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Simon Crean steps down from Labor leadership

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2003
Opposition Leader Simon Crean today announced he would stand down as leader of the Labor Party. Mr Crean, in a brief statement, told reporters he would call a ballot for the leadership at next week\'s caucus meeting on Tuesday. He said he would not ...

Australian business increasingly bullish on 2004

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2003
Australian businesses remain bullish about 2004 with capital investment intentions on the rise, a survey has found. The October Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) survey shows the business outlook is much stronger than it was at the same time in 2002. D&B Australia ...

Manufacturing boosted by domestic demand

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2003
Solid domestic demand has helped lift the Australian manufacturing sector in October, an index released today showed. The Australian Industry Group-PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI) rose in October to 57.5 points ...

Australian service industries pick up pace of activity: survey

Australian service industries have picked up the pace of activity, according to an inaugural survey published by the first Australian Industry Group - Commonwealth Bank Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI), which had risen 0.5 points to 55.5 ...

Australians investing more directly in shares: ABS data

Investors pulled money out of Australian pension funds during the March quarter, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The ABS said the net equity in reserves of pension funds, or funds invested by households ...

Promina finalises massive share floatation

Insurance company Promina today launched the prospectus' for its upcoming public offere that is going to be the biggest sharemarket float in Australia since the 1998 Optus offer. The float values the owner of AAMI and the Australian Pensioners Insurance ...

APRA and what it means in 2003: Littrell speaks out

Paul Cully Charles Littrell, executive general manager policy research consulting for the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), has outlined the regulator's role in the post-HIH financial landscape as it tries to find a balance between ...