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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2007
... new record of 6,142.8, up from 6,136.1. NEW YORK - US stocks rose overnight as drug maker MedImmune Inc put itself up for sale, lifting the biotech sector, and strong retail sales data relieved fears about consumer spending. A surge in oil prices gave ...

BankWest goes east

From the west coast to the east coast, leading Western Australian bank BankWest continues its push into markets outside its Perth homebase when it announced that its head of retail sales will relocate to Sydney. Head of Retail Sales Mark Reid will move ...

New Jersey Govt spends teachers' future fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
... contributions to survive, paid for either by cuts in the State's programs, higher taxes or other sources, such as the proposed sale of the New Jersey Turnpike. The scandal raises similar themes to those debated last month in Australia, when the Australian ...

Barrett builds new distribution team at CFS

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2007
Colonial First State's (CFS) newly appointed general manager, Paul Barrett, has finished building his new distribution management team after an internal recruitment drive, making four key appointments. Kylie Macfarlane has been promoted to head of retail ...

Adviser confidence way up: ING

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2007
Adviser confidence has rocketed in the past year, according to an ING survey, with double the number of advisers bullish about growth prospects in the year ahead compared the the last year. Around 75 per cent of the 800 advisers surveyed during the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2007
Following the announcement by the US that it would impose tariffs on imported paper products from China after its research had shown that they were being subsidized by 10-20 per cent, trade negotiations have become more urgent as key players perceive ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open firmer as Iran's release of captured British servicemen led to a decline in oil prices, boosting Wall St. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0815 AEST, the June share price index contract was down three ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2007
The Australian share market was trading higher this morning, buoyed by news interest rates would remain unchanged and a strong US lead overnight. At 1019 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 Index jumped 51.4 points higher to 6064.8, while the all ordinaries ...

Unionised workers only half all industry fund members

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2007
New research shows that industry funds are winning post-super choice, despite the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reporting that the proportion of private sector workers belonging to a union is only 15 per cent. According to the ABS, less than ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2007
The much awaited Reserve Bank of Australia announcement of interest rates was made this morning after their monthly meeting yesterday. The RBA decided not to raise the cash rate from 6.25 per cent. This will cause the weight of opinion for an interest ...