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ACCC boss to target internet scams and cartel collusion

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2004
Australia's chief consumer regulator Graeme Samuel said the two major campaigns for 2004 will be a crackdown on internet scams and the break-up of cartel collusion. Mr Samuel said the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will conduct ...

Foreign investment surges in Australian property market

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2004
The relatively low Australian dollar has been a boon for overseas investors, who snapped up $1.19 billion worth of Australian houses and apartments last financial year. That was nearly double the $631 million worth of dwellings the Foreign Investment ...

Australians abandon property investment plans

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2004
More than 100,000 Australians have abandoned plans to invest in property this year, according to research by Wizard Home Loans. The non-bank lender said research it commissioned found the number of Australians who planned to invest over the next 12 ...

Fraser takes swipe at CEO salary packs

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2004
The former governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Bernie Fraser, has taken a swipe at executive pay levels during the launch of a promotional campaign for superannuation funds bank Members Equity (ME). Fraser, who is chairman of ME, said chief executives ...

Macquarie Direct Property closes syndicate with sale of assets

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2004
Macquarie Direct Property Management has closed one of its syndicates through the sale of its assets. It said the VC Direct Investment Trust's two assets, the Harvey Norman Centre at Campbelltown and the Bunnings Warehouse at Villawood, both in Sydney ...

NAB trader says bank knew all along

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2004
The man at the centre of the $180 million rogue trading scandal at the National Australia Bank Ltd has hit back at claims by the bank that his transactions were unauthorised. Reports said foreign exchange options head dealer David Bullen had denied ...

Share trading climbs to record $56 billion in October: ASX

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2004
Share trading on the Australian stock market reached a record monthly total of $56 billion in October 2003, up from the previous record in September with $54 billion traded according to the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX). October was also the second ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: All Ords end stronger amid Asian SARS concerns

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2003
The Australian share market shook off concerns about confirmation of a SARS case in Asia to end firmer, buoyed by a resurgent Wall Street and a strong resources sector. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed 16.2 points to 3231.4 today, while the all ...

Home building up, merchandise imports down in September quarter

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2003
Home building activity picked up in the three months to September, the first rise in a year, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said the number of new homes begun in the September quarter rose 5.5 per cent after falling ...

ASIC takes action against company directors

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has moved to wind up an allegedly unregistered managed investment scheme, in which investors were induced to establish self-managed superannuation funds and to invest in a Dominican company ...