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"Pleasant" but...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... build-up during the quarter was voluntary or involuntary. Again from the ABS, "In seasonally adjusted terms, Mining, Manufacturing and Wholesale trade inventories each experienced a build up in the June quarter 2014". Cross reference this statement with ...

Vertical integration good for consumers, competition: instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... (FSI) concern that vertical integration might have a negative effect on consumers, especially when financial product manufacturing and distribution belong to the same organisation. "Vertically integrated companies have the financial capacity to invest ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... said. "We appear to have put that behind us a bit." Mr Spooner said investors were awaiting the release of Chinese manufacturing data later on Monday. He said the figures could potentially be market-moving. "On the one hand, there's reason to be nervous ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... releases company profits and inventories data for the June quarter Monthly inflation figures from TD Securities and manufacturing data from the Australian Industry Group are also released. In Australia, the stock market on Friday closed flat as the impact ...

AustralianSuper names new deputy chair

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... since 2007. Oliver is secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, and spent 20 years at the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union. AustralianSuper chair Heather Ridout said: "Dave has been a great contributor to the board over the past seven ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... speed up interest rate rises, dealers said. HONG KONG - Asian markets have mostly fallen, with downbeat Chinese manufacturing data dragging down Hong Kong and Shanghai as concerns grew about the pace of recovery in the world's second-largest economy. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... earnings and a positive lead from Wall Street. But it dipped slightly in late morning trade after the latest reading on manufacturing activity in China fell below expectations. That erased some of the gains made in early trade, which took the market ...

CBA dismisses Murray's concerns over vertical integration

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... expressed by the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) interim report that Australia's big institutions control both the manufacturing and distribution of financial products. "We need to have business settings that ensure that the customer's interests are absolutely ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... close at 2,185.30. Shenzhen also fell 1.01 per cent, or 11.72 points, to 1,148.29. The drop came despite Chinese manufacturing activity increasing sharply in July and rising at its fastest pace in more than two years. The official purchasing managers ...

Tit-for-tats and all that jazz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... 1.1% in June after a 0.6% decline in May.... and more good US stats. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) non-manufacturing index jumped to its fastest pace in nine years, to a better-than-expected and a recovery high reading of 58.7 in July. This ...