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Race to the pump

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
... Contributing to the recent escalation in prices is fighting in Turkey between armed forces and Kurdish rebels, and the US government's new sanctions targeting the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, the world's fourth largest oil producer. Oil prices could ...

Get financial advice on the web

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
The internet is increasingly becoming a key resource for financial planners who wish to broaden their client base and provide up to date information with the launch of two new websites, RateCity and RatesMate. The two websites are not affiliated but ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
... 16,569.09, up 320.12 points on the week. HONG KONG - Stocks rallied 2.13 per cent as US rate-cut hopes and news that the US government would help tackle the subprime mortgage problem fuelled investor optimism. The benchmark Hang Seng Index crossed the ...

Debt climbs, home values fall

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
Scores of US government officials along with housing executives vowed it could never happen, nonetheless, the national median price of American homes is expected to fall for the first time since statistics began in 1950. Economists forecast the decline ...

Chilean pension system faces reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
Low returns, the prospect of lower than expected retirement incomes and undercoverage among the poor and self-employed is forcing the Chilean Government to review its compulsory system. To conduct the review, a special investigatory commission to be ...

Manage your retirement: Greenspan

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
Former US Federal Reserve Chairman Dr Alan Greenspan said US Government social security and Medicare liabilities would be hard to meet and baby boomers worldwide needed to be more active in their retirement preparations. Dr Greenspan was the keynote ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2007
... the nearly seventy year old monopoly position of the Australian Wheat Board have heated up even further with the US government threatening action unless the system is changed. At a time when the US is itself subsidizing farmers to the tune of $25 billion ...

ATO to create single lost super gateway

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is to create a single and simplified gateway for people looking to find their lost or unclaimed superannuation. The ATO will do this by rationalising its existing processes to identify actual lost members, obtain ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2006
... positive territory." On Wall Street Wednesday the Dow Jones industrial average rose 90.28 points to 12,226.73 as the US government raised its estimate of third-quarter economic growth. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 12.76 points to 1,399.48 and ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2006
... disappointing quarterly reports. The Nasdaq dropped sharply after Whole Foods Market said sales were weaker than forecast. A US government report on spending showed a key inflation measure rose in June, while a separate survey showed prices paid by manufacturers ...