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Costello says cutting business tax rates not on the agenda

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2004
... cut the company rate from its current level of 30 per cent because it was competitive with business tax rates around the globe. "We have cut the company tax rate in Australian from 36 to 30 per cent and I think that is quite a competitive rate," he told ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2004
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as markets across the globe fell overnight as concerns about the US dollar and oil prices weighed on indices everywhere. However, there are a couple of stock-specific announcements expected on major ...

Austrade's export cyberworld

... dollars worth of export opportunities are up for grabs on Austrade's website. The opportunities were compiled through the globe trotting efforts of Austrade's trade commissioners. Businesses who do not have any experience in the export market are encouraged ...

Aust share market expected to push on to new records

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2004
... record-breaking ascent this week after a sharp fall in oil prices over the weekend soothed recession-wary investors around the globe. Still benefiting from a bumper profit season, the local market closed at an all-time high on Friday for the second session ...

Merrill Lynch Investment Managers launches monthly income fund

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2004
... Australian bank bills, by investing in longer-dated, predominantly high credit quality fixed income instruments from around the globe. It said these investments would be hedged back to floating rate Australian dollar exposures. Joint chief investment ...

S&P executive says investors reward transparency

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2004
... Parmalat and Australia's HIH were examples of why there was work to be done in regulating for proper accountability across the globe. Tillman said research showed a strong correlation between good corporate governance and higher, more sustainable share ...

Single economic market for Australia and New Zealand getting closer

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2004
... to work harder to get world trade talks back on track, focused on slashing agricultural tariffs and subsidies across the globe. CER has been operating for 21 years, with virtually no trade barriers except those based on quarantine between the two nations. ...

S&P and CITICS team up to build new index series for Chinese market

... the needs of both passive and active domestic investors, and that bring Chinese equities in line with markets around the globe for international investors." S&P vice president Glenn Doody, "This agreement with CITICS represents a strategic expansion ...

HSBC to cut 450 jobs in worldwide review

... bombings on its Istanbul offices last month, has announced it will cut up to one third of its equities staff across the globe, reducing the number from 1450 to 1000 by early next year. The decision is part of the Bank's ongoing review of its equities ...

Norwich Union Australia to adopt global Aviva brand

... the global Aviva group, we share in the strengths of the Aviva brand name - a leading name in over 30 countries across the globe, the world's seventh largest insurer and number 57 on the Fortune Global 500 list." "As a result of adopting the global brand ...