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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2007
The local market will likely take direction from New York, despite base metals heading lower on the London Metal Exchange. At 0803 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was up 34 points to 6,341, on a volume of 1,855 ...

Macq and UNSW do the maths

... Carlo" method, a computational algorithm commonly used by financial institutions globally. "This is an example of smart science partnering with industry to develop practical ways to boost the international competitiveness of a key sector of our economy," ...

China's growth unsustainable: Australian Economic Review

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2007
China's joint current account and capital account surpluses mean the current pace of economic growth is unsustainable in the long run, according to a study published in the Australian Economic Review. The report's author, Professor Yu Yongding, director-general ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after gains in US stocks on Friday, triggered by positive company profits outlooks. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0709 AEST, the June share price index contract was trading up 21 points to 6,195. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2007
... international calls for controls over intellectual property rights to be stepped up. China has become a famed source for copying science and technology developed in other countries without paying for the development costs, let alone the time involved ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
... nationally with a net score of 49 per cent. The Productivity Commission has released the final report on Public Support for Science and Innovation saying that the $6 billion expenditure during 2004-05 had important economic, social and environmental ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2007
... news with respect to Australia's skills development and technological strength following the announcement by Education, Science and Training Minister Julie Bishop that the national science organisation CSIRO will receive $2.5 billion in funding. The ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2007
... that spending on early childhood education is about 20 per cent of the group average. The World Economic Forum rates our science and mathematics education 29th behind the likes of India and the Czech Republic.

Biotech bouncing back

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2007
... harder to find, investors will turn to undervalued or oversold sectors, like the small cap biotech sector and the life science sector, another catalyst for a healthy 2007 for the sector.

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2006
... problems recruiting in the IT sector and about 19 per cent had problems finding graduates in mathematics, statistics and science. Today Australia will continue talks with China on removing foreign equity restrictions on the legal, banking, insurance ...