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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street in its last trading session after political leaders signalled a determination to compromise to avoid sending the US economy over the fiscal cliff.

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
The Australian share market has opened flat with investors appearing cautious due to negative leads out of Europe and the US.

You did this! No, you did!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
Finger pointing -- this is what happens when the going gets tough.

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat after a mixed performance on Wall Street and falls in Europe on news the 17-nation eurozone economy fell into recession in the third quarter as a result of the region's sovereign debt crisis.

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
The Australian market is more than three-quarters of a per cent lower after Wall Street plunged overnight.

Spain here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
Australians all, let's be afraid? be very afraid. We are heading down Spain's path to ruin.

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following the US and Europe's leads as workers across indebted eurozone nations protest against their governments' deep austerity programs.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
The Australian market was flat in early trade in the absence of any clear offshore leads.

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite strong falls on Tuesday and a mixed performance on Wall Street overnight amid concern about Greece's debt crisis and a US "fiscal cliff" of spending cuts and tax hikes at year-end which threaten ...

Blame the G

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
"We have been basking in the glory of being one of the few economies to survive the [global financial crisis] but there is an air?we could be doing so much better with the right policies and?leadership."