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Market Wrap - Morning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
... survey for July is revealed. Yesterday, the Australian share market closed relatively flat following modest losses on United States markets on Monday. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had fallen 6.2 points, or 0.12 per cent, to 5005.6, while the broader ...

KiwiSaver to drive fin literacy

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... with the highest returns over the long term. "More sophisticated investment communities such as Australia and the United States embrace growth assets such as global and domestic shares and property. In the United States, 43 per cent of all superannuation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... dollar, all against a backdrop of political unease over Iran and the possibility of a major confrontation with the United States. In London, the FTSE 100 index plunged 145.16 points, or 2.69 per cent, to 5,261.60. FRANKFURT - The DAX lost 151.70 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... rebounded more than one per cent, despite the release of further gloomy economic data and falling markets in the United States and elsewhere. The NZSX-50 benchmark index closed up 39.1 points at 3160.6, on turnover totalling $NZ103.6 million ($A81.76 ...

Market Movers Overnight (8 July)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
Economic data releases overnight give further confirmation that the slowdown in the United States is spreading to other major world economies. German industrial production fell by 2.4 per cent in May from the previous month - the largest drop in nine ...

US pension fund to settle suit for $930m

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
... to approval by the CalPERS Board of Administration, the UnitedHealth Group Board of Directors, and the court. The United States District Court for Minnesota will evaluate the proposed terms and determine whether the settlement will be approved.

Wanted: Wharton scholar

CAMERON BOGGS  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
... applicant will be able to take the Investment Strategies and Portfolio Management program at Wharton University in the United States. Scholarship applications are exclusively open to FEAL members and a selection panel will view each applicant on a case-by-case ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
... banks also were weaker. CMC markets head of trading James Foulsham said although there had been a positive lead from United States markets overnight, local investors had decided to surrender some of the gains made on the domestic bourse yesterday. "It ...

Equity markets back in style

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
... reversed direction in April as optimism prevailed based on the hope and belief that the world, and especially the United States, is near the bottom of the problems facing the credit market," said Howard Silverblatt, senior index analyst at S&P's. S&P's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
... yesterday, after recovering from a poor start as strength among the major banks outweighed a negative lead from the United States and falls in the miners. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 54.8 points, or 0.97 per cent, at 5723.2, and the broader ...