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Macquarie CountryWide trust reports 22% rise in net income

Macquarie CountryWide Trust today reported a 22 per cent rise in net income in 2002/03 and confirmed broker forecasts for a distribution of 14 cents a unit in 2003/04. The food-based retail property investor delivered a net income for the 12 months ...

US growth strengthening, but risks remain: IMF

... and fiscal policies. But the IMF also sounded a warning over the path of the US's fiscal deficit, which it said made the country even less prepared to cope with the retirement of the baby-boom generation later this decade. According to the fund, "Sustained ...

ANZ tells NZ regulator acquisition will not affect competition

... submission. ANZ, currently the fourth largest bank in New Zealand, said it intends to continue to strengthen its business in the country. "National has an excellent reputation for maintaining strong customer relationships in the retail markets," ANZ ...

Coles Myer records 6.1% growth in sales to $27.02 billion in 2003

... performance." Coles' sales for the fourth quarter of 2003 also rose 7.4% to $6.7 billion. The company's 1,933 stores across the country recorded its highest increase in sales for the year in intra group sales (21.7%), emerging businesses (19.1%) and ...

Government calls for inquiry into housing affordability

... asset that most people ever acquire in their lifetimes and represents around two-thirds of all household wealth in this country," he continued. "While existing homeowners have benefited very significantly from the appreciation of house values, this has ...

Australian banks jostle for pole position in NBNZ race

... closer attention from the NZ Commerce Commission if it was interested in NBNZ because of its stronger presence in the country. NBNZ's United Kingdom-based owner Lloyds TSB has a price tag believed to be around $6 billion on New Zealand's second biggest ...

Rain leads to improved confidence: NAB Agribusiness survey

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2003
... economist Alan Oster said the near-term outlook for agribusiness was improving as an end to the drought in some areas of the country looked imminent. Farm production looked set to rebound 15% in 2003/04, following a fall of around 30% in 2002/05 while ...

Morning market wrap: US shares regain lost ground

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2003
US shares bounced back overnight on news of the deaths of Saddam Hussein's two sons and a series of solid earnings reports. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 61.8 points (0.7%) to 9,158.5, while the S&P 500 gained 9.3 points (1.0%) to end at 988.1. ...

Afternoon market wrap: All ordinaries gain ground

The All Ordinaries gained positive territory today driven by the strongest consumer confidence recorded in the country in nine years. According to the Westpac Banking Corporation and the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, consumer ...

ACCC accepts GrainCorp undertakings

... following the completion of the merger. This outcome will ensure the maintenance of competition in the provision of up-country grain storage and handling facilities, and in port terminals, the ACCC said. The undertakings provided by GrainCorp will shortly ...