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Short-term visitor arrivals dip by 2% to 423,800 during October: ABS

The number of short-term visitor arrivals during October was 423,800, a decrease of two per cent as compared with the month of September, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. The majority of the visitors arrived from Europe (115,700) ...

Two new appointments to BT distribution team

Hot on the heels of surveys showing surging funds into its wrap products during the past quarter, BT today announced two new appointments within its distribution team. Former senior business development manager for BT Corporate Superannuation, Don Sillar ...

IMF admits mistakes in controversial handling of Asia crisis

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) admitted today it made mistakes in its controversial handling of the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis which put affected countries under stringent programs. Charles Adams, assistant director of the IMF Office for ...

Consumer expectations fall to 3.9% in November

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2003
More Australians thought prices could ease in the future as consumers' expectations of inflation fell to 3.9 per cent in November. This followed expectations of a rise to 4.2 per cent in October, a survey found. The Melbourne Institute consumer inflationary ...

ANZ boss takes pay cut

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2003
ANZ Banking Group Ltd chief executive John McFarlane took a $400,000 pay cut for 2002/03, a move which the bank said reflected the performance of ANZ over the past 12 months. Mr McFarlane took home $2.48 million for the year ended September 30, 2003 ...

Average weekly earnings growth slows in August: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2003
Wage growth slowed in the three months to August, new figures showed today, with the average paypacket now $928.60 a week. Hourly rates of pay rose just 0.6 per cent in the August quarter, from 2.5 per cent in the previous quarter, the Australian Bureau ...

Midday Market Wrap: Market boosted by healthy offshore gains

The Australian share market remained higher at noon, boosted by healthy gains on offshore markets overnight. At 1206 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 13.9 points higher at 3216.9 while the all ordinaries index gained 12.5 points to 3229.9. ...

Macquarie Bank says H2 significantly up on prior H2

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2003
Macquarie Bank Ltd today said the second half will be significantly up on the prior corresponding half. Managing director Allan Moss said domestic and international market conditions were favourable. "We are also experiencing markedly improved investor ...

Platforms continue strong growth in third quarter: Assirt

Inflows into investment platforms continued to strengthen in the September quarter, and the major banks are increasingly grabbing the lion's share of new money, according to preliminary data released by research house Assirt. Among the top ten providers ...

OECD standardised unemployment rate rises

The standardised unemployment rate for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries has risen to 7.2 percent in September, which is 0.1% higher than the previous month and 0.2% higher than a year earlier. In the Euro area ...