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Economics

Penny for Benny's thoughts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
Nothing much really happened overnight. A 0.1 per cent dip on The Street? Big deal!

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
Australian shares are expected to open flat after Wall Street indices moderately lower.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
The Australian share market remained firmly in positive territory at noon with strong gains in the financial and resources sectors.

Baby steps

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
"Like the closure of a number of extraordinary credit programs earlier this month, these changes are intended as a further normalization of the Federal Reserve's lending facilities."

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
Australian shares are likely to open higher on Monday led by Wall Street and after gains among commodity and metal prices.

Market Wrap - Midday

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
The Australian bourse was marginally higher at noon after a directionless morning of trade.

In the eyes of the beholder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
It makes a great deal of difference, doesn't it? It just depends where you look. Just a week ago, nothing - absolutely nothing - could seemingly ease market nerves about the fate of the global economy and the financial markets.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
Profit-takers have led the Australian sharemarket lower at noon, with mining and banking stocks among the biggest losers.

Good news day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
Another day, another good day on Wall Street overnight. It could not be any different given the good omens provided by last night's US economic data releases.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
The Australian share market was up strongly at noon on a broad-based rally led by miners and the banks.