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Weekly Market Outlook

The Dow lost 100 points, or 1.3% on Friday after an afternoon rally that peeked into positive territory fell away, with the Dow closing at 7365.67, less than 80 points above the October 2002 low.

Fears that major US banks would be nationalised saw shares in Citigroup plummet 22.31 per cent to close at $US1.95 and Bank of America dropped 3.56 per cent to close at $US3.79. Reassurance from the Obama administration helped it bounce off its lows but investors remained concerned over the future of Citigroup and Bank of America.

In Australia this week, the major releases will be skilled vacancies, the wage cost index and construction work done data on Wednesday, private capital expenditure and average weekly earnings on Thursday and private sector credit numbers on Friday.

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Company	Closing date	Floating date	Issue price
Cellscreen Direct Limited	-	10/03/2009	$0.50
Digislide Holdings Limited	-	27/02/2009	$1.25
Thomas Bryson International Ltd	-	11/03/2009	$0.50
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Company	Update	Current price	Brokers	Buy, Hold, Sell	Research report
APN News & Media Limited	23/02/2009	$1.29	10	Hold
Austar United Communications Limited	23/02/2009	$0.78	10	Hold
Billabong International Limited	23/02/2009	$6.32	10	Hold
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Company	Date of change	Quantity	Change Type	Research report
Truscott Mining Corporation Limited (TRM)	20/02/2009	10,000	Acquired	-
CSL Limited (CSL)	20/02/2009	594	Acquired
Jervois Mining Limited (JRV)	20/02/2009	8,743,780	Acquired	-
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Company	Comment	Dividend per share	Franking	Ex-dividend date	Payment date
Manaccom Corporation Limited (MNL)	2009 Half Yearly Result	0.5 ¢	100%	24/02/2009	9/03/2009
Prophecy International Holdings Limited (PRO)	2009 Half Yearly Result	2 ¢	100%	24/02/2009	18/03/2009
Servcorp Limited (SRV)	2009 Half Yearly Result	10 ¢	100%	24/02/2009	2/04/2009
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Kagara goes for gold in nick of time

The Age 23/02/2009 | Mungana Goldmines is set to salve the sting of zinc's tailspin.

The trading trend is not your friend

Sun Herald 22/02/2009 | ARE you a good driver? Do you have lots of friends? Are you a good investor? Well, according to behavioural research, most of us will answer yes to all those questions even though statistically that cannot be true.

BHP's future iron-clad

Sun Herald 22/02/2009 | If cash is king, this resource giant is without peer, writes David Potts.

Invest smart? Yes we Khan, Genghis

Sydney Morning Herald 21/02/2009 | MONDAY

Fairfax shares dip below $1, then recover slightly

The Age 19/02/2009 | SHARES in Fairfax Media fell under $1 for the first time, ahead of a board meeting today and an announcement of the half-year financial result next Monday that could see profit down by as much as 25 per cent.

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