Sachs under investigation

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
... the market collapse." The 'Buy Below the Market' contract was developed in house by Goldman Sachs and was marketed as 'American call options". In reality, it was a rolling futures contract, not an option, noted the press statement. Attempts to resolve ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
... news scheduled for Friday. In company news, National Broadband Network chief executive Mike Quigley will address the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia in Sydney. Beverage giant Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd and STW Communications Group Ltd will hold annual ...

Feeding the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
Feeding the fear. Times like these, it's not so difficult to do. Just replace the word "Greece" with "global" in Greece sovereign crisis and what do you have? You have Global Sovereign Crisis and the attendant panic and volatility in the financial markets ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... Leisure holds its annual general meeting. Commonwealth Bank of Australia chief executive Ralph Norris will address an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia luncheon about the changing landscape of Australian banking. On Tuesday, the Australian sharemarket ...

Seek and thou shalt find

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
... country still a sovereign if creditors dictate its policies? Come to think of it, what does it say about the present Sino-American buyer-creditor relationship? Seek and thou shalt find. There's concern as to what will happen to the fledgling recovery ...

US instos get active on human rights

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
... Case Guide for PRI Signatories, found more than 40 shareholder proposals regarding labour standards appeared on North American ballots of companies based in the region. The proposals came from a number of sources including US-based Amalgamated Bank ...

Investec gains $45m from instos for aircrafts

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
... bought an aircraft operating leasing portfolio from the International Lease Finance Corporation, a subsidiary of the American International Group (AIG). Macquarie Bank Limited agreed to buy 47 aircrafts for more than $1.6 billion and was funded using ...

Grass is greener in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
... Those who are in the business of speculating on when and how much Beijing would revalue its currency need only to watch American politicians' lips. The more they open their mouths, the less likelihood of a renminbi revaluation.

Wall Street beauties

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
What's better than the Dow passing 11,000 and the S&P 500 jumping beyond 1,200? When they're backed by fundamentals and not wishful skips in the dark. Yes ladies and gents, although I warned yesterday that Wall Street's uptrend could run out of steam ...