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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... Telstra was down one cent at $2.90. Asciano shares rose three cents to $1.58 after the company said it had renewed an existing coal haulage contract with Coal & Allied Industries in the NSW Hunter Valley. Coal & Allied was 92 cents higher at $105.22 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... Hang Seng Index rose 251.08 points, or 1.16 per cent, to 21,850.59 points on turnover of HK$69.51 billion ($A8.46 billion). Coal producer Shenhua Energy, one of the best-performing blue chips Tuesday, rose 3.5 per cent to HK$35.60 on expectations of ...

Pollies clash over SG

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
Politicians are exchanging words over the move to raise superannuation guarantee (SG) from 9 to 12 per cent with assistant treasurer Bill Shorten calling the Coalition's attitude towards superannuation "belligerent". Speaking at a union's investment ...

Policy war erupts over super clearing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
A war of words has broken out between the Coalition and the Government over which party offers small business the best method for processing superannuation payments. The Coalition, on Friday, issued a statement blasting the Government's Medicare superannuation ...

Govt to refund super tax for 3.5 million

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
The Government will refund the 15 per cent superannuation contribution tax from 1 July 2012 for 3.5 million Australians who earn less than $37,000, assistant treasurer and minister for financial services and superannuation, Bill Shorten, announced today. ...

Coalition adopts ALP super clearing house model

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
The Coalition has adopted the ALP's superannuation clearing house policy as their preferred way to simplify contribution payments for small businesses. Under the morphed policy, the Coalition has proposed small business employers send superannuation ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... were three cents lower at $2.08. Wesfarmers Ltd says heavy rainfall during the April quarter at its Curragh metallurgical coal mine in Queensland has hampered recovery efforts, forcing the company to downgrade sales guidance. Wesfarmers shares were 51 ...

Oakeshott won't back FOFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
Independent and Lower House balance MP Rob Oakeshott has told reporters that he won't back the FOFA opt-in reforms; raising doubts whether the whole advice reform package will make it past its first parliamentary hurdle. Oakeshott wavering on the FOFA ...

Advisers aim for independents over FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
Financial planners on the warpath over Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms were given a crash course in political lobbying today by Shadow Minister for Financial Services Senator Mathias Cormann, who told them to target the independents. Speaking ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... expects to return to profitability in 2011/12. Leighton shares were 22 cents, or 0.96 per cent, lower at $22.65. Whitehaven Coal Ltd says it will focus on developing its business and seeking new growth opportunities after rejecting a number of formal ...