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Instos lobby for Main Street

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... Ira Millstein, senior associate dean for corporate governance at Yale and for many years corporate counsel to top US companies, commented that Dodd's corporate governance provisions were key. "Do have confidence in long-term shareholders to act like ...

End game II

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
... of 1988. This would give America license to engage in punitive actions against China and also make it easier for US companies to seek import duties to compensate for the undervalued currency. Just think of all the jobs we could generate - and the boost ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... 0.33 per cent, at 4,773.4 points. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks jumped on Friday after the government reported that US companies shed fewer jobs than expected in February, with the unemployment rate holding steady from the previous month. The Dow Jones ...

Sentiment stirs bad mood

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... non-manufacturing index has also risen above 50 last month. The US leading indicator has also picked up pace. Majority of US companies have beaten already raised earnings estimates in the current reporting season. And so on and so forth and etcetera. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... gains this year. When it falls, the dollar makes commodities cheaper for foreign buyers and increase profits for US companies that do business outside the US. The dollar has fallen steadily against other currencies since March as investors take advantage ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... and warnings directed at several governments, reports showed manufacturing is weak in the UK and Germany, and major US companies announced poor earnings. At 0807 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 54 points ...

Weight in gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... the past few weeks, we've seen equity markets swoon despite better-than-expected reported third quarter earnings by US companies - reportedly 80 per cent of which beat estimates. This was just not enough to soothe nerves rattled by speculation that the ...

Too big to fail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
... US third quarter earnings, but the signs are there...and they are positive. According to Bloomberg, 34 of the 41 US companies that reported earnings since 7 October beat market expectations. That's an 83 per cent hit rate! More, their actual results ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
... per cent, to 1,097.91. LONDON - European stocks shot up on Monday on expectations of more upbeat results from major US companies this week amid hopes of a global economic recovery. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of leading shares jumped 91.3 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
... markets closed weaker on Wednesday as investors for the most part stayed on the sidelines, waiting for signs that key US companies had secured healthy profits in the third quarter. The London FTSE index fell 29.08, or 0.57 per cent, to 5108.9. FRANKFURT ...