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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL | WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2007

... contributing to a drop in the index were caused by falls for car fuels(-12.4 per cent), fruit(-5.2 per cent), pharmaceuticals(-5 per cent) and audio visual and computing equipment(-2.7 per cent). On the other side the offsetting price increases were ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL | TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006

... tax concessions that were introduced by the Hawke and Keating governments. Senator Carr noted that automotives, pharmaceuticals, information technology and greenhouse technologies were technologies that Australia would have a comparative advantage in. ...

Superpartner looks to health care to recruit senior execs

... Meanwhile, new executive manager Jarvis is a former director of shared services human resources with GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Australasia. The two appointments add a distinctive health care industry backbone to the super fund administration heavyweight. ...

Ironbridge and Archer spend $349m on pharmaceuticals

HAMISH MADDEN | MONDAY, 13 NOV 2006

Australian private equity specialists Ironbridge Capital and Archer Capital have purchased the 3M pharmaceuticals business in the Asia Pacific for $349 million. As part of a strategy flagged in April this year, 3M decided to sell off its $2.1 billion ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL | WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006

... per cent) and water and sewerage (4.7 per cent), while prices heading down were vegetables (-5.3 per cent) and pharmaceuticals (-5 per cent). The Federal Government has announced additional drought resistance of $560 million taking the total package ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP | MONDAY, 11 SEP 2006

... contract was up 11 points to 5,107 at 0737 AEST. Today, Mayne Pharma will release its annual results while Sigma Pharmaceuticals is due to unveil first half earnings. On the economic front, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release lending finance ...

Daily economic update

... higher petrol prices, higher medicine and food prices added the most to the quarter's overall price increases. Pharmaceuticals jumped by 14.2 per cent in the March quarter from the previous three-month period and vegetables rose by 7.9 per cent. This ...

Daily economic update

... accommodation contributed to the rise in prices over the December quarter. These were offset by falls in the costs of pharmaceuticals, car fuel, visual and computing equipment, motor vehicles and overseas holiday travel. The December quarter inflation ...

Daily economic update

... by 1.1 per cent. Imports of aircrafts declined by 33.3 per cent, industrial supplies fell by 2.5 per cent and pharmaceuticals went down by 9.7 per cent. The US trade deficit with China narrowed but trade frictions will remain at the forefront. America's ...

Daily Economic Update

... highs during the month. Imports rose by 2.7 percent on increased purchases of crude oil, autos, televisions and pharmaceuticals. Exports went up by 1.7 per cent but this was mostly due to a one-off 173.4 per cent surge in Boeing exports. Exports of computer ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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