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Economy in good shape despite predicted slowdown: NAB

The lack of confidence caused by geo-politics, equity markets and the drought point to a broad-based slowdown in domestic business conditions, according to the latest National Australia (NAB) Quarterly Business Survey released today. The March quarter ...

Morning market wrap: US retreats, investors await earnings

US shares edged lower on Friday as the market contemplated an uncertain economic outlook and the quarterly reporting season with a degree of anxiety. The Dow Jones fell by 17.92 points to 8203.41. It was a similar story domestically, as evidenced by ...

Fairfax buys Independent Newspapers for $1.09 billion

John Fairfax Holdings Limited has reached an agreement with Independent Newspapers Limited to acquire all of INL's New Zealand publishing for $1.096 billion. INL is New Zealand largest publishing business and includes two metropolitan daily newspapers ...

Afternoon market wrap: Index retreats in afternoon session

The All Ordinaries index retreated slightly during the afternoon session in sympathy with weaker regional sentiment. The Hang Seng index fell by 41.06 points to 8584.66 while the Nikkei gave up 163.63 points to 7816.49. Losses in the banking sector ...

APRA hits back at hedge fund policy criticism

The Australian Prudential and Regulation Authority (APRA) has hit back at criticism over its March warning to superannuation funds about the possible perils of hedge funds. On Monday, Dominic McCormick, chief investment officer at fund of hedge funds ...

Afternoon market wrap: Heavyweight pummels index lower

The sharp decrease in the blue chip's share price followed the announcement that it had sealed a $6 billion pay TV in the US. The other big news of the day was the decision (albeit in the form of a draft proposal) of the ACCC to block the Qantas-Air ...

ANZ in talks with Thai Military Bank

ANZ today announced that it had been approached by Thai Military Bank (TMB) in relation to TMB's recnt capital raising program. Although discussions are at an early stage, it is possible that ANZ will take a 10-20 per cent shareholding in TMB, it said. ...

Midday market wrap: All Ordinaries marks time

The All Ordinaries index was virtually unchanged at lunchtime despite the increasing likelihood that the war in Iraq will not last much longer. Airlines stocks were among the winners, reflecting the gains of their US counterparts on Wall Street overnight. ...

Morning market wrap: Economic fears replace war worries in US

The Dow Jones made modest ground on Friday and confidence that the war with Iraq will not turn into a prolonged conflict will have been buoyed by the coalition forces' progress into Baghdad over the weekend, but worries over the state of the US economy ...

Newspaper job advertisements up by 0.4% in March: ANZ

The total number of newspaper advertisements rose by 0.4% in March to 21,062 per week, the third consecutive monthly increase, according to monthly job advertisement figures released by ANZ today. But the total number of newspaper and internet job advertisments ...