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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2007
... will release its fourth quarter and annual sales figures. The Australian share market finished flat yesterday, treading water as brokers looked for direction in the build-up to the profit season, which kicks off later in the month. At the close, the ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2007
The Australian share market was higher at midday with resources and banks keeping the local bourse above water. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 Index was up 41.7 points to 6240.3, while the all ordinaries was up 40.5 points to 6373.1. On the ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2007
... bid for some of Coles's assets from rival Woolworths. In politics, the NSW Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Water Phil Koperberg will speak at a Committee for Economic Development of Australia function on `Water, Climate Change and the Environment ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2007
... per cent. PARIS - The CAC-40 index closed at 5,953.36 points, down 49.49 or 0.82 per cent. TOKYO - The Nikkei average trod water in slow trade, as Tokyo Electron Ltd and other exporters were hit by a slight rise in the yen, while property firms such ...

Economic round-up: Infrastructure - sink or swim?

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2007
... anticipates Australia will need to spend on infrastructure. "There is a serious backlog in infrastructure investment, in water, energy and land transport, estimated conservatively at $25 billion, which requires immediate attention, " CEDA said. The CSIRO ...

Westpac goes to water

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2007
... under management increased 21 per cent. One of the highlights for the group was Hastings' acquisition in 2005 of the English water company Mid Kent Water. Last year Hastings bought another English water company, South East Water, giving it management ...

Symantec appoints co-heads to fin services team

Symantec has expanded its financial services team with two IT experts in a bid to strengthen its presence in the financial services sector. The group has appointed Paul Kastner as director and Andrew Yu as chief technologies of the financial services ...

Economic round-up: Circle your wagons

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2007
While we continue to ride the resources boom, it seems that our cash starved infrastructure is beginning to hit the country's coffers where it hurts - in the mining sector. Hundreds of wagons once used to transport Queensland coal are lying idle throughout ...

Mining may halt but football endures

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2007
As the Federal Government commits $17 million in water saving devices for Scout halls across Australia, the water shortage crisis has been revealed as far worse than previously reported. Along with farmers, mining and other water-intensive industries ...

World first index monetises climate change risk

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2007
... still generate profits. The index means that investors are able for the first time to include issues such as a carbon tax, water shortages and emissions targets into their investment decisions and better anticipate the best-performing companies in the ...