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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
... lunch on "The Future of Payments". The Australian share market closed lower on Tuesday following a steep drop on United States markets where investors were again unsettled by the health of banks. The local bourse fell as Reserve Bank of Australia governor ...

Green sprouts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
... appliances, landscaping and plumbing and even nail manufacturers. Add this to the green sprouts starting to show in the United States and China and you have the makings of a turnaround. Yes there are still problems. Some greedy bank or institution might ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
... stock markets mostly dropped on Friday, as unemployment soared and the service sector contracted further in the United States in a stark reminder of the dismal state of the world economy. London's FTSE 100 index closed down 95.3 points, or 2.31 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
... Townsville. On Monday, The Australian share market closed lower to follow weaker Asian bourses and a negative lead from United States markets. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 dropped 67.9 points, or 1.85 per cent, to 3,604.4, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... Australian share market closed higher as investors felt a surge of optimism in the wake of a positive performance from United States markets. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 37.3 points, or 1.03 per cent, at 3,646.6, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

The light, the light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... JESUS H. TAP-DANCING CHRIST... I HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT! Reverend Cleophus James: Praise God! Elwood: And God bless the United States of America! Jake: How often does the train go by? Elwood: So often that you won't even notice it. Wall Street was shown ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... confounding analysts who had expected a 2.4 per cent decline. The department also said that sales of new homes in the United States rose 4.7 per cent in February after six months of consecutive declines. The yield on the US ten-year Treasuries rose 0.09 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... share market strengthened after Wall Street took heart from new Federal Reserve moves to resuscitate the ailing United States economy. New Zealand's benchmark NZSX-50 index closed up 26.88 points, or 1.03 per cent, to 2633.21.

Vanguard launches ETFs in Oz

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... US$650 billion in assets now available to institutional and individual investors. Five of the 10 most actively traded United States equities are ETFs. Vanguard's head of retail, Robin Bowerman, said that while ETF takeup in Australia has been muted compared ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... 1,404.02. LONDON - Stock markets rose around the world on Monday on tentative hopes of economic recovery in the United States, but analysts warned that the upbeat bull market was likely to be short-lived. London's FTSE 100 index gained 110.31, or 2.94 ...