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Khazanah buys Oriental University stake

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
Investors might eye China's industrial growth as investment opportunities, but Khazanah Nasional is taking a different tact - forking out more than $45 million for a 10 per cent stake in Oriental University City Limited as part of its China education ...

When a lift in unemployment is good news

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
An economy moving to full employment has big implications for economic policy and how we should read the macro indicators. In a major speech to the NSW Economic Society this week, Dr Steven Kennedy from the Commonwealth Treasury said while the most ...

Kaplan adapts Finsia teaching model

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
US education company Kaplan has just taken over the teaching division of Finsia and while making a commitment to maintain the group's curriculum and teaching style, changes are also in the wings. Kaplan Australia chief executive Warren Jacobson said ...

Finsia sells education to focus on member services

One of the country's longest running financial institutes, the Financial Services Institute of Australia (Finsia) has signalled a change in business direction after it agreed to sell its education arm to Kaplan Inc enabling it to concentrate on providing ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2007
The National Australia Bank monthly survey of business conditions and business confidence has been released showing a improvement in the conditions measure to a score of 18 which sits just below the record of 18.6 that was achieved in March 2006. Constituent ...

Daily Economic Update

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2007
The half yearly reporting season of the Australian stockmarket begins this week with a general expectation that good earnings numbers are on the table. Among the larger players to report is Woolworths on second quarter earnings and sales for the first ...

FinLit database to identify gaps and overlaps

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2006
Following the launch of the UnderstandingMoney campaign, the Financial Literacy Foundation is now setting up a database of financial literacy programs while also expanding its programs into vocational education. The Foundation is also now compiling ...

Daily Economic Round Up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2006
A buoyant economy has created strong demand for professionals particularly in the engineering field where new graduates are commanding starting salaries of $50-60,000. The median for Investment banking graduates according to the Australian Association ...

Finsia wins fin services education excellence award

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2006
Finsia's Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance and Investment has been awarded the Excellence in Education for Financial Services - Higher Education Category Award from the Financial Services Education Agency Australia (FSEAA). The FSEAA Quality Education ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2006
The release of the Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment yesterday heralded the arrival of forces opposing those like the strength in retail sales and the buoyancy in the housing market which have helped bring about last week's interest ...