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Somethin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... better, revisions to July and August numbers added an extra 99,000 staff. This somethin' good in the labour market is producing somethin' good in consumer spending. Retail sales have been strengthening since the end of the second quarter, expanding by ...

Carbon Tax provides certainty for companies needing to change

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... consumers is set to be offset by tax breaks and compensatory payments. "I think we'll see some businesses change from producing some greenhouse intensive products and maybe just distributing those products instead of actually producing them here in Australia," ...

Crowe Horwath extends reach with new appointments

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... and international trade advice. "A technical expert with strong commercial direction, Russell has a track record in producing results for clients having most recently saved millions in an extensive client review, said Darren O'Brien, head of the company's ...

Planning software's big five rated

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... (SoA) production with the average adviser still taking six hours and 42 minutes to produce one SoA with COIN users 15% producing comprehensive statements of advice quicker than the slowest software. Recep Peker, senior analyst, Investment Trends, said ...

Fund managers beat the index but only just

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... is slightly behind." Carruthers said those managers who had outperformed were those who went for quality companies, producing consistent returns and good return-on-equity. Over a five-year term, managers performed better, improving on the index by 2.1% ...

Lost GPS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... places less emphasis on the industrial production and real sales series, which mainly cover the manufacturing and goods-producing sectors of the economy. The committee also looks at estimates of monthly real GDP prepared by Macroeconomic Advisers." The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... disaster in Japan and sinking demand for LCD televisions hurt its results. The company makes a kind of film that is used in producing the flat-screen TVs. Since it makes so many kinds of products, investors often see 3M's results as an indicator of how ...

Same time last year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... Conference in Atlanta, Georgia our friend Ben said: "Although it is moving in the right direction, the economy is still producing at levels well below its potential; consequently, accommodative monetary policies are still needed. Until we see a sustained ...

ETF provider soothes market over risk issues

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... and reviewing ETFs to ensure their soundness before being listed. ETFs have soared in popularity as a low-cost way of producing market beta returns and tracking indexes. In the last year US$317 billion worth of funds poured into ETFs bringing the assets ...

May go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... Africa remains on the boil. This would keep oil prices elevated. And to this day, the unrest spreading to a major oil-producing nation could not be discounted. And would worries be without that pestering (festering?) crisis in Europe. And no, I'm not ...