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Credit card charges hit record $14.7 billion in December

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2004
Australia's Christmas credit card binge hit record levels in December as consumers ignored rising interest rates in favour of spending up big, figures released today show. Australians put an all-time record $14.68 billion on the plastic in December  ...

Commonwealth Property Office Fund will meet earnings forecast

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2004
Commonwealth Property Office Fund (CPA) today said it would achieve its full year earnings and distribution forecasts despite a weakening in net property income expectations. It booked a net profit of $67.7 million for the six months to December 31 ...

Schaffer will continue to pay special dividends

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2004
Diversified industrial firm Schaffer Corporation said it would continue to make special dividend payments as it unwound its non-core investment portfolio. Schaffer posted a net profit for the half year to December 31 2003, of $10.1 million, which included ...

Small business confidence remains strong: ACCI

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2004
Small business confidence has continued to rise over the past three months, according to the latest Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) small business survey. The survey found small business confidence increased markedly in November ...

Bendigo Bank on tract for 25% profit growth

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2004
Australia's Bendigo Bank Ltd said today that it was on track to achieve profit growth of 25% for the 2004 financial year. The comments came after the company reported a first half net profit of $34.570 million for the six months to December 31, 2003 ...

Home lending falls off in December

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2004
New home loans fell for the third month in a row in December as back-to-back interest rate hikes began to bite. But economists said the fall would not be enough to deter the Reserve Bank from raising rates again in coming months, given the overall strength ...

Watchdog takes action over super scheme fraud

A Brisbane businessman has consented in the Federal Court to permanent injunctions relating to his involvement in a scheme that promoted the illegal and early release of superannuation benefits. The businessman, Mark David, also consented to allegations ...

January sees rise in job ads: ANZ

Job advertisements in major metropolitan newspapers rose by 2.3%, seasonally adjusted, in January, to an average of 20,783 per week according to the latest survey by the ANZ bank. The increase was the largest recorded in eight months, the bank said ...

Telstra says FY04 revenue growth to exceed cost

Australia's largest telecommunications company Telstra Corp Ltd said today that it had reiterated its full year earnings guidance, saying that any cost growth would be less than revenue growth. The comments came after the company posted a net profit ...

AIF to maintain dividends, after reporting $11.2 million net profit

Australian Infrastructure Fund (AIF) said today it would continue to sustain dividends, forecasting a 5.5 cents distribution for the second half of 2003/04, similar to the first half. The company reported a net profit of $11.263 million compared with ...