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Latham lashes super schemes for high-end pollies

Superannuation schemes for federal MPs, judges and the Governor-General would be closed down under a Labor government, Opposition Leader Mark Latham said today. The schemes were well outside the community standard and were out-of-date, Mr Latham said. ...

Labor tipped to cut MPs super perks

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2004
MPs and senators could lose their right to retire on $51,000 a year under a Labor plan to bring pollies' super into line with the rest of the community. Labor is finalising its review of superannuation and is expected to change the scheme for parliamentarians ...

Latham poll shows election to be close: Costello

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2003
An opinion poll which indicated a surge in support for Labor leader Mark Latham showed the federal election expected next year would be a close race, Treasurer Peter Costello said. The Australian newspaper's Newspoll showed that, in two weeks, Mr Latham's ...

Small business conditions improve in November quarter: ACCI

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2003
Small business trading conditions bounced back in the last three months as the economy picked up, a new survey showed today. The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) said businesses polled for its November quarter survey reported general ...

Morning Market Report: US GDP surges at 7.2%; Dollar hits $US0.7100 overnight

US stocks rose on Thursday afternoon as investors welcomed surprisingly strong growth in the US economy. The market spiked briefly in early trading after a report showed US gross domestic product surged at a 7.2 per cent annual rate in the July-September ...

Debt binge could prove costly

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2003
... stake in the property market could prove costly even if interests rates rise only modestly. According to a Hawker-Britton UMR poll reported in The Sydney Morning Herald today, a 1 per cent rise in interest rates would leave a quarter of borrowers struggling ...

Colonial First calls for Lend Lease meeting to vote on PREIA

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2003
... and Principal (PREIA) should be appointed as responsible entity of the Lend Lease US Office Trust," PREIA said in a deed poll dated 17 September. However, Lend Lease said the Colonial/PREIA proposal posed significant risks to the trust's unitholders. ...

Merrill Lynch fund manager survey reveals global bullish sentiment

Merrill Lynch's monthly survey of fund managers has found that global fund managers' sentiment has turned bullish amid what it termed "cyclical euphoria". Its survey found that fund managers were expecting a recovery but warned that such a recovery ...

AIA survey reveals increase in online trading

In a survey of its members, the Australian Investors' Association (AIA) has discovered that many investors are using the internet extensively for share market transactions, suggesting they are only using stockbrokers and financial planners as a source ...

InTech appoints Monaghan as chief executive officer

InTech has appointed Michael Monaghan to the position of chief executive officer, it has announced. Monaghan was formerly the regional chief operating officer for Deutsche Asset Management, based in Tokyo. "Michael has the right combination of skills ...