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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2006
... contributions within came from machinery and equipment which fell 2.1 per cent as did food, beverages and tobacco. Chinese Vice-Premier Zeng Peiyan has hinted that his government will increase interest rates to reduce borrowing in the last quarter of ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2006
... at the time it was decided some in the community were asking for tax cuts in the range of $20-30 billion per year. NSW Premier Morris Iemma has committed to raising the total state net debt by $19.6 billion to approximately $36 billion by 2009-2010 as ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2006
... per cent of the nation's undeveloped gas reserves, plans to retain about 20 per cent of offshore reserves because, as Premier Alan Carpenter noted, the state could run out of natural gas in 10 to 15 years and without a reservation policy local consumers ...

Former NSW Treasurer joins HOSTPLUS

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2006
... Opposition Leader from 1995-1998. Collins was also a member of the Public Accounts Committee where he worked with Labor Premier Bob Carr and Treasurer Michael Egan to examine the NSW Government's unfunded superannuation liabilities. Collins replaces ...

VFMC busted investing with tobacco giant

... (VFMC), has been targeted for being invested in Altria, the parent company of Phillip Morris. It was reported that Victorian Premier Steve Bracks has come out in defence of VFMC saying public shares can be invested in companies that offer the best returns ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2006
... industry economic briefing and it is day two of the Queensland Infrastructure Summit in Brisbane. In Perth, West Australian premier Alan Carpenter will talk to to the West Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. NEW YORK - US stocks rallied as investors ...

Snowy Hydro not for sale

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2006
... privatise the Snowy Hydro has been shelved amid massive public outrage. With the Commonwealth withdrawing its backing NSW Premier Morris Iemma said the deal was almost impossible to proceed with. The plan to privatise Snowy Hydro had received huge media ...

SnowyHydro snow job?

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2006
... Finance Minister, John Della Bosca, speaking on ABC television, has unsurprisingly rejected criticism of the sale while NSW Premier Morris Iemma said, "For us it's a choice of taking money from schools and hospitals, or& authorising it as one of the ...

Fidelity doubles commitment to Australia

... Sydney-based Services Centre, which will soon expand to 60 staff. The Centre was opened last night by New South Wales Premier, Morris Iemma, who said the decision confirms Sydney as a financial services centre of the region. "We welcome Fidelity's commitment ...

Bravura momentum rolls on with Essential

... technologies, people and experience will complement Bravura's emerging eBusiness focus and the combined group will be the premier supplier of products and services to the superannuation and financial services industry," he said. Bravura also bought New ...