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August retail sales up 1.0%, dwelling approvals down 2.4%: ABS

Australian consumer spending growth remains buoyant, with the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today reporting retail turnover rose a further 1.0% in August. The gain follows revised increases of 0.9% in July and 1.1% in June, while the level of ...

S&P assigns preliminary ratings to Interstellar RMBS program

International ratings agency Standard & Poor's today assigned its preliminary ratings to the fifth issue this year under the Interstar Millennium residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) program. Interstar Millennium Series 2003-5G Trust will issue ...

Australian insurer AMP prefers UK demerger

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2003
Australian life insurer AMP Ltd is leaning towards returning ownership of its struggling British assets to shareholders rather than selling them off, a source close to the talks told Reuters on Monday. "At the moment it looks like the demerger is the ...

Afternoon market wrap: All Ords recover from opening losses

The Nikkei Stock Average of 225 issues closed at 10,229.57 points on the Tokyo Stock Exchange today, down 88.87 points, or 0.86 percent, from Friday. The Australian share market recovered early losses but still closed down today, as key resources and ...

International trade deficit narrows to $1.9 billion in August: ABS

Australian exports of goods and services rebounded by five per cent in August, helping to push the trade deficit back below $2.0 billion, the Australian Bureau of Statistics has reported. In a tentative sign foreign demand may finally be strengthening ...

ANZ still has some hurdles to jump in NBNZ aquisition

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2003
The New Zealand regulator may have cleared the way for ANZ Banking Group Ltd to acquire the National Bank of New Zealand (NBNZ) but there are still a few hurdles left for the Australian bank to jump. ANZ is the only bank ready to buy NBNZ from Lloyds ...

Public sector employment rises 1% to 1,521,500: ABS

The number of total public sector employees increased by one per cent to 1,521,500 for the year to May 2003, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said. Of this figure, state government staff (the highest public sector category) increase by 0.8% ...

Public sector employment rises 1% to 1,521,500: ABS

The number of total public sector employees increased by one per cent to 1,521,500 for the year to May 2003, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said. Of this figure, state government staff (the highest public sector category) increase by 0.8% ...

S&P reduces Carter Holt rating to A-3

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2003
Standard & Poor's has reduced New Zealand's second largest listed company's short-term credit and commercial paper rating from A-2 to A-3. S&P said it had reduced wood processor Carter Holt Harvey's rating as a result of a review of the company's 50.46 ...

S&P says Coles result has no impact on ratings

WITH AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2003
Coles Myer Ltd's annual result was above expectations but would have no impact on the retailer's ratings or outlook, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today. The ratings agency said Coles Myer's underlying profit result of $455.6 million, up from ...