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Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2006
... The Standard & Poor's 500 had its biggest first-quarter gain since 1999 and the Nasdaq had its best quarter since the Internet bubble burst in 2000. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 41.38 points to 11,109.32. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index slipped ...

Commonwealth banks on customer service and IT

... first point of contact. New and existing business customers will also benefit from the group's launch of CommBiz, an internet-based banking service. On top of this, the bank plans to make its business services available in retail branches. Meanwhile ...

Advice is cheap compared to tax return fees

... relatively low. Meanwhile, despite efforts by the ATO to encourage direct lodgment of tax returns through their e-tax internet portal or through TaxPack, the ATO also reports that use of tax agents has jumped 75 per cent since 1996 to now account for ...

Daily economic update

... advertisements grew by a small 0.5 per cent in February with newspaper ads dropping to their lowest level in three years and internet job ads increasing by 0.8 per cent. The Reserve Bank of Australia will be closely monitoring developments in the labour ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2006
... Nikkei average fell for the fourth time in five sessions, dropping 1.1 per cent as investors sold Softbank on concerns the Internet firm's finances may be shaken by its possible takeover of a mobile phone operator. The Nikkei 225 index finished down ...

FPA and ASIC warn consumers to defend against fraudsters

... information about potential scams, unethical or fraudulent behaviour, illegal schemes or high risk options. Consumers without internet access however are still on their own. ASIC's executive director of consumer protection, Greg Tanzer, said, "Over the ...

GPen to flex muscle on pension admin software

... a young company, they are not bogged down by "very old legacy systems" but instead are working on a "very easy to use internet-based database system." Park declined to comment on the value of the deal as it is still subject to a discussion at Monteray's ...

Master trusts losing ground over poor marketing

... But without the large marketing budgets of banks, Stoykov said master trusts could use alternative channels such as the internet, 3G technology and podcasting to deliver their message.

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2006
... up 85.52 or 1.79 per cent. TOKYO - The Nikkei rose 1.53 per cent, returning to its level before an investigation into Internet firm Livedoor triggered a sell-off, as brokerages gained and Sony and Advantest advanced ahead of quarterly earnings announcements. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2006
... cent, with Softbank Corp. and other battered stocks rebounding as concern over the fallout from an investigation into Internet firm Livedoor Co. subsided. The Nikkei ended up 288.24 points at 15,648.89. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks rose, as investors ...