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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
National Australia Bank's Monthly Business Survey for January has shown that business conditions rose by 6 points to a score of +17 as a result of an 8 point increase in the profitability index, which is now at a new record high of +19. Opposing the ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after a strong lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0715 AEDT, the March share price index contract was up 31 points at 5929. In economic news today, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute ...

Perpetual repatriates UK pension benefits

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
The British pensions regulator, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, has awarded Perpetual Wealthfocus 'Qualifying Registered Overseas Pension Scheme' (QROPS) status as part of recent legislative changes. This recognition means that UK expatriates will ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
The latest monthly Business Expectations Survey undertaken by Dun & Bradstreet shows that for the first time in about a year businesses expect a growth in sales and 62 per cent of business executives anticipate higher selling prices in the coming June ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker after a poor lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0705 AEDT, the March share price index contract was down 17 points at 5879. In economic news today, the ABS releases December ...

FTSE launches climate change criteria into SRI indices

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
Global index provider the FTSE Group has launched a new set of climate change criteria for including companies in their FTSE4Good Index Series. The new criteria identify companies FTSE believe have positive records on Corporate Sustainability Responsibility ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open down on the back of mostly weaker commodities. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0830 AEDT, the March share price index contract was down five points at 5864. In economic news today, the Australian Bureau ...

China booming to a bubble?

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2007
There are growing concerns that a bubble is forming in the Chinese stock market as local investors drive up prices to record levels, with over 1.4 million new trading accounts opening up in January alone. The Chinese Banking Regulation Commission (CBRC) ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2007
The ANZ job series has fallen this month by 0.1 per cent after a large rise of 11.8 per cent last month, with the total number of advertisements in January 2007 21.8 per cent higher than a year ago. Newspaper advertisements which have been on the slide ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly higher on a mild lead from Wall Street and patchy commodity prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0821 AEDT, the March share price index contract was up 15 points at 5803. In economic news ...