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PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2007
Labour force data released from the ABS today shows that over the last month there was a 10.5 per cent increase in employment in Australia in seasonally adjusted terms so that on an annual basis there was a 2.7 per cent growth in the national workforce. ...

Web videocalls invigorate rural banking and remote advice

One of the country's largest credit unions, New England Credit Union (NECU), is making headway in regional banking and remotely offering financial advice through web-based videoconferencing. NECU's theme song could well go, "I've been to Armidale, Barraba ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
Federal Treasurer Peter Costello has raised the issue of the tax treatment of Private Equity firms operating in Australia noting a concern that the increasing level of corporate activity in the private equity space could mean the associated higher levels ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2007
The Australian bond market fell overnight as US equities staged a comeback amid growing confidence the economy can weather a rise in delinquent mortgages made to risky borrowers. At 0900 AEDT, the yield on the Commonwealth Government February 2017 bond ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
There has been some particularly good news on the employment front with Workplace Relations Minister Joe Hockey announcing that the number of long-term unemployed fell by in excess of 13,000 in January to a record low of about 78,000. The number of ...

AMP FP to call 35,000 over switching advice

AMP Financial Planning (AMP FP) said it will review the superannuation switching advice it gave to around 35,000 clients, revised up from an earlier estimate of 7,000, as part of its enforceable undertaking (EU) entered into last year. Coinciding with ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2007
Retail trade data from the ABS has just been released showing that the seasonally adjusted estimate of turnover for the retail and hospitality/services sectors increased by 0.3 per cent in December after the 0.2 per cent November rise and that of 0.8 ...

ASIC pleased with insurance industry

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has released a report examining the improvements home building insurers have made to their policies and whether they are providing customers with better access to information about the costs ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2007
Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd has criticised the Federal Government's record on productivity citing a report by the OECD which says that Australia's spending on higher education has fallen by 7 per cent over the last decade while there was an increase ...

Suncorp-Promina integration costs lower than expected

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
Management of Suncorp and Promina believe integrating the two organisations will cost $355 million, slightly less than first estimated. Promina said last night in the booklet published in connection with the shareholder vote due in early 2007 that merger ...