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Retail profits, currency price cuts and ag-flation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... consumer spending and take heat out of the Reserve Bank's mood for raising interest rates. Yet the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) in a statement last week asked the government to lower personal tax rates which surely would only put ...

Disclose fees or pay $300,000 fine

... information up-front especially about how they are being paid to recommend particular investments," Lianne Dalziel, NZ Commerce Minister, said. This includes any benefits to be received by the adviser whether from the client or another source, and includes ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
... holds its annual general meeting and in Melbourne Myer chief executive Bernie Brooks will address an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia luncheon. The Australian share market snapped a three-day winning streak on Thursday to finish in negative ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
... general meeting. National Australia Bank group chief executive John Stewart speaks at the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce lunch on "NAB - beyond the turnaround". The Australian share market closed in the black on Tuesday following a strong US lead ...

Wage costs jump 4.3 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
... sentiment had fallen sharply in January," they said. Reflecting this retail activity, the Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce (VACC) has reported that motor vehicles sales in Australia increased 6.5 per cent to 1,049,982 of which 637,019 were passenger ...

Hard landing if we don't heed RBA warnings

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... While not echoing the hard landing fears just yet, the latest business sentiment survey from the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) nonetheless noted that "Wage and non-wage labour costs rose significantly over the December quarter with ...

Sunsuper appoints board member

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
... respective industries will prove invaluable as we move forward with plans to grow the fund and expand Sunsuper's footprint." Commerce Queensland, the Queensland Council of Unions and the Australian Workers Union sponsor Sunsuper. According to Sunsuper ...

World bank names new chief economist

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
... agriculture prices." Besides this appointment, Lin remains vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce of the Committee for Economic Affairs of Chinese People's Political Consultation Conference.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... concerns that the worst of the impact on financial companies from the global credit crisis may be far from over. The US Commerce Department said retail sales unexpectedly fell in December, to close out the weakest year at the cash register since 2002 ...

NZ planners regs improve fee transparency

... three-month notice to follow tighter rules on fee disclosure after a new government ruling was announced this week. NZ Commerce Minister Lianne Dalziel said that investment advisers will now be required to provide up-front disclosure of fees and remuneration ...