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Reporting season shows company profits growing

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2004
Listed companies defied the rising Australian dollar to report generally stronger profits for the first half of 2003-2004 with further growth expected for the rest of the financial year. However analysts say the next challenge could be from rising interest ...

Interest rates expected to stay on hold

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2004
Interest rates are expected to stay on hold today, with figures showing the Reserve Bank can afford to wait another month before lifting rates. Retail sales jumped 0.7% in January as shoppers took advantage of cheap imported goods thanks to the higher ...

Current account improves marginally in Q4

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2004
Australia's current account deficit improved marginally in the three months to December after a recovery in rural exports. But the deficit of $12.01 billion, from an upwardly revised $12.09 billion in September, was substantially above market expectations ...

Business indicators show firm end to 2003, but lowers GDP forecast

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2004
While Australian business indicators for the December quarter pointed to a robust finish for the economy in 2003 economists have sharply revised down their expectations for the December quarter GDP outcome. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported ...

Inventories up 0.3% in December quarter: ABS

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2004
The estimate of income from sales by manufacturers in the December quarter, in seasonally adjusted chain volume measures, rose 0.6% to $70.505 billion, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said. This is 0.5% higher than a year ago. Estimated income from ...

ING posts 50% increase in net profit

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2004
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group said today that ING Australia, the nation's fourth largest retail fund manager and life insurer, posted a 50% increase in net profit in 2003. The ING Australia operation, which is 49% owned by ANZ, had net profit ...

Super fund assets lift 2.2%: ABS

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2004
Superannuation funds' assets lifted 2.2% in the December quarter to more than $330 billion, according to figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The bureau said the assets of super funds had climbed 13% during the past 12 months. But the improvement ...

Capital expenditure in line with strong Q4 growth

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2004
A rise in the amount businesses spent on capital equipment in the December quarter bodes well for strong economic growth but as spending intentions soften growth will slow, economists said. Real private capital expenditure rose 2% in volume terms, seasonally ...

Macquarie Infrastructure Group books half year net loss

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2004
Macquarie Infrastructure Group today reported a net loss of $386.264 million for the first half of 2003-2004, compared to a net profit of $498.823 million in the previous corresponding period. MIG said its financial results were negatively impacted ...

IAG posts strong increased in half year profits

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2004
Insurance Australia Group Ltd (IAG) posted a strong increase in profits for the half year to December 2003 on the back of resurgent equity markets and solid acquisitions, and announced plans to undertake a $350 million off-market share buyback. IAG ...