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The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as a poor lead in the US is expected to flow through to domestic markets, despite another strong performance by commodity prices overnight. With the start of December, trade volumes will start to ...

Weekly Economic Roundup

Australian financial markets produced a lacklustre performance last week as the US celebrated a Thanksgiving holiday-shortened week. Domestic trading activity was uneventful throughout the week with only the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) new ...

Pension funds killing GM

Pension fund and health care costs for General Motors (GM) in the US add $A5,000 to the cost of each car, almost sealing the fate of the giant car maker. After earlier reports by Financial Standard that the pension fund burden for GM is one of the factors ...

Daily Economic Update

Australian car buyers continue to feel the pinch of higher petrol prices. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today reported that sales of new motor vehicles dropped by 6.7 per cent in October. Sales across all vehicle types posted declines during ...

Weekly Economic Roundup

Australian financial markets produced a positive performance during last week's trading activity. A strong uptrend in gold and copper prices supported the Australian dollar, rising to US$0.735 at the close of last week's trading after opening at US$0.728. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2005
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as a softer US market and benign base metal prices weigh on the overall bourse. However, precious metal and oil prices both climbed sharply overnight and this could provide support to the domestic ...

Competition among insurers to drive down profits and premiums

While the general insurance industry has enjoyed record profits in 2005, tougher competition and lower premium rates could mean returns in 2006 won't be as good, according to a recent survey. The JPMorgan Deloitte 2005 General Insurance Industry Survey ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2005
The Australian share market is expected to open sharply firmer today as a strong lead from US markets is expected to be coupled with positive stock-specific news across the board. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract ...

NRMA award IXIS funds-to-funds mandate

IXIS Asset Management Australia Limited (IXIS) have won a $15 million mandate from NRMA Motoring Services, in a funds-to-funds management move, aimed to help improve their $750 million treasury portfolio. Senior manager of investments for NRMA motoring ...

Inflation surges but interest rates should stay put

Inflation has now reached the upper limit of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) tolerance range, but the surge in inflation is slower than expected. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that the consumer price index (CPI) rose by 0.9 ...