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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
The Australian share market remained weaker at noon, as sharply lower base metals, gold and oil prices deflated resource stocks.

Big lift in company corporate governance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
Australia's largest publicly listed companies meet most best practice guidelines for corporate governance even though full independence remains a major challenge.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
The Australian share market may open slightly lower after sharp declines in all industrial metals prices and falls in gold and oil are likely to weigh on resource stocks.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
The Australian share market was trading higher at noon, buoyed by a better oil price overnight and a modest lead from Wall Street.

AETS could add 14 cents to petrol prices

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
Australia's emission trading scheme (AETS) due to come online in just two years could add 14 cents to the cost of a litre of fuel and radically alter the balance sheets of Australian companies.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
The Australian share market may open higher after US stocks gained overnight on a stronger-than-expected durable manufactured goods report.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
The Australian share market was 0.8 per cent lower at noon as weaker commodity prices, particulary oil and gold, sparked profit-taking in the resources sector, offsetting a positive US lead.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks gained overnight. Declines in commodity prices including gold and oil may weigh on resource stocks, however.

Record jobless rate not feeding a wage spiral

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
The lowest jobless rate in more than three decades is not producing a wage rise spiral, a report shows.

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
The Australian share market opened higher today, led by energy stocks Woodside and Santos, after yesterday's more than one per cent decline.