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Plusses and minuses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... number of home loans approved in December. This was nearly twice market expectation for a 3.5 per cent increase and the third straight month that home loan approvals advanced. Credit conditions may not be that tight after all. New dwelling approvals ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... Ltd report annual results. Leighton Holdings Ltd will report half year results, and James Hardie Industries NV releases third quarter results. The Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) hosts a lunch in Melbourne on Voodoo Banking - The ...

New home for $58 billion

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... currently sitting in cash products, to take advantage of the market upturn. Among the research highlights were that more than a third of planners intend to invest in shares directly over the next 12 months. This contrasts with only seven per cent decreasing ...

Future Fund seek RI and IT professionals

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... will be responsible for developing and implementing the IT strategy, working in close collaboration with the business and third party providers to ensure the ongoing IT needs of the business are met. "Working in a collegiate and dynamic environment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... Australian Wealth Management Ltd, Ridley Crop, and Cochlear Ltd. Optus parent Singapore Telecommunications Ltd releases third quarter results. Australian Agricultural Company Ltd reports its full year results, as does Reckon Ltd. AWB Ltd holds its annual ...

Brits turn blue on pension

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009

Cbus invests in direct property

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
... develop an office tower in Sydney. Cbus Property, a wholly-owned subsidiary of industry super fund Cbus, has acquired a one-third interest and will team up with DEXUS in completing a six star office tower at 1 Bligh Street, Sydney. Around 55 per cent ...

Focus on the good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... cent in the December quarter - twice the 1.6 per cent rate expected -- and follows an upwardly revised 1.5 per cent in the third quarter. Productivity improved as the 8.4 per cent drop in employee hours overcame a 5.5 per cent fall in output. Unit labour ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... bounced, but analysts warned that persistent uncertainty over the US economy still reigned. London was boosted by strong third-quarter results from mobile phone giant Vodafone. London's FTSE 100 index closed up 86.68 points, or 2.13 per cent, at 4,164.46. ...

Property re-pricing to come in waves

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... The same could happen in the US but a little bit later in the year, stretching from the fourth quarter of the year to the third quarter of next year. In contrast, Singapore's direct property re-pricing will be deeper but shorter. Institutional investors ...