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BAD tax to be scrapped

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2004
... tax in his sights. The meeting of federal state and territory treasurers agreed the BAD tax would be scrapped across the country from July 1, 2005. Mr Costello said the decision would save taxpayers about $1 billion a year in fees paid on cheques and ...

Home loan affordability lowest in over eight years

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2004
... loans. Released today, the survey showed the decline had come from a continuing increase in median house prices across the country, coupled with the Reserve Bank of Australia's interest rate rises of November and December 2003. While the median weekly ...

Rentenbank launches A$400 million June 2011 bond issue

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2004
... bond. Rentenbank, rated Aaa/AAA/AAA, was established to promote German agriculture and rural areas through its role as the country's central lending agency.

Macquarie Korea fund acquires two more assets for $239 million

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2004
... road fund has acquired two more assets for $239 million, continuing the Australian investment bank's expansion into that country. Macquarie said its Korean Road Infrastructure Fund (KRIF) bought a 99% stake in Baekyang Tunnel Ltd for $146 million and ...

NAB currency scandel cements four pillars policy: Fels

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2004
... Australia Bank Ltd (NAB) currency scandal ensured the "Four Pillars" bank policy will stay for years, according to the country's former competition watchdog Allan Fels. The former chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) ...

ASX boss says super should be freed to fund infrastructure

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2004
... markets conference in Sydney that capital was available if Australia had the will to utilise it effectively to enhance the country's economic activity and its wealth. Traded securities, either in the form of unit trusts or some other form of infrastructure ...

Free trade deal goes public, but attacked over PBS

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2004
... and the man who led the negotiations, Stephen Deady, said the deal was in Australia's best interests as it would tie the country to the US economy. The document, released simultaneously in Australia and the US, lists every aspect of the trade deal that ...

Ex-pats to head JPMorgan in Australia

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2004
... Former Merrill Lynch banker Mike Tilley will join the firm as vice chairman of investment banking. JPMorgan\'s senior country officer for Australia and New Zealand Rob Priestley said Fletcher and Treacy return to Australia after having worked for the ...

Backlash continues over free trade agreement

... Robert Zoellick after two weeks of intensive talks. Mr Howard said the deal would assure Australia's future, linking the country to the world's biggest and most important economy. Business groups rallied behind the agreement which will wipe out tariffs ...

US and Australia sign free trade agreement

... agreement". Australia, the United States' 13th largest export market, buys more goods from the United States than from any other country. The US economy has a $US9 billion ($A11.84 billion) trade surplus in two-way trade that totalled about $US28 billion ...