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Credit card charges hit record $14.7 billion in December

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2004
Australia's Christmas credit card binge hit record levels in December as consumers ignored rising interest rates in favour of spending up big, figures released today show. Australians put an all-time record $14.68 billion on the plastic in December ...

David Jones says Q2 sales up 3.3%

Australian upmarket retailer David Jones Ltd said today that it is on track to meet its 2003/04 sales growth forecast of 1.5-25 per cent after second quarter sales rose by 3.3 per cent. The company said that first half sales were up 2.8 per cent from ...

December trade balance widens to $2.55 billion: ABS

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2004
Australia's trade gap widened in December as consumers took advantage of cheaper imported goods in the lead-up to Christmas. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said the trade balance blew out to $2.55 billion, compared with the $1.72 billion ...

Season's Greetings from the Financial Standard team

The Financial Standard team wishes you all a Merry Christmas, a prosperous New Year, and a relaxed and safe holiday period. Our daily news service will return on 12 January 2004, but until that time the website will remain active and readers will still ...

Midday Market Wrap: Slightly weaker $A on quiet trading day

The Australian dollar is slightly weaker at noon, after the US dollar found some strength on better-than-expected unemployment figures overnight. At 1200 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7391/96 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7417/22. ...

Midday Market Wrap: AMP dominates local trade in lethargic market

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2003
The Australian share market at noon remained in positive territory after a slightly stronger US market overnight, with local trading dominated by the newly demerged AMP Ltd. AMP was trading at $4.79 as it began its life free of its ailing British businesses. ...

Equity investors confident on 2004: survey

Equity investors are likely to have their Christmas stockings stuffed full with positive returns this year, and a large proportion expect Santa will have delivered the same present next Christmas, according to a new survey. The Financial Standard Intelligence ...

Macquarie senior staff resign to take up positions elsewhere

Macquarie Funds Management (MFM) has been caught with its Christmas stockings down, as four senior staff suddenly announced their resignations yesterday. Following the trend evident earlier this year when former Colonial First State employees working ...

Midday Market Wrap: Market lower at noon

The Australian share market remained slightly lower at noon following a weaker session in offshore markets overnight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was down 4.1 points at 3207.1, while the all ordinaries index was 3.5 points lower at ...

Christmas spirit replaced by outrage as FPA cut 22 staff

Recently appointed Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Kerrie Kelly has announced her first action in her new role, bringing the axe down on 22 staff, clearing the way for a complete restructure of the representative body. "It would ...