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Fix productivity, fix education

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
... than calls by interest groups to produce yet more non-curriculum integrated educational kits. Most schools already have enough of these gathering dust in their storerooms.

Instos to spend big in India

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
... shortfall. "This expected growth in infrastructure is not for tomorrow's demand but for yesterday's demand. There is simply not enough infrastructure to support India's growth story," he said. Not just infrastructure, Donnelly said there are also opportunities ...

FinLit goes global

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... Rural Advancement Committee. The objective of this latest financial literacy foundation is to help children grow up with enough knowledge and skills to be able to harness the opportunities of increasing becoming available through micro-financing. The ...

When good housing news is bad

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
... released by the researcher last week found rents in Australia now average nearly $21,000, an amount that is ironically just enough to let them buy a $400,000 home.

Let the sub-prime post-mortem begin

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
... cheap money into the housing market through cheap housing interest rates also attracts criticism, though whether it will be enough to dent his rockstar-like cult status remains to be seen. Morris' sub-prime analysis should be seen as just the first of ...

Senate admits age pension falls short

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
... of living pressures on older Australians has confirmed what many pensioners already know - that the pension rate is not enough for day-to-day living costs. "Australians have endured cost of living increases over recent years& Many older people, especially ...

Property before super: IPSOS

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... findings showed that less than 30 per cent of Australians were "very confident" or "fairly confident" that they would have enough super to live on when they retired. According to Fiona Reynolds, AIST chief executive, clear-cut communication is a critical ...

Bluestone cuts back hard

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
... suspend commercial originations in Australia and New Zealand. The details of the Bluestone survival strategy, while stark enough, are not as severe as the florid rumours circulating yesterday suggested. Bluestone executive chairman Alistair Jeffery said ...

US property still has upside

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
... outlook" report, Doug Herzbrun, CBRE global head of research, said, "Barring an outright recession, momentum is strong enough to drive positive conditions in the office, industrial and apartment markets." The retail market is more problematic while the ...

Consumer confidence plummets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
Consumer confidence has plunged 17 percentage points, signaling the economy may be about to slow just enough to allow the Reserve Bank to start dropping interest rates. The news is contained in the latest Sensis consumer report which measures confidence ...