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Still a lucky country: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... plans to manage their finances first quarter of 2010, with more than half of the 850 participants with a total household income of less than $100,000 p.a. and an investment portfolio of less than $250,000. The key finding is that many are definitely ...

African women suffer most: World Bank

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... school than a boy when tuition becomes hard to find, the World Bank vice president cited research findings on household income declines in Uganda and a fall in income from agriculture in Madagascar where girls were first to be pulled out of schools. ...

Govt continues to target high income HHs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... than $74,000. The rebate won't be abolished for these income levels but will taper down before cutting out when household income exceeds $240,000. Michael Moore, chief executive of the Public Health Association, told ABC Radio this morning that cutting ...

Bad tidings we bring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... cent. US consumer spending will continue to weaken as the disappearance of employment positions spill over into household income and consumer confidence. The US consumer sector has already been retrenching - both by force and on its own volition - and ...

Markets down, national happiness in positive territory

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
... to the wealth management industry. "Happiness generally increases proportionally with income, but only up to a household income of around $100,000 where it begins to plateau." Echoing this, the report found the Wide Bay electoral division in Queensland ...

Women priced out of life insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007
... cost to replace their contribution or simply fail to recognise the importance of their contribution to their household income. "Although none of us like to think about accidents or death, it is frightening to realise that almost 2.5 million families ...

Under-building down under

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007
While the sub-prime meltdown has left the US economy bruised with housing oversupplied and house prices soggy, Australian housing is suffering from supply shortages and prices going through the roof. US economic growth has progressively slowed, where ...

Income does not drive wealth: ABS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2007
... people with the highest incomes are not the ones with the most wealth. According to the latest ABS survey of household income and its distribution, while Darwin households were on average the top earners they were however the least wealthy in the nation. ...

Water's potential to float

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
... benefit from improved water quality and quantity. Despite the fact that Australians currently spend so little of household income on water, Citi acknowledges its model will be politically unpopular in making water more expensive. However, on CSIRO projections ...

Share ownership down but trading activity up: ASX

... owner was just as likely to be male as female, aged at least 35-years-old with a university degree and have a household income of at least $100,000. Michelle Baltazar