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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after a strong performance on Wall Street on Friday.

Asia will weather global slowdown: EFIC

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
The Australian Government's Export Finance and Insurance Corporation's (EFIC) latest report asserts emerging East Asian economies will endure a global economic slowdown due to growing domestic demand and rising intra Asian trade levels.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
The Australian share market shifted downward at midday, driven by heavy losses in the financial sector and only slight gains in the mining sector.

Unemployment stays steady

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
The number of people employed in Australia fell nearly 20,000 during May but the unemployment rate has remained steady on 4.2 per cent.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after a strong performance on Wall Street overnight.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
The Australian share market has continued its slide, down nearly two percent after Wall Street tumbled overnight and uncertainty in the mining sector.

Oil speculators push up prices 50 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
It happens to house prices, shares prices, currency markets, in wage negotiations and now it's happening to oil prices. The speculators have moved in and pushed prices way above where they should be.

Market wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
SYDNEY - The Australian share market is expected to open lower after a poor performance on Wall Street overnight as a renewed spike in oil prices worried investors.

Market wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
The Australian share market continued yesterday's significant decline at midday as weaker industrial metals and gold weighed on the resources sector.

Value of investment housing loans apps up 1.4 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
Surging rental demand combined with damp house prices might finally be attracting more cashed-up investor capital into the housing market.