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Stocks to watch early on Tuesday

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange eearly on Tuesday: ALS - ALESCO CORPORATION LTD - up 6.0 cents, or 2.94 per cent, at $2.10 DLX - DULUXGROUP LTD - down one cent, or 0.34 per cent..

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Wall Street closes the trade mixed

US stocks have closed mixed, showing little impact from the weekend votes in France and Greece which cast doubt on the path of financial reform across the troubled eurozone. The Dow Jones Industria..

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Leighton shares dip in toll road delay

Leighton Holding's shares have dipped after the construction giant announced that the completion date for Brisbane's Airport Link toll road has been pushed back by almost two months. The company an..

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US stocks slump

A roundup of trading on major world markets: NEW YORK - US stocks plummeted on Friday after the release of disappointing jobs data for April, with tech giants leading the way on fears that consumer..

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Stocks to watch on Monday

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange early on Monday: CMJ - CONSOLIDATED MEDIA HOLDINGS LTD - down six cents, or 1.8 per cent, at $3.24 Consolidated Media Holdings says it is not con..

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Job ads drop in April: ANZ

Job advertisements posted a sharp fall in April after three consecutive months of rises, a private survey shows. Total job advertisements on the internet and in major metropolitan newspapers fell 3..

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Aussie stocks close lower

The Australian stock market has closed lower with miners hit hardest on a day of widespread declines. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ended down 33 points, or 0.75 per cent, at 4,396 points, whi..

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Insurer AIG’s profit soars

Insurer American International Group, which came close to collapsing during the financial crisis before being bailed out by the US government, says its profit grew more than twofold in the first quart..

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Stocks to watch on Friday

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange on Friday, May 4 AAD - ARDENT LEISURE GROUP LTD - up two cents at $1.295 TThe head of some of Australia's most popular theme parks says lower int..

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