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Abacus beds down hotel fund

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2007
Abacus Property Group has launched a retail fund giving investors exposure to hotels and resorts in Australia and New Zealand. The fund will provide a regular income stream from the hotel operation profits as well as potential future capital growth. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2007
As the NSW State election draws closer the economic impact of solutions to the water crisis are becoming apparent. Premier Morris Iemma has proposed a $1.9 billion desalination plant to improve the supply of water, whereas the leader of the opposition ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
... outlook was promising. "We're not going to keep increasing at 4.5 per cent a month. It's simply not possible, and we'll tread water or ease back over the next few month, but there'll be no cataclysmic fall because the economic fundamentals are too strong. ...

Save money, save water: X Inc

... green campaign through a $500 Watercare rebate. X Inc is giving a $500 rebate per successful mortgage application to buy water saving devices, an initiative partly borne out of the group's experience when visiting clients in their homes. "There are a ...

Go green, go dim

... group's commitment is good for the environment and the bottomline. As at March 2006, they reduced energy use by 19.3 per cent, water use by 37.9 per cent and diverted 57 per cent of waste from landfill to recycling from all its office buildings. Michelle ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2007
... employment in Australia which is apparently more than many other industry sectors including mining; electricity, gas and water supply; banking and finance; and TV, radio and media. This is a good sign for a hopefully more competitive Australian economy. ...

Employment mobility figures revised

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
... most likely to come from the following industries; Agriculture, forestry and fishing (51 per cent), Electricity, gas and water (42 per cent), Education (38 per cent) and Government administration and defence (35 per cent). These figures show the changing ...

Macquarie Clean Tech Fund raises $120m

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
... in this area to be compelling, largely on the back of significant increases in consumer demand in clean energy, air and water," he said. Consumer demand for cleaner energy sources is expected to make the sector an attractive investment, said Murphy. ...

Citigroup puts a cost on climate change

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
... institutions participating in carbon markets. At risk companies are those exposed to fuel costs or vehicle numbers, agriculture and water intensive industries, insurers mispricing catastrophe risk and those that are hard-wired to energy costs. The best ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
... lost 183.37 points to 18,842.99. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket recovered from early losses, continuing to tread water just below recent record highs. The NZSX-50 benchmark index closed down 1.55 points at 3853.47, 13 points above its session ...