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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2007
... with Alumina also set to report. In the financial sector, Adelaide Bank will issue its first half results, and building materials maker James Hardie Industries is holding an extraordinary general meeting in Sydney to brief Australian-based shareholders ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2007
... AEDT, the March share price index contract was trading down six points at 5,730. On the corporate front today, building materials maker Rinker Group is due to unveil its third quarter results, and Lihir Gold is among several resources companies set to ...

Top insurers join with IFF to help with mental health

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
... Mendoza. "SuperFriend will be delivered through a website - the only one-stop-shop - supported by printed educational materials. The web gateway to mental health services will help educate members and guide users who may be suffering from circumstances ...

GoldLink launches commodities index fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2006
... back of sustained investor demand for commodities investments. "Commodities have been booming because demand for raw materials and metals from accelerating economies, such as China and India, have simply outstripped supply," GoldLink executive chairman ...

FinLit database to identify gaps and overlaps

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2006
... for financial literacy education, our work on workplace financial literacy continues, and we have some new education materials listed under our Essential Elements quality process," said the Foundation's November Educators and Trainers Financial Literacy ...

Engineering expert joins AllianceBernstein resources team

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
... operations. Prior to that he spent time with Boston Consulting, working in both the US and Australia. Gates, who has a PhD in materials, science and engineering, will have responsibility for a range of sectors though resources will be his main focus ...

Smart 401(k) plan design boosts their take-up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2006
... while complexity reduces participation." Soft factors such as opinions of family, friends, and colleagues, educational materials and seminars, the availability of other pension plans, and member characteristics also influence the decision to get involved ...

ASIC cautions over rate rise advertising

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2006
... rise. Already home loan lenders One Direct and MyRate have agreed to revise their variable home loan rate advertising materials. ASIC raised concerns with the two lenders that their advertising may be misleading because, between July and September 2006 ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2006
... to 2,363.77. Locally, Rio Tinto shed $1.32 to $78.45 by 1202 AEDT while rival BHP Billiton lost 55 cents to $27.37. Materials group Rinker gave back some of yesterday's gains, which came on the back of a $16.8 billion takeover bid by Mexican outfit Cemex. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2006
... meetings and Origin Energy and Lihir Gold release quarterly production reports. Acquisition activity around construction materials firm Rinker Group helped drive the Australian share market to new heights yesterday backed by a strong resources sector. ...