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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2007
... high, propelled forward by companies such as Johnson and Johnson execeeding expectations with reported profits and statistics revealling that the pace of inflation had eased. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 52.58 points to 12,773.04. The Standard ...

Macq and UNSW do the maths

... Under the initiative, the bank will work with researchers from the UNSW's ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematics and Statistics of Complex Systems (MASCOS). Doug Moss, division director of the bank's Quantitative Applications Division said that the ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2007
... of 6,206.3 and 6,190.4 points, respectively. NEW YORK - US stocks closed on a high on Monday after positive retail statistics pointed to a robust economy and Citigroup led gains. The Dow Jones industrial average increased 108.33 points to 12,720.46 ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2007
... The unemployment rate in WA fell from 3 per cent to 2.7 per cent which is the lowest level recorded since employment statistics were first collected in 1978. The Australian Industry Group has renewed calls for the Federal Government to increase the tax ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2007
... June share price index contract was trading up 25 points to 6,232. On the economic front, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release lending finance data for February, on what is anticipated to be a quiet day on the corporate calendar. The Australian ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2007
... community and the handicapped one. Data on the value of housing approvals was released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday showing that there was a 4.3 per cent increase in February with owner occupied approvals up 0.9 per cent and investor ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2007
... June share price index contract was trading down 26 points to 6,165. In economic news today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release labour force data for March, while the Housing Industry Association will issue its quarterly outlook for the ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2007
... dominate news in an otherwise quiet day on the corporate calendar, while on the economic front, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is set to release housing finance data for February. The Australian sharemarket surged to a new peak yesterday on the ...

Unionised workers only half all industry fund members

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2007
New research shows that industry funds are winning post-super choice, despite the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reporting that the proportion of private sector workers belonging to a union is only 15 per cent. According to the ABS, less than ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
... increased by 2.4 per cent and household goods retailing rose by 1.1 per cent. In other news from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, building approvals data showed a rise of 10.6 per cent to be up 10.0 per cent over the year driven mostly by a 31.5 ...