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Economic round up: savings follow interest rates

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2007
As UK interest rates take another hike, Britons are falling behind in a global trend of increased consumer savings. Interest rates were raised in the UK for the fifth time in 11 months and the Bank of England remains concerned that inflation is not ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2007
... Futures Exchange, the September share price index was 55 points higher to 6,349. Today, the Reserve Bank of Australia's board will meet to consider interest rates, inter alia, and retail trade data for May is out, along with May building approval data. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2007
... the commodity price index for June. The markets await the latest announcement surrounding Coles Group after the company's board spent the weekend assessing a revised takeover offer from Wesfarmers and, according to reports, a bid for some of Coles's ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
... a takeover proposal from Perth-based Territory Resources Ltd, citing "significant concerns" about the offer. The ConsMin board says it will focus now on an earlier offer from the Pallinghurst consortium, which has been valued at about $642 million.

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2007
... local market were general, with "no one sector doing more damage than the other". "It's just a general sell-off across the board," Mr Halliday said. "It's just continuing concerns about the subprime mortgage market and credit quality in the US, combined ...

Economic round-up: Infrastructure's renovation rescue

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2007
... fiscally speaking. The major impact of running-down infrastructure in the name of debt reduction has finally been taken on board and the penny-pinching days are over with funding for massive infrastructure programs across the board. In FY08 all states ...

Austock picks new non-executive director

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2007
... than $100.0 million in 1994 to $2.0 billion by the late 1990s. "We are very pleased to have Michael on the Austock Group board and appreciate his solid leadership, innovation, management skills and knowledge. His manner and expertise will complement ...

LSE and Italian bourse to merge

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2007
... Dow," he said. "There is nothing too dramatic across the whole market, but it's little bits and pieces. It's across the board." Mr Chatterton said an afternoon recovery was unlikely, however, with the lack of any stimulus in the market. "I can't see ...

Finsia members approve sale

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
... Michael Shepherd, said 60.09 per cent of members who voted were in favour of the sale to Kaplan for $36 million. "The Finsia board made a vote of members a condition of the sale, although there was no requirement for membership approval under the Finsia ...