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Count down to lower H2 revenue

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
... 2006/07. Non-operating investment returns played a key role in buoying the boost in profits, while the firm's pre-net interest and investment income hovered at the $15.32 million mark. But earnings are expected to fall for the second half of 2008, as ...

Fighting inflation to make housing affordability worse

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
... another record low at the end of 2007. But HIA chief economist, Harley Dale, said measures to control inflation by lifting interest rates will exacerbate the problem. The solution, he said, is more housing supply. "The growing shortage of housing stock ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
... market had drifted up and down in morning trade, dampened by the Reserve Bank of Australia's comments yesterday that an interest rate rise was likely, with the risk that inflation could stay high for some time. Mr Foulsham said factors keeping the local ...

Sustainability the new pizzazz at nabCapital

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
... Australia Bank. The notes also offer a fixed coupon of four per cent per annum, and investors may receive additional interest payments should the sustainable portfolio perform well. "Our first issuance of sustainable notes enables investors to gain from ...

Our rates a global sideshow

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
... Asia from Japan toward China and other fast-growing emerging markets." Meanwhile the perpetually falling USD as their interest rates approach negative territory means the Euro will begin to rival the USD for global clout. Another major trend is "the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
... a sharp sell off on the Australian share market yesterday after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) warned that more interest rate rises were inevitable. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 120.4 points, or 2.13 per cent, lower at 5537.6, while the All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
... two per cent weaker after noon as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) raised its inflation forecasts and warned of more interest rate rises. The local market had already gotten off to a bad start after US markets sank on Friday. At 1232 AEDT, the benchmark ...

Best Advice close to federation

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
Project East West or the Best Advice Project has closed its books and gearing up to federate in April. The Best Advice group began 10 years ago as an informal group of advisory practices sharing ideas on how to best expand their business and serve clients. ...

Something interesting about rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
... who says we should go soft on inflation and rate targets has no knowledge of history and deserves to be discredited." "Interest rates are therefore very important signals," he said. Even so, Tony Pensabene, associate director of economics and research ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
... points, or 0.31 per cent, at 2,285.88. LONDON - UK stocks slid 2.58 per cent, shrugging off an expected Bank of England interest rate cut as a raft of results disappointed investors, with GlaxoSmithKline a significant loser. The FTSE 100 closed down ...