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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
The Australian stock market was weaker at noon today after a central bank interest rate rise put the brakes on the bourse's recent rally to record highs. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 24.5 points lower at 5467.1, while the all ordinaries ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
The Reserve Bank of Australia has decided to increase interest the cash rate by 0.25 basis points to 6.25 per cent saying that it took note of the likely economic effects of the drought on farm and national income. The RBA said that domestic demand ...

BankWest raises high yield stakes

Barely a breath after the Reserve Bank lifted the cash rate by 0.25 per cent, BankWest has topped up the interest on its TeleNet Saver accounts to 6.8 per cent per annum, giving high yield funds a run for their money. The 6.8 per cent interest is certainly ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open marginally firmer with a likely interest rate rise expected tp weigh on otherwise positive sentiment following gains in world share and commodity prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0744 AEDT, the ...

ASIC cautions over rate rise advertising

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2006
With the recent interest rate rise and another imminent, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has cautioned lenders over advertising and promotional material which may not accurately reflect a rate rise. Already home loan lenders ...

Rate rise drives home loan innovation

The ongoing interest rate rises will have a fundamental impact on the way mortgage products are designed and packaged, said Peter Bromley, general manager at LJ Hooker Financial Services. Bromley said that, "A continuing increase in interest rates may ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2006
... Count hold their annual general meetings. The market also awaits the release of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) interest rate decision tomorrow. The RBA board is meeting today to vote on whether it will lift interest rates another 25 basis points ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2006
Pressure will be on the Reserve Bank of Australia to increase interest rates tomorrow when it meets. Last weeks announcement that building approvals by municipal councils rose by 6.1 per cent in September to produce a year on year growth in total dwellings ...

Former NAB adviser gets 8 years

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2006
... the Bahamas, claiming it was an affiliate of Barclays Bank. Amounts invested in BSI Corp were then transferred to a non-interest earning account in the Dominican Republic before at least $6.2 million was transferred back to a private company account ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2006
... than a year, as jobs data showing strength in the economy raised worries the Federal Reserve may need to resume raising interest rates. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 32.50 points to end at 11,986.04. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index slipped 3.04 ...