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Commonwealth Property Office Fund will meet earnings forecast

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2004
Commonwealth Property Office Fund (CPA) today said it would achieve its full year earnings and distribution forecasts despite a weakening in net property income expectations. It booked a net profit of $67.7 million for the six months to December 31 ...

Schaffer will continue to pay special dividends

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2004
Diversified industrial firm Schaffer Corporation said it would continue to make special dividend payments as it unwound its non-core investment portfolio. Schaffer posted a net profit for the half year to December 31 2003, of $10.1 million, which included ...

Westpac-MI leading index rises back above trend average

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2004
The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Index of Economic Activity, which indicates the likely pace of economic activity six to nine-months in the future, rose above its long-term trend in December. The annualised growth rate of the leading index was ...

Small business confidence remains strong: ACCI

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2004
... and Industry (ACCI) small business survey. The survey found small business confidence increased markedly in November, December and January, and was well up on the start of last year. It found general business conditions also remained strong, delivering ...

Merchandise imports down in January: ABS

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2004
Merchandise imports dropped in January to $9.942 billion, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said imports fell 9.6% in the month, from $10.998 billion in December. Imports of food and live animals fell to $408 million ...

Property investment down: ABS

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2004
Property investors appear to be retreating following back-to-back interest rate rises last year, with new figures today showing another fall in investment lending in December. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said borrowing for property investment ...

Bendigo Bank on tract for 25% profit growth

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2004
Australia's Bendigo Bank Ltd said today that it was on track to achieve profit growth of 25% for the 2004 financial year. The comments came after the company reported a first half net profit of $34.570 million for the six months to December 31, 2003 ...

Home lending falls off in December

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2004
New home loans fell for the third month in a row in December as back-to-back interest rate hikes began to bite. But economists said the fall would not be enough to deter the Reserve Bank from raising rates again in coming months, given the overall strength ...

Watchdog takes action over super scheme fraud

A Brisbane businessman has consented in the Federal Court to permanent injunctions relating to his involvement in a scheme that promoted the illegal and early release of superannuation benefits. The businessman, Mark David, also consented to allegations ...

January sees rise in job ads: ANZ

Job advertisements in major metropolitan newspapers rose by 2.3%, seasonally adjusted, in January, to an average of 20,783 per week according to the latest survey by the ANZ bank. The increase was the largest recorded in eight months, the bank said ...