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Telstra Q1 revenue up 6.9 per cent

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2004
... significantly offset by the increase in the customer usage of the included call allowance as well as from offers such as Bonus Options and Telstra Talk Plans," Telstra said.

Suncorp MD collects $3.29m

... the 12 months to June 2004, the group's annual report revealed. Fattening his $3.29 million package were a $1.2 million bonus, $884,951 worth of shares, and $91,000 in superannuation payments. But the amount is still less than Mulcahy pocketed for his ...

Boards are cracking down on big termination payments - Macek

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2004
... rising salaries for fear of losing the CEO to a competitor. He said companies were moving away from options as a reward bonus for senior executives, which have proved over-generous in some cases. He said the idea of aligning executives' or managements' ...

FSA eases proposals for UK's with-profits funds

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2004
... watchdog on Thursday relaxed tough proposals on life insurers\' obligations to holders of with-profits policies who have seen bonus payments slashed in recent years. The Financial Services Authority is forcing insurers to publish target ranges for bonus ...

Aust retail sales post biggest rise in three years in June - ABS

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2004
... new record high of $16.33 billion in June as the end-of-financial year sales and the payment of the $600-per-child family bonus boosted spending. But economists had expected a jump of 4% in the month as the family payments bonus pumped an extra $2.2 ...

FSU says CBA intimidating staff

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2004
The Financial Services Union (FSU) said today the Commonwealth Bank of Australia is intimidating staff who refuse to process customers in timed transactions. Industrial bans on aspects of Faster Customer Service, an initiative of the Which New Bank ...

ASIC to crack down on soft dollar benefits

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today released a research report on soft dollar benefits in the financial planning industry revealing a wide range of benefits other than standard commission payments being made in the industry. ...

Free trade deal goes public, but attacked over PBS

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2004
... would be $3 billion better off, and orange growers stood to gain up to $1 million. He said the overall package was a huge bonus to Australian firms looking to crack the lucrative US market.

RBA to look to wages data for inflation outlook

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2004
Figures out today will give the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) an indication if it needs to tackle potential wages inflation when it meets on interest rates next month. Earlier this month the RBA warned that the strength of the labour market may boost ...

London trader nets $A70 million bonus

A financial trader for US investment bank Goldman Sachs has earnt Britain's biggest ever bonus worth at least STG30 million ($A71 million), it was reported. Driss Ben-Brahim, who personally generated hundreds of millions in profits for the bank in 2003 ...