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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2007
... per cent of such employment in Australia which is apparently more than many other industry sectors including mining; electricity, gas and water supply; banking and finance; and TV, radio and media. This is a good sign for a hopefully more competitive ...

Aviva goes green with carbon outputs

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2007
... operations on a worldwide basis. Aviva's carbon output stems from business travel and its use of non-renewable sourced electricity and gas in its offices. Aviva aims to neutralise its global carbon output through investments in projects that generate ...

Employment mobility figures revised

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
... of service was most likely to come from the following industries; Agriculture, forestry and fishing (51 per cent), Electricity, gas and water (42 per cent), Education (38 per cent) and Government administration and defence (35 per cent). These figures ...

Citigroup puts a cost on climate change

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
... theoretical liability of 1 to 2 per cent of their market capitalization and 1 to 4 per cent of sales revenue. Local electricity prices are expected to go up about 11 per cent in the near term and they are forecast to be in the range of 19-35 per cent ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2006
... cent compared to this time last year largely as a result of the domestic component related to building construction, electricity, gas and water and real estates. The intermediate stage shows that there was a quarterly change of 1.3 per cent which translated ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2006
... performance of WA is now more than that of NSW and Victoria combined. A budget of $633 million has been allocated to electricity infrastructure in 2005-06. The nation's largest ports Port Hedland and Dampier exported 220 million tones of mostly iron ...

After failed IPO, Snowy Hydro still top rated

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
... Clement Chong, Moody's vice president and senior analyst, said, "Snowy Hydro has a strong position in the National Electricity Market (NEM) because of its large installed capacity, which represents about 10 per cent of NEM's generation capacity." "Because ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2006
... WELLINGTON - New Zealand's share market was energised by the power sector, after the government signalled an easing of electricity price regulations. The benchmark NZX-50 index was up 15.5 points to 3565.36 on a respectable turnover of $NZ119 million ...

Daily economic update

... fastest pace of producer price inflation in nearly 24 years (June 1982). This was mainly due to the soaring cost of electricity, natural gas, heating oil and liquefied natural gas. Rising producer prices are yet to pass through into higher prices for ...

Local and global equities fuel returns: SelectingSuper

... nine funds, however, were different to the super funds list. Trailing close behind NSW Bookmakers were industry funds Electricity Supply, REST and Emergency Services Super with 17.3 per cent, 17.1 per cent and 16.5 per cent respectively. Two master trusts ...