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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
... 2.79 per cent, to 3392.3. NEW YORK - Some of Wall Street's earnings anxiety has eased after companies including United States Steel Corp and American Express Co managed to post profits in a difficult recession. The major indices briefly stumbled after ...

CAAM and Soc Gen merger good for Australia

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... management business, SGAM. The deal also involves merging 20 per cent of TWC, SGAM's asset management subsidiary in the United States. In addition to managing the $1.3 trillion in assets, the merged company will have more than $3.6 billion of net banking ...

Read between the headlines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... printed and electronic headlines around the world before and during his inauguration as the 44th President of the United States has drowned the negative media spin on the outlook for the domestic economy. A day before Obama's inauguration, Access Economics ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... by 4.1 per cent and the S&P 500 dropped by 5.3 per cent as Barack Obama is confirmed as the 44th President of the United States and its First non-white commander-in-chief. Compared with the protests and demonstrations that greeted his predecessor's inauguration ...

The day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
Tomorrow is the inauguration of Mr. Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States. What does the day after tomorrow hold? Long before this event, the media had already been speculating on what First Lady-elect Michelle Obama would be wearing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... to 15,613.90, off its intraday high of 15,781.05. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket finished firmer after United States equities rebounded in the last hour of trading following a back-and-forth session. The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed up 15.16 ...

China syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... slowing. China is slowing. Persistent punches by the global financial crisis has knocked out the economies of the United States, the Eurozone, Japan and the United Kingdom to name a few. By its sheer size and ongoing industrialisation and urbanisation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... New Zealand share market eased on Wednesday but its performance was seen as a relatively good effort given that United States stocks fell the night before. The NZSX-50 index closed down 13.16 points, or 0.48 per cent, at 2711.55 and was little changed ...

Lowenhaupt Global Advisors lands in Oz

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
... of Lowenhaupt Global Advisors in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. "Australia is the first of our offices outside of the United States because of the strong demand for family office services there and our unique partnership with Stuart Black," said Lowenhaupt. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
... market closed around four per cent higher, boosted by gains in the financial and resources sector and a rally on United States markets on Friday. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 141.7 points, or 4.06 per cent, to 3,631.6, while the broader All ...