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GE pumps $98 million into Burnley development

Melbourne will be home to GE Australia's new $98 million financial services centre to be developed at the company's existing Burnley site. The move will create a least 1500 new jobs, confirming Victoria as a financial services hub in the Asia Pacific ...

Federal Treasurer Costello indicates that the economy is very strong

Federal Treasurer Peter Costello said that today's job figures indicated that the domestic economy was very strong. Official figures which revealed that the jobless rate is at a 13-year low at just 5.8 per cent. "It indicates that the domestic economy ...

Australian service industries pick up pace of activity: survey

Australian service industries have picked up the pace of activity, according to an inaugural survey published by the first Australian Industry Group - Commonwealth Bank Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI), which had risen 0.5 points to 55.5 ...

APRA approves Host-Plus trustee

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has granted a licence to Host Plus Pty Ltd (Host Plus) as an approved trustee of public offer superannuation funds and re-instated it as trustee of the HOST-PLUS Superannuation Fund (the Fund). APRA ...

Rising job ads signal strengthening employment growth: ANZ

The average number of weekly newspaper job advertisements rose by 1.4 per cent to 20,767 in July, the ANZ bank has announced. It was the third consecutive monthly increase, although the ANZ's series has yet to recover all the ground lost after a 12.1% ...

Australian trade gap widens due to stronger dollar, more imports: economists

Economists have said today that Australia's monthly trade gap is expected to have widened to at least $2 billion in June as the stronger Australian dollar is having a negative effect on trade, and imports have also risen. "In particular (exports) will ...

NZCC submission further support for proposed air-alliance

Air New Zealand and Qantas have submitted further information to the New Zealand Commerce Commission (NZCC) relating to the airlines' proposed alliance. "The submission clearly shows that the proposed Strategic Alliance is the only way to secure substantial ...

GPT to buy Hamilton Island Limited for $127.4 million

General Property Trust (GPT) and Voyages Hotels and Resorts have announced today that they have increased their offer for Hamilton Island Limited (HAM) to $2.83 cash per share and today entered into a preliminary agreement with HAM to acquire all shares ...

Business conditions still strong despite slowdown: National

The Australian economy is slowing down but business conditions remain relatively strong, according to the latest National Australia Bank (NAB) monthly business survey. The survey highlighted a weakening in the tourism industry (due to SARS and travel ...

Newspaper job ads rise by 8.1% in May, but disguise downturn: ANZ

The number of jobs advertised in the major metropolitan newspapers in Australia rose by 8.1 per cent in May to an average of 20,109 per week, according to the latest ANZ job advertisements data. This follows a 12.1% fall in advertisements in April ...