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Lend Lease US Office Trust profits rise to $55.78 million

... Trust recorded a profit of US$33.2 million ($55.78 million) for the year ended December 31 2002, it announced today. The figure represents a $6.22 million increase from 2001. "Despite ongoing weakness in the US economy and increased vacancy in USD office ...

Significant increases in agricultural output in 2002: ABS

... record 14% increase to $39 billion in the estimated gross value of agricultural commodities from June 2001 to June 2002. The figure for the corresponding period in 2000-01 was $34.2 billion. But according to Jeff Ellerton, statistical compiler at ABS ...

Investment Analysis: Correlation between Dow Jones, Nasdaq since 9/11

... scale of -1 to 1, with a strong correlation, that is a tendency by the two to move towards that unison, represented on a figure higher than 0.5, whilst a weak correlation is usually a figure between -0.5 to 0.5. Prior to 9/11 the relationship between ...

Australians shifting investments to bank accounts: survey

Paul Cully Australians have deposited $76 billion into bank accounts during the last year, dwarfing the $47 billion they have pumped into investment vehicles, according to research by Rainmaker Information. The figures suggest that the desperate share ...

Indexed funds dumped as investors seek to beat benchmark: survey

... 2001, the diversified pooled wholesale sector accounted for some $129.20 billion FUM. At the end of December 2002 that figure stood at $90.94 billion.

Commercial lending finance down 15.2% for January

John Fernando The latest statistics on lending finance released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today showed that commercial financed dived by 15.2% to $19.86 billion for January 2003, from $23.42 billion in December 2002. The figures released ...

Unemployment rate falls to 6% in February: ABS

John Fernando Australia's unemployment rate fell 0.1% from January to 6% in February, but the number of people in work has actually decreased, according to figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The total number of people ...

Media giants back new $100 investment venture: report

John Fernando Cameron O'Reilly, son of Independent News and Media boss Tony O'Reilly, has started up a new investment firm called Bayard Capital with the backing of some of Australia's most prominent media figures, according to a report published in ...

Decrease in housing finance for January 2003: ABS

... down 35.7 per cent from January 2002, while the purchase of new dwellings also fell, by 10.7% from the previous year's figure. The number of dwellings financed for January 2003 decreased by 5.1% while the purchase of established dwellings increased by ...

Afternoon market wrap: AMP shares sink below $6.00 mark

John Fernando The All Ordinaries recovered in trading this afternoon to post smaller losses than expected. However investor confidence is at two-year lows whilst the All Ordinaries index is touching four-year lows. Investor confidence has been affected ...