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ANZ newspaper job ads rise 2.3% in Jan

Australian newspaper job advertisements rose 2.3 per cent, seasonally adjusted, in January to 20,783 a week - its sharpest increase in eight months. The January figures follows a revised 6.9 per cent fall in December and 0.8 per cent slip in November ...

Stockland interim profit down, but hopes for further growth

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2004
Property trust Stockland Trust Group said the successful integration of the AMP Diversified Property Trust (ADP) has given it a good platform for further growth. Stockland reported a 5.7% drop in interim net profit to $127.891 million for the six months ...

Patersons appoints Kevin Troy as non-exec director

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2004
Independent broker Patersons said today it had appointed the former chairman of the Sydney Stock Exchange Kevin Troy as a non-executive director. Troy was a partner and senior executive at broking house Ord Minnett for more than 30 years until his retirement ...

Centro doubles in size, records 52% rise in profit

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2004
Centro Properties Group expects to grow even bigger and stronger in the second half, after doubling in size in the first half and posting a 52% increase in net profit. Centro announced net profit of $85.746 million for the six months to December 31 ...

AXA extends Les Owen's contract to 2006

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2004
AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd said today it has extended group chief executive Les Owen\'s contract to December 31, 2006. AXA also announced chief financial officer Andy Penn has been promoted to chief executive of Australian and New Zealand operations ...

ING Office Fund to seek more US opportunities

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2004
ING Office Fund (IOF) today said it would continue to seek growth opportunities in the United States, after reporting a 29.1% increase in interim net profit to $44.52 million. However total distributions for the six months ending December 31, 2003 ...

Retail sales drop 0.6% in December

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2004
Retail sales dipped for the first time in a year in December, following two back-to-back interest rate rises, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said retail trade fell 0.6% in December, following a revised increase of ...

RBA rate hikes not over despite steady call: economists

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2004
Today's decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia to hold interest rates steady this month was widely expected but doesn't mean a rate hike isn't around the corner, economists warned. The RBA today kept its key interest rate steady at 5.25% after its ...

RBA holds cash rate at 5.25%

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2004
The Reserve Bank of Australia today left the Australian cash rate unchanged at 5.25%. The decision follows back-to-back rate hikes in November and December last year, which lifted the cash rate to 5.25% from 4.75%.

Business conditions ease in December

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2004
Australian business conditions eased in December and domestic demand was expected to slow in some sectors, although business remained strong after nearing record levels the previous month, a survey has found. The National Australia Bank monthly business ...