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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
The Australian dollar has fallen back from a three-month high as investors wait to see fresh US jobs data and an expected deal between Greece and its creditors.

Waiting for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
But if you, me and Irene are gonna sit around for the rest of the year - unable to move until we see what the actual stats reveal - we might just as well call it a year and go join and help in the liberation of Syria.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
Australian shares have risen sharply after strong gains in commodities prices overnight sent resources stocks surging.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a strong positive lead from both the US and Europe overnight.

What hard landing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
What China's politburo wants, China's politburo gets. And certainly, they don't want their economy to land hard.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
Australian stocks have opened slightly higher after mixed leads from offshore bourses kept investors wary ahead of the start of the local earnings season.

German FM defends Euro

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
The Euro isn't the cause of Europe's economic woes and referring to it as a currency crisis misses the point, said the German foreign minister, Dr Guido Westerwelle, in a strongly worded speech to the Brookings Institution in the US last month.

Nikkei not nice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
External and internal factors drag down the "Land of the Rising Sun"

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher, despite a mainly negative session on Wall Street overnight.