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Sydney on $24 million a day

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... Sydney residents are being given the big heave-ho. It's all the security forces can handle just keeping things nice (and clean) for the APEC visitors - those invited and those not. At last estimate, the security bill for APEC had blown out to $170 million ...

Water investments the next frontier

... report. "In global investment terms, the water sector has been underrepresented compared with much smaller sectors, such as clean technologies and renewable energy." The report also confirmed that water supplies are rapidly depleting particularly in ...

Clean, green profit machines

New figures show that clean technology companies trumped the Australian sharemarket in the performance stakes over the last financial year with one outperforming stock returning more than 1,000 per cent over the period. Based on the analysis of the ...

Sustainable stock exchange set for opening

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2007
... listings will centre around companies committed to identifying and promoting business solutions to promote the transition to a clean and sustainable future. All companies listing on the FEX-SIM board will be subject to NSX listing rules. Richard Symon ...

Economic round up: savings follow interest rates

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2007
... learned some lessons from the post-millennium market crash as the report reveals there is a global trend for businesses "to clean up their balance sheets by saving to pay down debt and create future investment opportunities." With corporates cleaning ...

Economic round-up: A greener shade of dirty

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2007
... carbon trading, and not surprisingly their emissions levels remained stagnant. But one area where China is excelling is in a clean-up of the most potent greenhouse gas HFC-23, a by product of HCFC-22, which is a chemical used in refrigerators among other ...

Going green means getting ahead: RepuTex

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2007
... significantly outperformed the ASX 200, with an almost 17 per cent gap between the two. Year to date figures also showed the ASX a clean pair of green heels, with 16.48 per cent growth compared with only 11.35 per cent for the local index. Other RepuTex ...

Economic round-up: dust off the bear suit

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2007
Since 2003 we've been enjoying a period of astonishingly unswerving and powerful market returns, however there is more and more talk among market analysts that it could be time to get that bear suit dry-cleaned ready for another wear. Accrording to ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007
... contract was down 18 points to 6,376, on a volume of 1,614 contracts. Today in equities news Rio Tinto will be talking about clean coal technology and a deal it has struck with BP, while Fairfax will be giving a briefing on Google. Automotive retail ...

World first index monetises climate change risk

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2007
... better anticipate the best-performing companies in the emerging climate change economy. RepuTex also announced a second 'Clean Tech Index', which identifies the leading creators and manufacturers of clean technology equipment, products and services. ...