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Midday Market Wrap: Bond market stronger after yesterday's sell off

The Australian bond market opened slightly stronger today, halting yesterday's sharp sell off. At 0900 AEST the yield on the Commonwealth Government May 2013 bond was at 5.545 per cent from 5.570 at yesterday's close. The yield on the November 2006 ...

Wattle Group saga claims yet another former adviser

A former Adelaide investment adviser and principal of Golconda Resources, was today sentenced in the District Court in Adelaide on 62 charges brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Ian William Snook was sentenced to ...

RBA satisfied few businesses elected to surcharge credit cards

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2003
A growing number of Australian businesses are imposing a surcharge on credit card users although most are still chosing not to do so, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) said today. The first reform measures the Reserve Bank's payments system board ...

August retail sales up 1.0%, dwelling approvals down 2.4%: ABS

Australian consumer spending growth remains buoyant, with the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today reporting retail turnover rose a further 1.0% in August. The gain follows revised increases of 0.9% in July and 1.1% in June, while the level of ...

International trade deficit narrows to $1.9 billion in August: ABS

Australian exports of goods and services rebounded by five per cent in August, helping to push the trade deficit back below $2.0 billion, the Australian Bureau of Statistics has reported. In a tentative sign foreign demand may finally be strengthening ...

Former Voicenet director faces Perth court

A former managing director of listed company Voicenet (Aust.) Ltd today appeared in the Perth Court of Petty Sessions on two charges brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Mr Alan Dawson was charged with two counts of ...

Trade balance to remain in wide deficit in Aug: economists

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2003
Australia's trade deficit is expected to have remained wide in August as rising exports levels were nullified by rising imports. The Australian Bureau of Statistics will report the balance on goods and services (BOGS) for August on Monday. Market forecasts ...

David Jones expects profit in 2003/04 after announcing net loss

Upmarket retailer David Jones Ltd today said it expects its 2003/04 profit (after tax) to be between $52 million and $56 million - before reset preference shares. The retailer today posted a net loss for the year ended 26 July 2003 of $25.5 million ...

Coles Myer announces 29% profit surge for the year

Coles Myer, Australia's largest retailer with 1,900 stores, has today announced that it's profits had rise 29 per cent to $455.6 million after tax for the full year ended 27 July 2003. Coles Myer's sales had also risen by 6.1% to $27 billion and the ...

CBA to cut domestic workforce by 3,700

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) today said it would cut its domestic workforce by about 3,700 over three years as part of a revamp of its customer service operations. The cuts would be between July 2003 and June 2006, the bank said. The bank ...