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Midday market wrap: Local stocks edge lower

... morning session, following further losses Friday in major overseas markets. US markets have continued to slide on fears third quarter earnings results will fall short of investor expectations. Locally, the market was dragged lower by News Corporation ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks continue to slide

US stocks fell Friday to the lowest levels in over a month, as investors began to focus on the upcoming third quarter profit reporting season. The absence of a recovery in employment growth and eroding consumer sentiment have left investors worried ...

New Zealand growth slows in second quarter, figures reveal

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2003
... cent in the three months through June 2000 compared with the previous quarter. Economists expect growth to pick up in the third quarter. A drought led to high power prices and exacerbated the slowdown in the June quarter, the state agency said. The high ...

Mobile phones industry worth more than $5 billion per year: Minister Alston

... economy, new research has found. In 2001/02, more than 32,000 people worked in the industry, which accounted for more than a third of total telecommunications employment and more than $1 billion in wages.

GE pumps $98 million into Burnley development

... Industry, Tim Holding, also welcomed the vote of confidence in Victoria's $13 billion financial services sector, the State's third largest industry. "GE is one of the largest global players in the industry, and one of the fastest-growing major financial ...

Coles Myer announces 29% profit surge for the year

... Coles Myer. "This result positions us well for the next phase of our rebuild, in which we will increase the emphasis on the third plank of our strategy, to leverage the scale of the CML Group while continuing to pursue growth of our food and liquor business ...

Aberdeen parent in takeover announcement

... consolidate the combined group's position in the funds management industry; it will re-assert the importance of independent third party asset management; and it demonstrates our collective commitment to our investment trust clients," he said. According ...

Commonwealth ministers meet in Brunei, focus on poverty

... only four are apparently considered to be developed nations, even though the grouping's 1.7 billion people account for a third of the world's population. "This whole issue of agriculture subsidies in the developed countries impede development in all ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks, dollar lower on recovery concerns

US stock markets pulled back overnight, with mobile phone giant Nokia warning of revenue weakness in the third quarter and as a growing number of investors begin to question the strength of the broader corporate earnings recovery. The Dow Jones industrial ...

Senator Coonan reaffirms government's commitment to retirement savings

Senator Helen Coonan, the minister for revenue and assistant treasurer, has said that the superannuation surcharge reduction and co-contribution measures are aimed at removing the disincentive facing those able to save for their retirement and boosting ...