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Afternoon market wrap: $A rockets to five-and-a-half year high

The Australian dollar rocketed to its highest level in five-and-a-half years today and looks set to fly past 70 US cents this year. Its faster than expected rise has some currency experts now raising their expectations about how high the local dollar ...

Macquarie Airports record increased traffic for August

Macquarie Airports (MAp) has announced that its airports had shown an increase in traffic numbers during the months of August. "MAp is pleased to report that in August all airports in the portfolio showed an increase in traffic numbers when compared ...

FPA introduces summer school to fast track education programs

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has launched a more flexible method of learning to fast track its students through its education courses. The FPA Summer School will provide students with an opportunity to complete existing qualifications or ...

Piet Walters appears on further ASIC charges

Piet Cornelius Walters has appeared before the Cairns Magistrates Court on a further 12 charges brought forward by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The new charges allege that Mr Walters engaged in dishonest conduct in relation ...

FirstChoice passes $4 billion mark

Total funds invested through FirstChoice passed $4 billion today, after only being launched in May, Colonial First State (CFS) has announced. FirstChoice offers a range of investment options across investment, personal superannuation and allocated pensions ...

ABS releases labour force experience data

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today released a summarised format of its labour force experience data for the year ending February 2003, and said that there were 13,749,300 civilian Australians aged 15-69 years in February 2003 and that 10,198,000 ...

Two Wattle administrators given suspended sentence

Wattle scheme administrators Anne and Robert Corbett were today sentenced in the Brisbane District Court in relation to 48 charges of being knowingly concerned in the promotion of prescribed interests, in contravention of the Corporations Act. Mrs Corbett ...

Job advertisements rise 1.5% in August: ANZ job advertisement series

The number of job advertisements in major metropolitan newspapers rose by 1.5 per cent in August, to an average of 21,081 per week, the highest level since February and 0.3% higher than in August last year. "The modest upward trend in job advertising ...

Former WA directors banned by ASIC

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned Alwyn Robert Healy and Richard Douglas Wheeler, of Wanneroo WA, from managing any company for five years. Messrs Healy and Wheeler were both directors of the failed companies Healy ...

AMP announces two new appointments to its board

AMP has announced the appointment of two directors, Dr Nora Scheinkestel and Peter Mason to its board. Dr Scheinkestel, is currently the director of two publicly-listed companies, Newcrest Mining and Paperlinx and is chairwoman of a water utility and ...