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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2006
... confidence in the stock and could depress the share price. Gold stock Newcrest Mining announces its annual results today as does ABC Learning Centres. The market finished stronger on Friday following an overnight rise in US stocks and strong profit results. ...

Industry pleads for greater professionalism

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2006
... has been dealt with through disclosure. That clearly hasn't worked." Also via video, Alan Kohler, publisher of Eureka and ABC's Inside Business commentator, said how consumers were paid should be comparable with how accountants and lawyers are paid. ...

Former NSW Treasurer joins HOSTPLUS

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2006
... Honourable Peter Collins AM QC joins the nine member HOSTPLUS board and brings to the organisation his diverse experience as an ABC journalist, a practicing NSW barrister and a raft of key roles in the NSW parliament. Collins, currently also a Commander ...

MISs distort agribusiness sector: McGauran

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2006
... agriculture industry to curb the involvement of managed investment schemes chasing a tax break through the sector. Speaking to ABC's NewsRadio yesterday afternoon, McGauran said the style of investing was a concern where the motivation was tax-efficiency ...

VFMC busted investing with tobacco giant

... with Altria. "We don't invest the funds of superannuation beneficiaries on the basis of ethical guidelines," Bracks told the ABC yesterday, adding, "they're invested on the basis of value for money for those members to ensure they get the maximum return ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2006
... are expecting a rise of about 0.7 per cent in the quarter for an annual growth rate of around 2.7 per cent. Among equities, ABC Learning Centres holds an extraordinary general meeting in Brisbane. NEW YORK - US stocks slipped amid fears that inflation ...

Our master is the government: FF boss

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2006
... is the government's money and it is the boss, said Future Fund chairman David Murray in an interview yesterday. Speaking on ABC TV, Murray said this also means the Government can dictate what shares are placed into the Fund, even though political placements ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2006
... orders went up by 1.5 per cent. The weak report has revived expectations of a Fed pause next month. Another weak report. The ABC/Washington Post consumer comfort index fell to a six-month low of minus 18 in the week ending May 21. Personal finance fell ...

SnowyHydro snow job?

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2006
... referendum on the issue. "I think it is a national disgrace and I think we will live to regret it in the future," he told ABC's Landline yesterday. Echoing the sensitivities, Snowy region state MP, Labor's Steve Whan, has also called for ownership protections ...

SG is a tax: Tax Inquiry

... taxation in Australia so the government can get clear figures comparing our taxation rates with other countries. Speaking on ABC TV's Insiders program on Sunday, Costello said, "we need to get the full-rounded picture on the table... [so] we can identify ...