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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... Tuesday. The euro was at $US1.4432 compared with $US1.4437. The European common currency fell to 110.54 yen from 110.77 yen. Oil was mixed amid concerns over geopolitical tensions after Iran dispatched ships to the Red Sea on a patrol mission saying ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... according to IRESS data, while energy stocks had slipped 0.98 per cent. Major energy producers were down more than one per cent - Oil Search was off 10 cents at $6.32, Woodside was 62 cents lower at $34.70 and Santos had slipped 15 cents to $11.55. But ...

Bonds, where the real money is

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... example, China owns about 26% of the bonds issued by US government, followed by the Japanese who own 20%, the UK 6% and combined oil exporting countries who own about 5%. Another twist is that most government debt is owed to each countrys' voters so ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... Fund chief Christine Lagarde that weaker European banks, heavily exposed to troubled eurozone debt, needed to recapitalise. Oil prices rose meanwhile, helped by the US consumer spending data and with traders trying to see if there was any impact from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... quiet holiday trade. "I wouldn't be surprised to see a consolidation day for the Australian dollar," he said. The prices of oil, gold and copper all rose overnight, lending support to the Australian dollar. Mr Hollows said there was little economic news ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... senior trader Stuart Ive said the Australian dollar had outperformed overnight as equity markets and commodities, including oil, gold and copper, all tracked higher. "There is a little bit of stability coming into the market to a certain degree," Mr ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... Australian stocks are looking at a brighter day today, after Wall Street staged a stunning turnaround in late trade overnight. Oil fell again, but metals generally were higher. At 0710 AEST on the ASX 24 on Monday, the September share price index futures ...

Praemium appoints new CEO as platform business booms

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... earlier. Ohanessian has held several chief executive roles in technology related businesses. He spent ten years with Mobil Oil, before joining Boston Consulting Group and later becoming chief executive officer at Vision BioSystems and then Genetic Technologies. ...

Goodbye or good buy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... there was better news on the US labour market. And get this... commodity prices have been on the skids too. Take the price of oil, for instance. Crude oil prices have fallen by 28.8% to US$81.15 per barrel last night from its 2011 peak of US$113.93 back ...

It's a deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... Fed - anticipate growth to rebound in the second half of the year as the negative impact of some temporary factors (higher oil prices, supply chain disruptions) dissipates.