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Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2006
The Australian share market should open stronger if futures levels are any measure despite a negative lead from Wall Street. US stocks fell on Tuesday after the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point for the 14th ...

ME Bank profit surges but needs to lend more

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2006
Members Equity Bank reported a significant increase in after tax profit in 2005, but its profitability and return on equity will continue to suffer unless it can grow its personal loans and credit card book faster. Net profit after tax of $1.71 million ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2006
The Australian share market should open slightly stronger following a positive lead from overseas markets. US stocks were flat on Monday as record profit at Exxon Mobil Corp lifted energy stocks, but the gains were offset by weakness in financial and ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2006
The Australian share market should open higher following a positive lead from international markets and after reaching new highs last week. US stocks rose sharply on Friday, buoyed by higher profits from blue chips Microsoft Corp and Procter & Gamble ...

Daily economic update

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and financial markets will welcome the country's latest inflation figures. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that headline consumer prices rose by 0.5 per cent in the December quarter - less than ...

Daily economic update

... euro in New York trade overnight. The greenback weakened to US$1.2311 per euro in New York trade - the lowest since 14 September - following suggestions by European Central Bank (ECB) officials of the need for higher interest rates to prevent the resurgence ...

Daily economic update

Australia's terms of trade continue to improve in the December quarter as the increase in the price of our exports outpaces the growth in import prices. Based on latest ABS data released today, Australian export prices rose by 2.2 per cent in the fourth ...

Another international DB fund bites the dust

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2006
The National Australia Bank's UK operations have become the latest company to dump their final salary-based defined benefit pension plan in an attempt to control the ballooning costs of such schemes, according to UK reports. Among the major changes ...

City slickers to face higher bankruptcy rates: ITSA

The latest statistics from Insolvency and Trustee Services Australia (ITSA) paint a dire picture of the incidence of bankruptcies in the eastern states, brought on by rising petrol and household living costs. According to ITSA, bankcruptcies in the ...

Super savings close in on hitting $800 billion: APRA

Amid fears of a country-wide superannuation savings shortfall, the latest APRA survey shows that the money keeps rolling in, with total superannuation assets now closing in on the $800 billion mark. During the period, total superannuation assets rose ...