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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
... lowest in almost four years, due to growing concern about demand in the world's biggest energy consuming nation, the United States. Copper, the benchmark industrial metal, lost 8.5 cents to $US1.4695 in New York. "Commodities are now seeing the brunt ...

Macfarlane calls for a new regulatory regime

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
... exchanges so they can be priced openly and their risks measured. Fragmented regulatory regimes, particularly in the United States, have to be brought together. "There are four regulators of banks in the United States. The monoline insurers were supervised ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
... 13,542.66. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand share market finished a bleak week with a strong performance on Friday, after United States equities finished with big gains after another rollercoaster ride. The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed up 38.045 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... New Zealand sharemarket slid as Asian shares fell for a second day after another poor session for equities in the United States. The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed down 27.377 points, or 0.978 per cent, at 2772.186.

The good oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... economic growth will continue to slow in the coming months. This is not surprising given that the big economies of the United States, the United Kingdom, the Eurozone and Japan are on the precipice of a recession. In addition, even China is feeling the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
... The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher today after Wall Street advanced as voting proceeded in the United States in hope the next president will act on the financial crisis. At 0749 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract ...

Citibank narrows retail product

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... or less in recent months. Ramage said the decision was made locally and not driven out of the region or from the United States. He noted the opportunity to pick up more home loan business as other funders, such as those dependent on securitisation and ...

The luckier country

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... Australia will escape a recession. This is in contrasts with market expectations for a recession in the economies of the United States, Japan, the Eurozone and the United Kingdom, among others. But despite this benign forecast for Australia, there is ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... Hang Seng Index fell 774.57 points to 14,266.6. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket slid again after falls in United States equities on fears of a global recession and a rash of disappointing earnings. The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed down 52.621 ...

India fund opens to unlisted assets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... base. The credit crunch has not changed India's growth in domestic demand or its lack of direct exposure to the United States," he said.