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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... HONG KONG - Asian markets fell in cautious trade as a Standard & Poor's warning of a possible downgrade for the eurozone offset news that France and Germany had outlined a plan to save the single currency. Tokyo gave up 1.39 per cent, or 120.82 points ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
The Australian market is set to open significantly higher as world markets surged on a move by six central banks to boost liquidity for banks weighed down by downgraded government debt. European markets rose by over three per cent and Wall Street is ...

OECD: Economy to grow by 4% next year

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... counteract global events, saying that "stringent spending control, consistent with the Government's plans, is still necessary to offset the revenue declines induced by the financial crisis and natural disasters". Stating that the euro now appeared to ...

SG rise through House of Representatives

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... parliament to legislate an employer obligation from 9% of payroll to 12%, no union in their right mind in Australia is going to offset their wage claims for an obligation employers already have been told by the parliament they have to carry," said An ...

Doubt over CGT relief delaying fund mergers

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... before removing the arrangements last month. The relief enabled merging funds to carry forward their capital losses to be offset against future gains. While the Government has indicated that it will now consider applications for Capital Gains Tax (CGT) ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... Corporation was down three to $3.16 after saying strong and profitable growth in mobile and broadband customer numbers would offset a higher-than-expected fall in revenue from its Sensis business in the current financial year. National turnover was 819.5 ...

ASFA: Retirement costs on the rise

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... states. Transport costs were little different between the quarters with an increase in the cost of motor vehicle servicing offset by a fall in the price of petrol. The prices of leisure goods and services rose by 0.9% between the quarters, with the cost ...

Weekend worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
The weekend is coming - another worry weekend. For about 3 weeks running, European policymakers have kept us hanging and guessing about what lies ahead the Monday after. Consider this: We spent the 22-23 October weekend worrying over France and Germany's ...

Italy's bond market collapse puts US back in favour

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... economies are now. This week's developments are expected to dampen to the 7.4% annual returns from international bonds, perhaps offset by relaxing the upward on the AUD as previously Australia-bound capital renews interest in the US. In a case of good ...

ANZ profit climbs 19% to $5.36 billion

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... after tax in wealth was 16% lower than last year due to volatile market conditions while new insurance business growth was offset by adverse general insurance claims and life lapse rate experience. New Zealand profit rose by 54% to $692 million, as conditions ...