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Sure 25 but maybe 50

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... the fray and called for a 50 basis point cut in the official cash rate instead. Never mind the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) or the Australian Workers' Union (AWU) or the Housing Industry Association (HIA) or the National Retail ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... Wesfarmers released its third quarter sales results, while Qantas CEO Alan Joyce is to address the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce luncheon on the topic of Productivity Imperative. Wesfarmers says Coles sales rose almost five per cent in the third ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... to release its third quarter sales results, while Qantas CEO Alan Joyce is to adress the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce luncheon on the topic of Productivity Imperative. In Australia, the market on Monday closed slightly weaker as investors prepared ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... cent) to 1,369.57, while the Nasdaq tumbled 22.93 (0.76 per cent) to 2,988.40, under pressure from technology stocks. The Commerce Department reported overall retail and food service sales expanded by 0.8 per cent last month, slightly below February's ...

The Fed, the ECB and the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... stop hinting at a rate cut and just do it to reverse the weakening momentum in the economy. And if Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry's chief executive, Peter Anderson, has his way the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) should be cutting by 50 ...

Business continues to resist 12pct SG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... to what it sees as a de facto tax rise. Speaking on ABC radio last week, chief executive of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, former Howard government industrial relations adviser Peter Anderson, said it is duplicitous to say the superannuation ...

Shorten demands clarity of stance on SG rise

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... are actually secretly preparing to scrap it - they can't have it both ways," Shorten said. The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry meanwhile has continued criticism about the timing of the increase saying the government should acknowledge the ...

SEC triggers industry protest storm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... dominated Congress is not expected to support the legislation following passionate representations by the US Chamber of Commerce and sustained industry lobbying.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... general meeting, while Fairfax Media Greg Hywood chief executive Greg Hywood is scheduled to address American Chamber of Commerce in Australia luncheon in Sydney. In Australia, the market on Thursday closed lower after weaker metals prices weighed on ...

Upside surprises to surprise on the upside

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... business confidence is not just one shown in the higher index reading. There's action behind this as evidenced by the US Commerce Department's report that business inventories increased by a higher-than-expected 0.7% in January - the largest since October. ...