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PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2006
... $27.36 to $700 and by $22.04 for those above $700 in a decision that was supported by both major political parties and the union movement but opposed by employer groups. In effect the decision grants an extra 72c per hour to these workers and 58 cents ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2006
... spending by more than 11 per cent which is the biggest increase in these investment expectations since 1990. The European Union's statistics office Eurostat has reported a 24 per cent increase in the trade deficit with China until July of this year and ...

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PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2006
... as have signed individual workplace agreements under the Federal governments' Work Choices industrial relations scheme. Union agreements cover about 60 per cent of workers, 30 per cent have AWAs and about 112 per cent are on employee collective agreements. ...

INVESCO shores up fixed income with $280m global mandates

... manager INVESCO is cementing its role in the global fixed income space after winning major mandates from Transport Workers Union (TWU) Super and ING Optimix. Australian INVESCO chief, Mick O'Brien, said that domestic investors have recognised INVESCO's ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2006
... far this has cost $1.2 billion. The importance of Russia in the world economy is set to grow as members of the European Union seek to shore up supplies of Russian oil and gas reserves. With Europe requiring most of its energy needs to be imported within ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2006
... departures from Australia were up by 4.1 per cent. The European Central bank has decided to lift interest rates for the European Union by 0.25 per cent to 3.25 per cent which is the highest rate in about four years. Interest rates in the EU arte now ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2006
... departures from Australia were up by 4.1 per cent. The European Central bank has decided to lift interest rates for the European Union by 0.25 per cent to 3.25 per cent which is the highest rate in about four years. Interest rates in the EU arte now ...

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PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2006
... fall. The follow on effects of the state of the US economy can be felt in Europe where the statistics office of the European Union has just announced that the unemployment rate rose by 0.1 per cent to 7.9 per cent in August. The EU is the market for ...

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PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2006
... billion to US$22 billion Australia is asking for an additional cut of US$5 billion. In the case of the European Economic Union where US$110 billion is heading for a cut to US$33 billion, Australia is asking for an extra US$6 billion to be cut. On the ...

Pentacle adds more experience to the team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2006
... advisor with the Victorian Government, wages policy officer with the Victorian Government and with the Australian Railways Union as industrial and research officer. Pentacle chief executive officer, James Burkitt, said Apted's experience would further ...