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Telstra faces hostile shareholders

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2003
Angry Telstra Corp shareholders last week applied their collective war paint for what turned out to be an unexpectedly hostile annual general meeting in Sydney. In a marathon session which stretched beyond five hours, the airing of grievances ranged ...

ANZ job ads up 1.4%

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2003
Australian newspaper job advertisements rose for the sixth consecutive month in October, the longest stretch of gains in four years, a survey found. ANZ job ads rose 1.4 per cent, continuing the upward trend since May and indicating further employment ...

Debt binge could prove costly

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2003
The willingness of Australians to take on increasing debt to secure a stake in the property market could prove costly even if interests rates rise only modestly. According to a Hawker-Britton UMR poll reported in The Sydney Morning Herald today, a 1 ...

Macquarie spends $40 million in South Korea

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
... stake in the road. The investment is the second for KRIF since its January launch, after its March purchase of the initial stretch of the Kwangju second Beltway. The Daegu-Busan Expressway is a $3.1 billion project being built under Korea's Private Participation ...

Interest rates steady but rise on the way: economists

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2003
... to leave untouched its 4.75 per cent official cash rate. The rate has been static since June, 2002 - the second longest stretch since the RBA began announcing changes in 1990. At 4.75 per cent, the cash rate is stimulatory to growth but, as the global ...

Three-year returns from pooled funds the worst since 1975: Mercer

... today. Mercer also said the average annual median return was -0.6% over the three years to June 2003, the worst three-year stretch since 1975. The return lagged both increases in the consumer price index and the cash rate. But while the median return ...

Morningstar upgrades BT global equities, downgrades property

Morningstar has announced an upgrade of BT Financial Group's international equities sector strength rating from 'neutral' to 'positive' in tandem with a downgrade for its listed property rating from 'neutral' to 'negative.' The upgrade for international ...