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Kennedy fights ASIC over access to Offset Alpine papers

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2004
Handwritten notes relating to Offset Alpine Printing seized from the home of Sydney businessman Trevor Kennedy were covered by privilege, his lawyer told a court yesterday. Kennedy applied to the Federal Court to seek a permanent injunction to prevent ...

Average weekly earnings up 1.8%: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2004
Average weekly earnings climbed 1.8 % in the November quarter, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said today. The bureau said all employees total earnings averaged $745.80 a week, 1.8% up for the quarter and 5.9% up over the year. Full time adult ordinary ...

Credit card charges hit record $14.7 billion in December

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2004
Australia's Christmas credit card binge hit record levels in December as consumers ignored rising interest rates in favour of spending up big, figures released today show. Australians put an all-time record $14.68 billion on the plastic in December ...

Property investment down: ABS

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2004
Property investors appear to be retreating following back-to-back interest rate rises last year, with new figures today showing another fall in investment lending in December. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said borrowing for property investment ...

January sees rise in job ads: ANZ

Job advertisements in major metropolitan newspapers rose by 2.3%, seasonally adjusted, in January, to an average of 20,783 per week according to the latest survey by the ANZ bank. The increase was the largest recorded in eight months, the bank said ...

ANZ newspaper job ads rise 2.3% in Jan

Australian newspaper job advertisements rose 2.3 per cent, seasonally adjusted, in January to 20,783 a week - its sharpest increase in eight months. The January figures follows a revised 6.9 per cent fall in December and 0.8 per cent slip in November  ...

Bank of England raises key interest rate to 4%

The Bank of England said yesterday it would increase Britain's benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 4%. The rate hike is the bank's second in three months, and it comes amid concerns that a strengthening in the economy might stoke inflation. ...

RBA rate hikes not over despite steady call: economists

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2004
Today's decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia to hold interest rates steady this month was widely expected but doesn't mean a rate hike isn't around the corner, economists warned. The RBA today kept its key interest rate steady at 5.25% after its ...

RBA holds cash rate at 5.25%

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2004
The Reserve Bank of Australia today left the Australian cash rate unchanged at 5.25%. The decision follows back-to-back rate hikes in November and December last year, which lifted the cash rate to 5.25% from 4.75%.

December trade balance widens to $2.55 billion: ABS

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2004
Australia's trade gap widened in December as consumers took advantage of cheaper imported goods in the lead-up to Christmas. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said the trade balance blew out to $2.55 billion, compared with the $1.72 billion ...