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Insurers expected to report big profits this week

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2004
... analysts is that IAG will book a full-year net profit of around $686 million when it gives its results on Thursday, a giant leap from the $132 million it reported in 2003. Recovering life insurer AMP, no longer weighed down by its hived-off UK operations ...

US trade deficit shrinks in May

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2004
The US trade gap unexpectedly shrank in May as exports shot to a record high, snapping a five-month run of bulging shortfalls, the Commerce Department said overnight. The deficit narrowed to a seasonally adjusted $US46 billion ($A63.44 billion) dollars ...

IPO frenzy slows but end of year will see new records set

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2004
... the ASX will have recorded a 178% jump in IPO activity for 2003/04 against 55 floats in 2002/03. It will also mean a 155% leap in new equity raised to about $10.8 billion compared with $4.25 billion in the previous corresponding period. "This is double ...

Home building surged in December quarter: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2004
Home building activity surged in the three months to December, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said the number of new homes begun in the December quarter rose more than eight per cent, above analysts' expectations. ...

Leap year boosts February retail figures: Cashcard

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2004
An extra day thanks to the leap year helped Australian retail spending levels nudge higher in February but the shortest month in the calendar remains the lowest one for turnover, research found. The Cashcard Retail Activity Index showed retail spending ...

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 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2004
... prepares for the upcoming reporting season. Yesterday, the Australian stock market slumped into the red despite a positive leap at the start. Weakness amongst the major banks, key resources and gold stocks, and AMP helped drag back the market. In overnight ...

AMP says demerger sparks 83% net cash flow rise

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2004
... customers have voted with their money in favour of its recent demerger with UK-based HHG Plc, with the local group revealing a leap in cash flows. During the second half of 2003, net cash flows for AMP's financial services business climbed to $956 million ...

Hunter Hall loses chief investment officer

... week's time. Mr Hall went on to outline the fund manager's strategic direction going forward, in light of its 32 per cent leap in fund inflows in the year to 30 June, and the additional 32% increase over the subsequent five months. \"Hunter Hall's strategic ...

Business lending may not match home loan slump: KPMG

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2003
... per cent, or less, over calendar 2004. Banks, which finished reporting 2002/03 annual results yesterday with a 17 per cent leap in net profit from National Australia Bank Ltd, are already reporting signs of a slowing housing market and improving business ...