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Lifestyle banking at your service

... children's play areas common in retail stores, BankWest stores will also feature kids' entertainment areas and play cafA(C)-style music. The bank's strategy comes at a time when the lines are blurring between how a retail store and a traditional bank ...

AustralianSuper changes guard

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
It's musical chairs time at AustralianSuper, following the departure of three directors and chairman Geoff Ashton. Ashton will be replaced by alternate director and Ai group chief executive Heather Ridout, but remain on the fund's investment committee. ...

Economic round-up: dust off the bear suit

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2007
... September 1994. While PE blowouts are often an indication of the end of the party, so many times the glasses have been refilled, music cranked up and the market delivered buckets more of earnings to bring valuations in line. Morgan Stanley clearly believes ...

HOSTPLUS finds its bare feet

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
... campaign's main point of difference would be its collectability, as the information would come in a DVD case, complete with a music CD containing money-related songs and a booklet summarising Pape's member presentations. "They can listen to it, they ...

CFS feels the rhythm

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2007
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM) has gotten with the groove by agreeing to purchase a major music copyright catalogue from DreamWorks Music Publishing as it prepares to launch a media-focused investment fund. CFS first formed its ...

China's market party gets louder

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2007
China's stock market party is getting wilder and no one is listening to calls to turn the music down - it seems that investors are just having too much fun. China is leading the world in IPO volumes and new share offerings are often doubling in value ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
... cent, a 1 per cent fall in US growth is said to currently reduce global growth by 0.16 per cent. Piracy of US software, music and film is the topic of the complaint that the US will lodge with the World Trade Organisation over the next week following ...

Another HIH exec faces the music

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2006
A former HIH Insurance company secretary has appeared in court to answer charges concerning his role in the highly publicised collapse of Australia's second-biggest insurer at the time. Frederick Lo was ordered to appear in Sydney's Downing Centre Local ...

Gen Xers jump online for home loans: Forrester

Internet savvy Gen Xers aren't just using the web to download music, chat to friends and trade on Ebay. A new survey has found a growing number of them use it for more serious reasons such as applying for home loans too. Research group Forrester has ...

Investors strike gold with LinQ

... investing in resources. He explained, "The sector is doing very well at the the moment but there could come a time when the music stops so investors should ensure they are invested in the right companies." Michelle Baltazar