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Trade balance to remain in wide deficit in Aug: economists

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2003
Australia's trade deficit is expected to have remained wide in August as rising exports levels were nullified by rising imports. The Australian Bureau of Statistics will report the balance on goods and services (BOGS) for August on Monday. Market forecasts ...

Macquarie Bank on track to lift profits

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2003
Macquarie Bank Ltd chief executive Allan Moss today said the investment bank was on track to lift its first half and full year profit. The bank's first quarter profit for the three months to 30 June 2003 was "well up on last year", Mr Moss told the ...

David Jones expects profit in 2003/04 after announcing net loss

Upmarket retailer David Jones Ltd today said it expects its 2003/04 profit (after tax) to be between $52 million and $56 million - before reset preference shares. The retailer today posted a net loss for the year ended 26 July 2003 of $25.5 million ...

Afternoon market wrap: Japanese stocks plunge to three-week lows

The Nikkei Stock Average of 225 selected issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange plunged 463.32 points in afternoon trade, or 4.23 per cent, to close at 10,475.10 - its lowest finish since 29 August when it ended at 10,345.55. The Australian stock market ...

Coles Myer announces 29% profit surge for the year

Coles Myer, Australia's largest retailer with 1,900 stores, has today announced that it's profits had rise 29 per cent to $455.6 million after tax for the full year ended 27 July 2003. Coles Myer's sales had also risen by 6.1% to $27 billion and the ...

CBA to cut domestic workforce by 3,700

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) today said it would cut its domestic workforce by about 3,700 over three years as part of a revamp of its customer service operations. The cuts would be between July 2003 and June 2006, the bank said. The bank ...

Tasmanian adviser faces 110 ASIC charges

A former financial adviser from Sandy Bay, Tasmania, appeared today in the Hobart Magistrates Court on a total of 110 charges brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). ASIC alleges that between July 1995 and May 2003 Mervyn ...

IWIF unitholders to be asked to vote for trust closure

International Wine Investment Fund (IWIF) unitholders will again be asked to vote for the wind-up of the trust at a meeting next month, just eight weeks after rejecting the resolution at their last general meeting. Berren Asset Management, which manages ...

RBA sells $939 million net spot FETs in August

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2003
The Reserve Bank of Australia said today it sold $939 million in net spot foreign exchange transactions (FETs) in the market in August. This is the 17th consecutive month the RBA has been a net seller in the market. The RBA also said total credit card ...

Westpac-Melbourne Institute index indicates rise in economic activity

WITH AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2003
The outlook for domestic economic activity in 2004 is bright after the fourth consecutive monthly rise in a leading indicator. The annualised growth rate of the Westpac-Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity was 4.6 per cent in July ...