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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2007
Retail trade data from the ABS has just been released showing that the seasonally adjusted estimate of turnover for the retail and hospitality/services sectors increased by 0.3 per cent in December after the 0.2 per cent November rise and that of 0.8 ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2007
Some good news with respect to Australia's skills development and technological strength following the announcement by Education, Science and Training Minister Julie Bishop that the national science organisation CSIRO will receive $2.5 billion in funding. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2006
... (NHS) of 2004-05 revealed that 15 per cent of Australian over the age of 15 had private health insurance, 47 per cent had hospital cover and 41 per cent had ancillary cover. About 62 per cent of respondents reported being in excellent or very good health. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
The recent uplift in consumer sentiment as measured by the Westpac survey has not been transferred into much buoyancy in retail sales, as indicated by the ABS monthly release of the data yesterday. Retail sales grew by just 0.1 per cent in seasonally ...

AFA conference raises $45,000 for MS research

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
... more research. Professor Graeme Stewart AM, director of the Institute for Immunology and Allergy Research at Westmead Hospital, said, "MS is the most common neurological disease in young people and 75 per cent are women." "MS research funding in Australia ...

Every little thing adds up to great service: HOST-PLUS

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2006
Servicing members is a core function for all super funds, but how many funds take their service offering as seriously as they should? HOST-PLUS is one fund that knows the value of service, and its members do too. Responding to statements from an Armidale ...

Abacus Property to launch hotel fund

In the last 12 months diversified property fund manager Abacus Property Group has steadily built up hotel assets to the tune of $250 million ahead of a new hospitality fund to be launched later this year. "We are just finalising the structure of that ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2006
Following the 178 recommendations of the Productivity Commission Taskforce on how the government might reduce bureaucratic problems associated with the administration of the GST and FBT, Treasurer Costello has announced that 158 of the recommendations ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2006
... points. NEW YORK - US stocks rallied on Monday, driving the Dow up to a triple-digit gain, as optimism was spurred by a big hospital takeover and other acquisitions, stronger-than-expected earnings from major drug companies and gains in energy shares. ...

SnowyHydro snow job?

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2006
Pre-registrations for the anticipated $3 billion SnowyHydro initial public offering may be open today but resistance to the sale shows no signs of watering down. SnowyHydro is the NSW and Victorian irrigation and hydro electric power scheme that channels ...