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Australian Ethical HQ wins Banksia award

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... solar water heating, opening, double glazed windows, and rainwater capture among others. Pender described the re-use of materials as another important part of the refurbishment that others could adopt. Items such as carpet tiles, doors, glass blocks ...

This Week's Market Movers (7-11 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... unemployment rate series has started to turn up. Pressure on company profits brought about by higher costs - wages, raw materials and distribution - and reduced competitiveness due to the high exchange rate, suggest that this trend towards higher unemployment ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
... Ltd shares rose 73 cents or 1.64 per cent to $45.33 ahead of chief executive Marius Kloppers briefing on steelmaking materials business in London.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
... expected to announce a trading update. BHP Billiton Ltd chief executive Marius Kloppers will host a briefing on steelmaking materials business. The Environment Business Australia forum on the cost of climate change on infrastructure investment will be ...

FinLit teachers package released

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... informed consumer decisions," said Senator Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law. The resource materials will be incorporated into core school curriculum subjects, including English and mathematics, and across all years from Kindergarten ...

From Wall Street to the Great Wall

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
... showing value," said Malkiel. "[Another] asset class that has been negatively correlated to the debt market has been raw materials. "China has had a voracious appetite for raw materials and it's frankly one of the reasons that over the long haul Australia ...

The carbon cost of investing

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
... portfolio carbon footprints. For example, fund managers can find out whether overweighting holdings in the construction and materials sector has a negative or positive effect on the overall carbon performance of their funds. Asset managers can analyse ...

Bear market poses threat to mining

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
Continued global demand for resources has seen the materials sector become an investment darling in recent years, but it would only take a prolonged bear market or a second credit crunch to topple the sector from grace, according to Lincoln Indicators. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
... no need for capital raisings. "That's really given their shares a good boost and most of the major banks are up. "The materials sector is a little bit weak." CBA added $1.10 to $43.00, National Australia Bank Ltd, which reports its interim results tomorrow ...

AUD to fall in second half of 2008: KBC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
... in value by year's end, said KBC Asset Management in its latest world round-up report. "The declining demand for raw materials on account of the worldwide slowdown and narrowing interest-rate spread will see the AUD depreciate towards the end of the ...