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Midday Market Wrap: Dollar and bonds stronger

The Australian dollar was stronger at noon, above 70 US cents as a host of international and domestic factors support its strength. At 1200 AEST the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7053/59 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7005/10. It had traded ...

Midday Market Wrap: No market effect from low CPI data

The Australian dollar was stronger at noon, remaining close to the $US0.7000 level it reached in overnight trade but not moving higher. At 1200 AEST the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.6988/93 compared with yesterday's close of 0.6939/44. Commonwealth ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar breaks $US0.7000

The Australian dollar opened stronger today, bursting through the $US0.7000 for the first time since November 1997, driven by a weaker US dollar and talk of a free trade agreement between Australia and China. At 0700 AEST the Australian dollar was trading ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian shares close at new highs

The Australian stock market bounced back into positive territory to hit a fresh 16-month high today amid a mixed performance by blue chip stocks. Market heavyweights News Corp and National Australia Bank pushed higher while Telstra and Cochlear suffered ...

NAB confirms discussions with ACCC over AMP takeover

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2003
National Australia Bank Ltd has reportedly held preliminary discussions with the national competition watchdog regarding a takeover of AMP Ltd and believes it could be allowed to proceed. NAB chief executive Frank Cicutto told the Australian Financial ...

Housing finance expected to have risen in August

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
The number of home loan approvals was expected to have risen in August as a low interest rate environment kept encouraging buyers and investors into the housing market. Most economists expect a rise of around 1.5 per cent in Australian housing finance ...

AMP asks for more debt

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2003
Troubled fund manager and life insurer AMP Ltd has reportedly asked Britain's Financial Services Authority (FSA) to accept a higher level of debt in its United Kingdom operations. AMP wanted permission to increase the debt in a "last ditch effort to ...

EU asks WTO to intervene in Australian quarantine dispute

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2003
The European Union formally asked the World Trade Organisation today to set up a panel of experts to rule on its simmering trade dispute with Australia on quarantine measures restricting imports of food products. The first request for a disputes settlement ...

IFSA and ASFA appeal to Government to reduce super contributions tax

The government's $7.5 billion surplus presents an opportunity to reduce the amount of tax Australians pay on contributions to their superannuation, according to the CEOs of the Investment & Financial Services Association (IFSA) and the Association of ...

Australian insurer AMP prefers UK demerger

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2003
Australian life insurer AMP Ltd is leaning towards returning ownership of its struggling British assets to shareholders rather than selling them off, a source close to the talks told Reuters on Monday. "At the moment it looks like the demerger is the ...