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Business groups fear Labor government: Andrews

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2004
Business groups fear a federal Labor government will derail the economy, Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews said today. Andrews attacked Labor and the Australian Democrats after the government overnight failed for the second time to pass laws ...

New measures to boost employee share ownership

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2004
The federal government wants to double the number of Australian employees who own shares in the company they work for. Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Anderson announced a new 11% target today for participation in employee share ownership schemes ...

Patersons appoints Kevin Troy as non-exec director

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2004
Independent broker Patersons said today it had appointed the former chairman of the Sydney Stock Exchange Kevin Troy as a non-executive director. Troy was a partner and senior executive at broking house Ord Minnett for more than 30 years until his retirement ...

MMC Contrarian makes sluggish debuts on the ASX

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2003
MMC Contrarian Ltd had a sluggish debut on the Australian Stock Exchange yesterday, but the investment company remains optimistic. The shares failed to trade at their $1.00 issue price and ended the day at 92 cents after hitting an intraday high of ...

Jobless rate stuck at 14-year lows in November: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2003
More than 20,000 jobs were created in November, new figures showed today, keeping the jobless rate at a near 14-year low of 5.6 per cent. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said businesses put on 27,900 full-time staff in November but a fall ...

HGL posts 24 per cent jump in year net profit

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2003
Diversified investment group HGL Ltd said it would continue to look for import and distribution business acquisitions after posting a 24 per cent increase in annual net profit. The company reported net profit of $9.938 million for the year ending September ...

HGL launches new listed investment company, MMC

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2003
HGL Ltd today launched a new listed investment company, MMC Contrarian Ltd, to focus on out of favour or overlooked stocks. HGL said MMC Contrarian would be one of the few opportunities for retail investors to take advantage of a distinct investment ...

Four sentenced in Wattle investigation

Four men associated with the Gold Coast-based Australasian Management Consultants Pty Ltd (AMC) were today sentenced in the Brisbane District Court, following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) into the failed ...

Jobless rate down, could go lower: Costello

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
The jobless rate stayed at a 13-year low of 5.8 per cent in September, new figures showed today, but could go lower according to Treasurer Peter Costello. Costello held a doorstop press conference in Canberra this morning to discuss the figures released ...

Wattle net widens as four directors plead guilty

Four men associated with the Gold Coast-based Australasian Management Consultants Pty Ltd (AMC) have pleaded guilty in the Brisbane District Court to being knowingly concerned in the promotion of prescribed interests, in contravention of the Corporations ...