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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
... until November they grew by 14.1 per cent. Disposable incomes increased by 10 per cent until October and those from the rural sector jumped 11.4 per cent during this time. Chinese wages have approximately doubled in the last five years and gross national ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2006
... big miners and gains in Telstra driving the bourse upwards. The market was also buoyed by Fairfax Media's move to acquire Rural Press and create a $9 billion media group. At 1205 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 16.7 points to 5443.2, while ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2006
... whereas imports rose by about 5 per cent to $19.310 million to produce the net deficit. In terms of the national output of rural goods, exports of these rose by $8m to $2.236 billion of which the livestock sector contributed a 4 per cent increase although ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
... cent in the next year and farm incomes by 60 per cent. An additional assistance package of $210 is being aimed at small rural businesses that draw at least 70 per cent of their income from the surrounding farming communities.

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2006
... become permanent residents of Australia. Medical practitioners who arrive on s457 visas who work in areas of need such as rural GPs, postgraduates and employer sponsored entrants are able to bypass the usual requirements. More criticism has arisen about ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2006
... indexes for the September quarter. And annual general meetings will be held by PaperlinX Ltd, Amalgamated Holdings Ltd, Rural Press, S8 Ltd and Centro Properties Group. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 27.9 points to 5,285.3, while the all ordinaries ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2006
... the government handouts have arisen after payouts totalling about $1.2 billion have been made in the last five years. The rural sector accounts for only 3 per cent of national income yet it consumes about 70 per cent of water used in Australia. Deputy ...

Agribusiness still appeals to lenders

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2006
Leaving aside the current crisis, bankers still see the rural sector as an attractive market. Westpac's general manager for agribusiness banking Graham Jennings said the bank has added 45 agribusiness bankers to his team in the past 12 months. The bank's ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2006
... growth of 21 per cent to June of this year. RBA data shows that while the base metals index increased by 59 per cent, non-rural commodity prices rose only 23 per cent. In the US sales of existing homes decreased by 0.5 per cent in August while the total ...

Fincorp launches safety-first income fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2006
... development, construction or investment related and will be diversified across the residential, commercial, industrial, retail, rural and specialty property sectors. Chief executive officer, Craig Stubbs, said a key element of the Enhanced Income Fund ...