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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
The Australian dollar was higher at noon, as Japan's central bank pumped more cash into the currency market.

A friend like Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
Blink and you would have missed it. Financial markets are back in forward gear once more.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
The Australian stock market is expected to open firmer on Tuesday, following a positive finish on Wall Street.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
The Australian share market was lower at noon on Monday in "cautious" trading, as investors continued to digest developments on fighting in Libya and the nuclear emergency in Japan.

Pain sans hysteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
Perhaps 'twas the Japanese people's seeming stoicism in the face of what could be as close to an apocalypse as we could get that although concerned, there hasn't been any observable and widespread panic in the financial markets.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
The Australian share market is set for a nervous start on Monday, after the US and a coalition of forces launched air strikes on Libya over the weekend.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
The Australian dollar is over half a US cent higher on news that the Group of Seven major industrialised countries have agreed to support Japan's economy.

Climate change choice - market or regulation?

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
The climate change arguments before the parliament present Australia with the stark choice between market-based solutions or a quagmire of regulation, said Dr Ross Garnaut yesterday when speaking at the National Press Club.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
The Australian market is set to open higher on Friday with world markets up overnight after a week of heavy losses due to the nuclear concerns in Japan, and commodity markets were also stronger.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
The Australian share market is trading at six-and-a-half month lows at noon, with investor confidence low due to instability in world markets and the effects of the crisis in Japan.