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FPA offers free advice to farmers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2007
... hopes to broaden the free advisory service across Australia next year and Dieters said the program could extend to those affected by natural disasters or social issues. Stephen Wait, chair of FPA Sunraysia, said the drought had affected all aspects of ...

ANZ reports $4.18bn profit

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2007
... 224.1 cents, up 12.1 per cent. The full year dividend was 136 cents, up 8.8 per cent. ANZ's cost growth was 7.6 per cent, affected by the consolidation of ETrade Australia and Stadium Australia. The headline result included a gain on the sale of Fleetpartners ...

Global LPT defies credit gloom

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... the world's major economies, a key driver behind global listed property returns," Ferguson said. The sub-prime issue affected less than one per cent of the total residential market in the US, Ferguson said, and overall had no negative effect on commercial ...

Growing credit crunch casualty list

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2007
... growth into 2008. Bernanke said it was too early to assess the extent to which household and business spending would be affected and he also noted the job market is 'cooling.'

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2007
... from Wall Street weighed by high oil prices and comments by Citigroup's chief executive. "The comments out of Citibank affected US stocks," Mr Klusman said. "Not their profit figure, which was down 57 per cent for the quarter, but I would guess it was ...

ASIC calls for tighter employment checks

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2007
... applicable to employers more generally. "We have been careful to design the guide to encourage sharing of information between affected parties consistent, of course, with applicable laws including the National Privacy Principles," he said. ASIC's website ...

Gunns fuels CG debate

... (they are currently sitting at around $3.50). Should the shares head south however, among the investors that would be affected are top 20 shareholders including the Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) and the Australian Reward Investment Alliance ...

Climate change to cost $50bn

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... weather-related insurance claims over the last 30 years. In particular, 40 per cent of businesses insured by Allianz' were affected by storm and floods damage. "The cost of insured losses will rise significantly in the next decade due to an increase ...

Water off a Peking duck's back

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2007
... sub-prime exposures of Asian banks are low relative to earnings and capital, their capacity to lend has not been really affected." This means that Asia's banks are generally showing no reluctance to lend to corporates in the current environment. While ...

Knee jerk over little Beige Book

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
... volatility barely impacted the broader economy: "outside of real estate, reports that the turmoil in financial markets had affected economic activity during the survey period were limited." The Beige Book also noted that tighter lending standards were ...