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Economy grows by 0.4% in December quarter: ABS

John Fernando The latest national accounting figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today showed that Australia's economy grew by 0.4% for the December quarter and by 3% for 2002 as a whole. The ABS also said the drought would ...

Morningstar gives three stars to Perpetual's Barra offering

John Fernando Research house Morningstar has given Perpetual Investments' Alpha Quant offering from Barra International a three star rating. Morningstar said that a lack of emphasis on quality and sustainability of earnings from the quant model was ...

Afternoon market wrap: All Ordinaries return negative figures

John Fernando The All Ordinaries shed 1.36% in trading today as Hong Kong's Hang Seng index also decreased by 1.22% following the trend set in Wall Street where stocks took a dive yesterday. Meanwhile the dollar is trading at a three-year high at US$0.62 ...

InvestorWeb Limited reports half-year net loss of $472,000

John Fernando InvestorWeb Limited (IWL) today announced a net loss of $472,000 for the six-month period to December 31 2002. The software and research provider blamed the loss on a 395% or $870,000 increase in net non-recurring expenses due to IWL's ...

Challenger's Beston Wine Trust toasts $2.37 million profit

John Fernando The Beston Wine Industry Trust (BWI) today announced that its net profits had increased by 30.3% to $2.37 million for the six months to December 31 2002. Challenger Beston Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Challenger International ...

Housing approvals fall by 2.1% in January: ABS

John Fernando The total number of dwelling units approved for building in January fell by 2.1 per cent to 13,283 compared to December 2002, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today, further evidence of a slowdown of the property boom. This ...

$16 billion of assets disappear in 12 months: ABS

Paul Cully Total assets held by fund managers have shrunk by $16 billion in the past 12 months, according to the latest managed funds figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The ABS said total assets at the end of the December  ...

Morning wrap market wrap:

John Fernando The All Ordinaries gained about 0.5% in trading today on the back of good news from the US where the economy had grown twice as fast as had been estimated for the fourth quarter of 2002. The gains in the All Ords were due to the demand ...

Job advertisements climb 3.2% in February: ANZ

Paul Cully The latest ANZ job advertisement figures show a seasonally adjusted increase of 3.2 per cent the number of advertisements placed in major metropolitan newspapers in February, lifting the figure to an average of 20,988 per week, the bank said ...

Commonwealth Property Office Fund reports $64.8 million profit

Paul Cully The Commonwealth Property Office Fund returned a profit of $64.8 million in the half-year period to December 31, it reported today. The result includes an acquired profit of $20.44 million following the acquisition of the office, industrial ...