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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
The Australian share market opened slightly higher, with broad-based gains against a positive international backdrop of growth. At the open (AEDT), the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 40.8 points, or 0.97 per cent, at 4,245.1 and the broader All Ordinaries ...

Boing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
Boing! That's the sound heard all over Wall Street overnight - the sound of rebounding US eco stats, that is. The Street jumped high and pushed the S&P 500 up by 1.1% to its highest close since the 10th of May and 10 points shy of the three-year summit ...

Platypus wins court case

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
A Victorian Supreme Court Justice ruled in favour of Platypus Asset Management yesterday, in its dispute with a former employee. Philip Pepe was employed as a senior analyst at Platypus from April 2006 to October 2007. In August 2008 he filed a claim ...

BUSS(Q) hires advice and contributions manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
Queensland fund BUSS(Q) has hired Damien Simonfi and David Southwood to fill two newly created positions of financial advice manager and contributions arrears manager. BUSS(Q) has appointed Southwood as financial advice manager. Southwood will focus ...

Positive contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
Running of the bulls. Peppered with undeniably wonderful set of numbers, Wall Street couldn't have it any other way overnight. The Dow closed 1.2 per cent higher - the biggest daily advance in about a month - the S&P 500 surged 1.4 per cent and the ...

Lucky, lucky, lucky

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
Australians all let us rejoice! We should be so lucky. Lucky. Lucky. Lucky. For a teeny-weeny land that represents only around 2 per cent of the global economy, nobody expected that this "lucky country" would be this lucky. While the biggest economies ...

Not your average Clark Kent

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
He doesn't fly or fight villains, but guides members through the superannuation maze - meet Media Super's latest mascot, Super Hero. The latest "member" of the $2.5 billion Media Super team has been designed to help members understand their investment ...

Too much ado about pig flu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the waters, a pig comes along. And if you've been following the headlines and the pig stories you'll be scared - very scared. Wall Street grew fearful as the reported infection tally of people and countries ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
The Australian share market gained ground at noon after most sectors advanced following a rally on Wall Street overnight amid growing optimism about the prospect for an economic recovery in the US. At 1213 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 had gained 54.6 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks gained on an upbeat profit report from electronics retailer Best Buy Co and the increase in unemployment slowed. Resource and energy stocks may also gain on rising commodity prices ...