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Cards for houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
... annualised rate of 276,000 units - the lowest on record and lower than expectations for a reading of 330,000 units. The latest figure translates into a 32.4 per cent fall in the number of new homes sold compared to their level a year ago. It would now ...

Record inflows into legalsuper

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
Non-employer contributions into legalsuper have increased by a record rate last year despite the halving of contribution caps and continued investment uncertainty, according to the fund. Reporting on the year ended 30 June, Andrew Proebstl, legalsuper ...

Nigerian PenCom adjusts pension

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
Nigerian regulations on investments of pension fund assets may soon be under review with the National Pension Commission (PenCom) determined to bring them in line with the current economic realities, according to overseas reports. The review of these ...

Home trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... reports estimate shadow inventories of up to 7.3 million units. Now how long would it take to clear up all these stocks? Go figure. We don't need a rocket science degree to know that to reduce or clear the number of unwanted homes prices have to fall ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
The Australian stock market's downward run continued to noon on Friday, after opening lower following losses on Wall Street overnight and disappointing profit results. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 45.2 points, or 1.01 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
The Australian market has received positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with equities markets generally strong and metals and oil all trading higher, too. At 0745 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract ...

Election campaign ignores seniors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
The election campaign has bypassed too many key issues important to older Australians, according interests groups that aim to represent the segment. Speaking outside parliament House in Canberra this morning, largely deserted as most politicians are ...

Torturing the data

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
And they're off... and running! The bears are back loitering the financial playgrounds hand in hand with the sensationalist media and heads that talk on your PCs, laptops, iPhones or plain old HDTV screens. Apparently we're now just a click away from ...

Nightmare on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
Yep, the scare is on! Expect nothing less - it's Friday the 13th anyway. Jason and Freddie Kruger are out to induce a nightmare on Wall Street. But wait, it wasn't Jason, nor was it Freddie - it was the US initial "weekly" unemployment insurance claims ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
The Australian market has received strong, negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with key market indices all down heavily, oil dropping and only gold amongst key metals showing a rise. At 0710 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September ...