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Mixed response to government, Democrat deal on super

The government's superannuation reform program has been given new life following the agreement yesterday with the Australian Democrats on the introduction of co-payments for low-income earners, and a reduction in the superannuation surcharge. But the ...

Afternoon market wrap: All Ordinaries trail lower at close

The All Ordinaries was trading lower at close of the week's activities with a sell down in resources stocks pulling the Australian share market from yesterday's 14 month high as an upbeat lead from Wall Street failed to excite investors. The All Ordinaries ...

Adelaide Bank raises $50 million through share placement

Adelaide Bank has announced today that a successful $50 million capital raising through an institutional placement of approximately six million new ordinary shares, and the capital raised will be used to increase the bank's Tier 1 capital and to fund ...

AMP's views on the recent ABS housing price data

... experience in Australia itself doesn't provide a lot of comfort," said Dr Oliver. "Periods of falling house prices after inflation (yes, they do happen) have been associated with recession (although this doesn't mean to imply causality)". Dr Oliver said ...

Morning market wrap: US shares build on earlier gains

The Nasdaq composite index raced to a new 17-month high, and the Dow Jones industrial average and S&P 500 advanced to new 14-month highs, following upbeat sales news from Cisco Systems Inc. The leading manufacturer of internet routing equipment said ...

Interest rates on hold for 15th month in a row

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has opted to leave interest rates on hold for the 15 th consecutive month. The central bank board had met yesterday as the national accounts reported a meagre growth rate of 0.1 per cent in the June quarter, which ...

Mid-afternoon market wrap: Nikkei eases back as US stocks rise

Japan's Nikkei average eased back from its early rise to 14-month highs, decreasing by 0.35 per cent to 10652.39, by 1254 AEST. Meanwhile the Dow Jones rose by a healthy 1.13% and the Hang Seng increased 0.8%, while the All Ords and FTSE remained steady. ...

NAB satisfied with strategic holding in AMP

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2003
National Australia Bank chief executive Frank Cicutto said today that the bank was comfortable with its strategic holding in AMP Ltd. Mr Cicutto, speaking after an Australian Shareholders Association meeting, told reporters that he had not ruled out ...

Morning market wrap: Global trading thin as US markets remain closed

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2003
US markets were closed Monday for the Labor Day holiday, with trade in other major centres subdued amid low turnover. In London the FTSE 100 clawed back much of last week's losses, closing 43.3 points (1.0%) higher at 4,204.4. Investors cited growing ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares end modestly higher

The All Ordinaries closed 6.0 points higher at 3,202.9, supported by a further round of strong corporate earnings results. Gains were relatively broad-based, although the major banks all ended lower on the day. AMP closed 32c higher at $6.67, while ...