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Symantec warns on tax time cybercrime

Leading protection software provider Symantec has urged consumers and businesses to be more vigilant around tax year end after the group's research found more sophisticated and heightened phishing attacks around 30 June. The term 'phishing' refers to ...

Westpac goes to water

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2007
Westpac is pursuing an aggressive expansion program in its Specialised Capital Group, focusing on infrastructure, property, private equity and high-yield debt. Specialised Capital Group head Sean McElduff told an analysts' briefing yesterday that Westpac ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2007
The Australian share market has opened lower after falls in most base metals overnight, despite a faintly positive lead from Wall Street. At 1014 AEST, the bluechip S&P/ASX200 Index lost 6.6 points to 6365.4, while the all ordinaries fell 5.2 points ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2007
The Australian stock market is expected to open stronger on faintly positive lead from Wall Street and mixed commodity prices. The Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index was up nine points at 6,395. Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
The bluechip S&P/ASX200 index gained 16.7 points to 6277.9, while the all ordinaries rose 14.5 points to 6302.9. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index futures contract was six points firmer at 6274 on a volume of 12,476 contracts. ...

Economic round-up: Business up, sentiment down

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2007
Despite continued buoyancy in business activity, consumer sentiment took a tumble in June as Australia's optimism towards future family finances and the economy begins to wane. The May NAB Business survey showed a continuation of elevated business activity ...

NZ managed funds hit A$56 billion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2007
New Zealand managed funds assets have reached A$56 billion, according to the Reserve Bank of NZ, after limping forward just 9 per cent during the year to end March 2007 helped by the NZ Stock Market that returned only 11 per cent. The figures do not ...

Economic round-up: Kiwis at war with inflation

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
New Zealand takes the award for the highest interest rates in the developed world, as the RBNZ jacked-up the official cash rate to a mammoth 8 per cent, sending a jolt through their export sector and financial markets. Better late than never, the Reserve ...

Senate C'tee rebuffs calls to lower foreign withholding tax

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
Just as the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has released a study arguing our local funds management industry could be a major export earner, the Senate Economics Committee has rejected industry lobbying that foreign investor withholding ...

Economic round-up: RBA thumbs-up

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
There were no real surprises this morning with the Reserve Bank of Australia giving the Australian economy the thumbs-up and deciding to leave interest rates at 6.25 per cent for the sixth time. Also released today were the ABS's March quarter National ...