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Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2006
The almost simultaneous interest rate hikes by six central banks over the past two days drive home the point that rising inflation is a global problem. The move towards tighter monetary policy started with a surprise 175 basis point rate hike by the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2006
... Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 10.98 points to 2151.80. LONDON - UK shares closed higher on the back of strength among the banks after an early decline prompted by persistent interest rate fears. The blue-chip index closed 36.5 points higher at 5706.3. ...

Urban Pacific wins prestigious global real estate award

Melbourne-based Urban Pacific's residential development Kensington Banks has won the prestigious international real estate award, the FIABCI Prix d'Excellence, this year. Completed in 2004, Kensington Banks is a 38 hectare redevelopment and 11 year ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2006
... 500 Index advanced 10.25 points to 1270.09. The Nasdaq Composite Index climbed 14.14 points to 2178.88. LONDON - Strong banks and telecoms lifted UK stocks but still left the FTSE 100 with its biggest monthly loss, five per cent, since 2003. The FTSE ...

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Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2006
... over the past fortnight amid concern that monetary policy responses (higher interest rates) from the major world central banks - the Fed in particular - would slow the global economy and put pressure on corporate profitability. The flight away from riskier ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2006
... cent. LONDON - British shares made the biggest weekly gain in over six months, ending a volatile week on a positive note as banks, miners and oil stocks combined to put the market in positive territory. The FTSE 100 closed at 5791, up 113.3 points or ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2006
... investors bet the Federal Reserve will need to keep raising interest rates to fight inflation. Investors sold shares in banks, industrial conglomerates and other rate-sensitive stocks. The Dow dropped more than 200 points, the biggest slide since March ...

Members Equity runs on with Fremantle Dockers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2006
... difference. "Owned by 42 industry superannuation funds, we are not publicly listed and therefore are very different to the other banks. Our customer base has grown substantially in 2005, as has membership at Fremantle." While innovative, MEB is not the ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2006
... the rampant resources sector. Also financial stocks are expected to be firmer ahead of earnings from a couple of the major banks and one of the more open board meetings from the Reserve Bank of Australia in the last couple of years. On the Sydney Futures ...