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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
... Shares in manufacturers, including Boeing Co, 3M Co and General Electric Co declined, along with retailers, banks and transport companies. Bernanke told Congress overnight that core inflation, excluding more volatile food and energy costs, remained "uncomfortably ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007
... NSW over the weekend is said to be a boost to the ethanol and clean coal industries, wireless broadband providers, the transport industry and sections of the engineering and construction industries. The $310 climate change fund is likely to benefit the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2007
... the leader of the opposition Peter Debnam prefers a recycling operation. It will cost $4 billion for infrastructure to transport sewerage from the Malabar sewerage treatment plant to the Warragamba Dam to produce the same amount as the 125 megalitre ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2007
... the private sector particularly in those industries that have been privatized over the last few years like energy and transport. The Australian Industry Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index which measures manufacturing ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2006
... levels. Business conditions were seen to improve in NSW and Victoria and overall the national improvement came from the transport, construction and retail industries. However, business confidence remained steady at +6 points having fallen in recent months. ...

Citigroup puts a cost on climate change

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
... generation plants responsible for about 24 per cent of emissions versus land use on 18 per cent and both agriculture and the transport industries on 14 per cent. Globally about 87 per cent of carbon market volumes can be sourced from the EU of which ...

VFMC to take investments in-house

... of investment managers selected by the government funds Emergency Services Super, Victorian WorkCover Authority and Transport Accident Commission. Michelle Baltazar

Fix debt ahead of rate rise: ANZFP

With the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) likely to increase interest rates next month and possibly in March after the latest inflation figures were released, ANZ Financial Planning's general manager, Mike Goodall, has urged consumers to re-evaluate ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006
The release by the ABS of national CPI data has shown that overall there was a 0.9 per cent increase during the third quarter, tallying to a 3.9 per cent annual rate. This suggests that the coming RBA meeting on 7 November will see the board under pressure ...

What savings problem?

... their savings accounts regularly, cutting back on luxury items (68 per cent), car usage (45 per cent) and using public transport instead (27 per cent). It also revealed that many are setting aside an average 13 per cent of their net income or around ...