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Balance of payments deficit widens during the June quarter

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has announced today that the balance on current account deficit has increased by 24 per cent to $12.69 billion during the June quarter, from $10.23 billion in the March quarter. The ABS also said that the deficit ...

Construction work reaches $17.50 billion for the June quarter

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has said today that the total value of construction work done in the June quarter was worth $17.50 billion, an increase of 10.1 per cent for the year to June, but a decrease of 1.9% from the March quarter. The ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks down on profit-taking

Major US share market indexes pulled back Friday, despite a positive sales forecast from Intel Corp. The microchip manufacturer's higher forecasts initially pushed markets higher, only to be followed by moves among investors to lock in profits from ...

Dotnet director sentenced to 12 months jail

Dotnet director, Andrew Geoffrey Thomson has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment on each of three charges of making false and misleading statements in a prospectus, ASIC had reported. The County Court of Victoria ordered that Mr Thomson will serve ...

Colonial First State receives financial services licence

Large Australian fund managers have begun to receive their new Australian Financial Services Licences (AFSL), with Colonial First State Investments Limited among the first recipients. "It is a credit to our enthusiastic and committed staff that we have ...

Wattle director pleads guilty to 48 charges: ASIC

Anscor Pty Ltd director Anne Shirley Corbett has pleaded guilty, in the Brisbane District Court, to 48 charges of being knowingly concerned in the promotion of prescribed interests, in contravention of the Corporations Act. These charges followed an ...

Macquarie Airports register positive results since March downturns

Macquarie Airports (MAp) have said that their international and domestic airport projects have shown positive growth for the first time since the impact of the Iraq War and SARS in March. "The July traffic results at all our airports continue to show ...

David Morgan reappointed Westpac CEO

Westpac Banking Corporation's Board today announced the reappointment of David Morgan as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer until 31 December 2007. Dr Morgan's current contract is due to expire in February 2004. The terms of the new contract ...

APRA approves Host-Plus trustee

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has granted a licence to Host Plus Pty Ltd (Host Plus) as an approved trustee of public offer superannuation funds and re-instated it as trustee of the HOST-PLUS Superannuation Fund (the Fund). APRA ...

NM Rothschild reports 8% fall in operating profits

Privately-held UK investment bank NM Rothschild reported an 8 percent fall in operating profits in the year ending March 2003, as cost cuts stemmed a decline that saw profits fall 30% last year. In a report published on its Web site, Rothschild said ...