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Telstra says FY04 revenue growth to exceed cost

Australia's largest telecommunications company Telstra Corp Ltd said today that it had reiterated its full year earnings guidance, saying that any cost growth would be less than revenue growth. The comments came after the company posted a net profit ...

AIF to maintain dividends, after reporting $11.2 million net profit

Australian Infrastructure Fund (AIF) said today it would continue to sustain dividends, forecasting a 5.5 cents distribution for the second half of 2003/04, similar to the first half. The company reported a net profit of $11.263 million compared with ...

Australian Agricultural Co reports net loss

Australian Agricultural Co Ltd today booked a net loss for the first half of the current financial year, with costs associated with the drought and with an acquisition attempt weighing on its earnings. AACo said its full year earnings guidance remains ...

Inflation likely to decline further over coming year: RBA

Inflation is expected to fall in 2004 before rising again the following year, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) said today. "Inflation is likely to decline further over the coming year, and could fall as low as 1.5 per cent, before returning to around ...

ANZ newspaper job ads rise 2.3% in Jan

Australian newspaper job advertisements rose 2.3 per cent, seasonally adjusted, in January to 20,783 a week - its sharpest increase in eight months. The January figures follows a revised 6.9 per cent fall in December and 0.8 per cent slip in November ...

Stockland interim profit down, but hopes for further growth

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2004
Property trust Stockland Trust Group said the successful integration of the AMP Diversified Property Trust (ADP) has given it a good platform for further growth. Stockland reported a 5.7% drop in interim net profit to $127.891 million for the six months ...

LPTs to benefit from strong retail sales

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2004
Analysts expect that a surge in retail sales figures for 2003 will have boosted the incomes of listed property trusts (LPTs) this reporting season. The Australian Bureau of Statistics today released the final retail sales figures for 2003, showing growth ...

Patersons appoints Kevin Troy as non-exec director

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2004
Independent broker Patersons said today it had appointed the former chairman of the Sydney Stock Exchange Kevin Troy as a non-executive director. Troy was a partner and senior executive at broking house Ord Minnett for more than 30 years until his retirement ...

Centro doubles in size, records 52% rise in profit

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2004
Centro Properties Group expects to grow even bigger and stronger in the second half, after doubling in size in the first half and posting a 52% increase in net profit. Centro announced net profit of $85.746 million for the six months to December 31 ...

AXA extends Les Owen's contract to 2006

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2004
AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd said today it has extended group chief executive Les Owen\'s contract to December 31, 2006. AXA also announced chief financial officer Andy Penn has been promoted to chief executive of Australian and New Zealand operations ...