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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after a mostly weaker performance on Wall Street overnight as inflation worries were stoked after US Federal Reserve Bank chairman, Ben Bernanke, said the Fed would work hard to keep inflation expectations ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
The Australian share market was down more than two per cent at noon, as the banks led declines after US investment bank Lehman Brothers announced overnight it expects an unprecedented second-quarter loss.

PM's wrong and right oil strategy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
Toyota's expected decision to start manufacturing hybrid engines in Australia will do more to address Australia's oil supply worries than Prime Minister Kevin Rudd lecturing OPEC to increase production.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks made a modest rebound following Friday's sharp slide, as investor sentiment was lifted after a realtors report showed pending home sales rose 6.3 per cent during April, providing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
The Australian share market was firmer at noon, but eased slightly from morning highs, as the energy sector recovered after two days of sharp losses.

Population hits 21.2 million

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
Australia's population is now 21.2 million after growing 1.6 per cent in the year to December.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks rallied sharply amid strong reports from retailers and data showed a surprising fall in weekly jobless claims.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
The Australian share market was lower at noon as a sharply lower oil price weighed on the energy sector while weaker commodity prices hurt other resource stocks.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after Wall St fell on long-term inflation concerns and likely ratings downgrades for big bond insurers.

House prices volatile but chance of big fall lesson

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2008
Volatility is now beginning to show in house prices in Sydney and Melbourne but the chance of significant price falls is diminishing, according to RP Data/Rismark International.