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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
The Australian stock market is expected to open flat after US stocks closed mixed on Tuesday.

The January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
Where's the January effect when you need it most?

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
The Australian share market was nearly two per cent lower at noon dragged down by a weak resources sector.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower after US stocks fell as earnings season looms.

2009: The lost year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
Happy new year? Perhaps in 2010. The top central bankers meeting in Basel Switzerland came to the same conclusion yesterday.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
The Australian share market was nearly two per cent lower at noon following the tumble on Wall Street after the US unemployment rate shot to a 16-year high.

Bad tidings we bring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
With the US economy entering its second year of recession, investors need all the best wishes for the New Year to come true.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
The Australian sharemarket was lower at noon amid thin trading as investors sit on the sidelines until the release of key US economic data tonight.

Financial Standard returning soon in 2009

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
The Financial Standard daily email newsletters will be returning soon. In the meantime, we wish all our readers a prosperous New Year, or at least a better one than 2008, and we hope you had a great and restful Christmas.

Beautiful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
"This is a beautiful set of numbers."