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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
... shares prices and US industrial production and suggests good economic growth over the next three to six months. The Department of Workplace Relations' Skilled Vacancies Index rose by 5.6 per cent in August from the seasonally adjusted July figure, although ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2006
... Australians who have faced a tripling of oil prices since the invasion of Iraq in 2003. The latest figures from the Department of Education, Science and Training showed a 9.7 percent decrease in number of year 12 students going onto university or TAFE ...

FinLit Foundation goes back to school

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2006
The Financial Literacy Foundation's plan to introduce useful curriculum into schools is about to take its next step with a series of grassroots consultations with teachers around Australia. According to its just released Educators and Trainers August ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2006
... 0712 AEST. Today the Westpac-Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity for May will be released and the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations publishes its July skilled job vacancies data. In equities, mining giant Rio Tinto releases ...

ASFA appointee to focus on best practice

... Industry Complaints Scheme board. Hall has also been a director responsible for economic and social policy advice in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet as well as being secretary of the ACT branch of the CPSU from 1989 to 1993.

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2006
... NEW YORK - US stocks were mixed as strong housing data cooled fears about slowing economic growth. The US Commerce Department said housing starts rose in May faster than economists' predictions, but permits for future projects fell. The Standard & Poor's ...

APRA super splitting extension flawed

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2006
... arguably will not get this benefit," he said. In an explanatory memorandum issued yesterday, the Attorney General's department said transfer trustees have been unable or hard pressed to devote the time and money to develop contributions splitting systems ...

Daily Economic Update

... 35-hour work week introduced in March 2000. Then the government enshrined into law the reduced work hours and created the Department of Work Police to catch and punish over-performers. The Chinese trade surplus grew to US$11.2 billion in March -- the ...

David Jones adds more financial services to shopping list

Leading department store David Jones has announced plans to expand its financial services operations, a move that reinforces its slogan that there's no other store like, well, David Jones. Chief executive officer, Mark McInnes, has said at the interim ...

ANZ steps forward with MoneyMinded

... earners through the launch of its MoneyMinded online education tool. The group has collaborated with ASIC, the NSW Department of Education and Training and finance groups to build an educational program that features tips on how to prepare a budget ...