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DEWR skilled vacancies fall 0.2% in March

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2004
... of 10% for professionals. DEWR said the biggest falls in vacancies in the month were for printing trades (down 6.4%), medical/science technical officers (down 5%) and building/engineering associates (down 3%). The biggest rises were for wood trades (up ...

Rivkin withdraws Parole Board appeal

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2004
... custodial sentence before collapsing in his cell at Silverwater Periodic Detention Centre. Last week, after independent medical advice, NSW Corrective Services ordered Rivkin to resume periodic detention late today.

Morning Market Wrap: $A opens weaker as new SARS fears emerge

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2003
... points or 0.17 per cent at 1921.03. In Tokyo, Japanese stocks slid to a one-week low on Wednesday after Taiwan said a medical researcher had tested positive for SARS, prompting investors to unload Nippon Yusen and other shipping and airline firms. It ...

New Appointment at Bernstein

... analyst. Mark Harrision joins the Bernstein Australian value equities team with responsibility for the property, consumer and medical sectors. Mr Harrison was most recently a principal of Domus Capital, and has also worked with CSFB and Catalyst Investment ...

S&P affirms A-minus rating on Medicare Insurance

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 OCT 2003
... Standard & Poor's said today that it affirmed its A-minus counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Medical Insurance Society Ltd (MIS). The outlook is stable. The ratings on MIS reflect its position as a core operating subsidiary ...

Lowest quarterly consumer price movement in four years: ABS

... quarters of 2002 and 2003. The major increases in this quarter were rises in the cost of house purchase (+2%), hospital and medical services (+5.2%), furniture (+2.1%), overseas holiday travel and accommodation (+1.6%), take away and fast foods (+0.9%) ...

Healthcare expenditure at record highs: OECD

... record high, with the bulk of that spending largely due to the rising cost of pharmaceuticals and the diffusion of modern medical technologies. The OECD's latest Health Data 2003 report on the matter shows that healthcare expenditure for 30 OECD countries ...

Australians are the second biggest spenders after Americans

... expenditure currently is on food (21 per cent) while housing accounts for 20% of income, transport 14%, recreation 9%, medical 7%, durables 6%, clothing 5% and education a mere 2%. This contrasts with 35% of income being spent by the average Australian ...

Morning market wrap: US shares surge higher

... test the 4000-point mark, where it has traded below since early January 2003. News of the SARS crisis was better, with medical experts suggesting that the worst was over for most countires with the possibl exception of China. All Ordinaries: 2934.70 ...

March quarter records highest price rises since 1995: ABS

... (-2%). Contributing most to the annual increases were rises in the cost of vegetables (25.1%), automotive fuel (17.4%) and medical services (10%).