Australia shares rise 2 pct on Fed cut

SYDNEY, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Australian stocks rose 2 percent
on Wednesday, boosted by banks and global companies such as the
major miners, after the U.S. Federal Reserve cut rates to
stimulate growth.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was up 72.1 points at
3,628.3 by 2315 GMT.
($1=A$1.44)
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US stock futures trade lower ahead of data

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and their current financial status. Intraday data delayed 15 minutes for Nasdaq, and 20 minutes for other exchanges. Dow Jones Indexes(SM) from Dow Jones & Company, Inc. SEHK intraday data is provided by Comstock and is at least 60-minutes delayed. All quotes are in local exchange time.
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Frankfurt Stock Exchange, no brokers, no spreads

exchanges. The introduction of Xetra® impacted greatly the way the
and across the globe. While there are still buildings and noble edifices worldwide where stock exchanges supposedly allocate their
floors actually major part of the trading today, at least this is the
, is performed not within the area of the
physical floor. At
life of the nation.
No need in brokers?
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Suncorp Raises Full-Year Bank Profit Forecast (Update1)

Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) --
raised its
forecast for its banking unit’s full-year profit growth before
tax and bad debts to “the high teens” from a previous estimate
of less than 10 percent on increasing sales and lower costs.
Suncorp, the nation’s fifth-largest bank and third-largest
insurer, forecast loans growth of 5 percent and no increase in
expenses for fiscal 2009, the Brisbane-based company said in a
statement to the stock exchange today.
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US Commerce Secretary to tour NHC in Miami

Associated Press - September 17, 2008 4:34 AM ET
MIAMI (AP) - U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez will tour the National Hurricane Center and the U.S. Agency for International Development food warehouse during a visit to Miami.
The Department of Commerce says Gutierrez will make an announcement on disaster relief after a tour of the National Hurricane Center on Wednesday. He also is planning to visit the USAID warehouse to discuss the Read the rest of this entry »

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American Beacon Advisors Announces the Reopening of Its Small Cap …

Established in 1986, American Beacon Advisors, Inc. is an experienced
provider of investment advisory services to institutional and retail
markets. American Beacon Advisors serves defined benefit plans,
defined contribution plans, foundations, endowments, corporations, and
other institutional investors. American Beacon Advisors also manages
the American Beacon Funds, a series of low-cost, no-load mutual funds
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EMI Launching a Digital Marketplace

, which streamed its billionth song within a week of its launch last month.
Though EMI ultimately signed on, it turns out the U.K.-based music company was planning to launch its own music distribution site, EMI.com, the
The site, which execs are promising will merely be a "laboratory" or "digital sandbox" of music, will sell downloads--pitting it at least in some respects in competition with MySpace Music, and appears to be yet another attempt Read the rest of this entry »

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Fed Revives Short-Term Market

The Federal Reserve brought the commercial-paper market back to life in recent days. Now comes the next test for this key market for short-term corporate borrowing: doing without that backstop.
That will require a pick-up in longer-term loans from institutional money-market investors -- specifically, the $3.4 trillion money-market fund industry.
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New York State holding $9 billion in unclaimed money

Thursday, December 25th 2008, 3:55 PM
Santa has come and gone, but the stocking stuffer of a lifetime is still out there for some lucky New Yorkers.
residents -- some of whom are sitting on over $1 million each, and don't even know it.
Relief from the hard economic times could be just a couple of clicks away. (TO SEE HOW TO FIND OUT IF YOU'RE OWED MONEY, SEE INFO BOX TO THE RIGHT)
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Permanent International Healthcare Marketplace and Education …

World Product Centre will be equipped with the latest business, communication and education resources to support healthcare commerce. "The idea of a permanent showcase and education center for healthcare is an idea whose time has definitely come," said Lloyd Dean, President and Chief Executive Officer of Catholic Healthcare West, headquartered in San Francisco, CA. "I look forward to the completion of World Product Centre where education and product Read the rest of this entry »

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