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Consumer sentiment rises to nine-year high: Westpac

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2003
Consumer sentiment rose to a nine-year high in October with Australian households more confident about the economic outlook, a survey has found. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment rose by 1.5 per cent in October to 117.8, the ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: Solid gain led by News Corp, AMP

The Australian share market made solid gains throughout the day, led by News Corp, AMP and major resource stocks. ABN Amro Morgans senior client adviser Bill Bishop said the improvement in major indices reflected growing confidence in the market. "This ...

Small caps fire investor interest: fund managers

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2003
Funds managers have noted renewed investor enthusiasm for Australia's small cap stocks, which continue to outperform the general market recovery of recent months. This week marks seven months since the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) and most Asian ...

Anti-spam bill passed

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
Australians may soon get relief from annoying, unsolicited emails after the House of Representatives today passed a bill to combat spam emails. The bill will give the Australian Communications Authority the power to issue formal warnings, seek injunctions ...

Costello unveils response to CLERP 9

The business and investment community has until 10 November to formally respond to the government's draft legislation on audit reform and corporate disclosure, the result of the ninth review of the Corporate Law and Economic Reform Program (CLERP 9). ...

Interest rate changes unlikely in tomorrow's RBA deliberation

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2003
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is unlikely to alter its steady stance on interest rates when it meets tomorrow as it will be weighing up the durability of the US economic recovery, economists have said. "Although the market has been flirting with ...

Labor proposes stronger corporate disclosure measures

Senator Stephen Conroy, the deputy opposition leader in the senate and the shadow minister for financial services and corporate governance, has said that the self-regulatory approach of the Government is incapable of tackling unbridled corporate greed ...

Afternoon market wrap: $A rockets to five-and-a-half year high

The Australian dollar rocketed to its highest level in five-and-a-half years today and looks set to fly past 70 US cents this year. Its faster than expected rise has some currency experts now raising their expectations about how high the local dollar ...

Government confident of garnering Democrats support for unfair dismissals bill

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2003
The Commonwealth Government said that it was confident of winning the Democrats' support for its proposed changes to unfair dismissal laws, Workplace Relations Minister Tony Abbott said today. "I can assure you the government will reintroduce the bill  ...

Westpac-Melbourne Institute index indicates rise in economic activity

WITH AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2003
The outlook for domestic economic activity in 2004 is bright after the fourth consecutive monthly rise in a leading indicator. The annualised growth rate of the Westpac-Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity was 4.6 per cent in July ...