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OECD: Economy to grow by 4% next year

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... stable economic management, and our record of fiscal discipline, remain very important for Australian families across the country, helping underpin confidence and supporting Australian jobs." Meanwhile, the OECD predicted that Chinese growth would ease ...

Gold Coast scam sees 20 investors lose $250,000

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
... to publish any website that promotes, advertises or offers financial services. Bruhn is also not allowed to leave the country without court permission. ASIC alleges that Golden Sparrow used cold calling and a website to induce investors to deposit funds ...

Private sectors eyes NSW infrastructure deal

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... of interest from pension funds. Meanwhile the emerging low carbon-focused projects and desalination plants around the country are also generating attention.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... fiscal rules, analysts said. A sharp spike in Italian borrowing costs added to the negative tone, with the rate on the country's 10-year bonds soaring back above 7.0 per cent, a level considered ultimately unsustainable. In another fresh sign that all ...

SG rise through House of Representatives

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... Australian companies and Australian jobs," said Treasurer Wayne Swan. Government estimates the SG rise will increase the country's savings by $500 billion by 2035, providing a 30-year-old worker on average earnings with an extra $108,000 in retirement ...

BetaShares launches Aussie first oil exchange traded fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
BetaShares has announced an Australian first with the launch of the first oil exchange traded fund on the country's stock exchange. The exchange traded fund (ETF), which will trade under ASX code "OOO", aims to track the performance of the S&P GSCI ...

Lookin' for trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... already plenty in Europe. Spanish bond yields continued to rise despite the election of a new leadership to govern the country. The Popular Party won government at last Sunday's election, winning 186 seats of the 350-seat parliament. Moody's warned France... ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... today." NEW YORK - US stock markets tanked Monday on news that Congress probably has failed to reach a deal to cut the country's massive budget deficit and to extend stimulus measures into next year. "US lawmakers are expected to announce Monday that ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... to 5,850.17 points. Milan lost 1.43 per cent and Madrid shed 0.40 per cent as the Spanish finance minister insisted the country was not in any need of a bailout despite a sharp rise in borrowing costs. Despite the gloomy backdrop, the euro rose to $US1.3519 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... interest rate that Italy must pay on its 10-year bonds jumped back above the 7.0 per cent level seen as unsustainable for the country to service its debt while Spanish 10-year government bonds rose to 6.341 per cent. Even France was punished, with its ...