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Daily economic round-up

ALFRED SINN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2006
... economists later tonight. The ASX 200 is up 0.5 per cent at noon; with most sectors showing strong gain with Health Care, Materials, Consumer Discretionary and financials leading the pack. BHP is up 24 cents at 26.1, CSL up $1.41 at 56.9, while Telstra ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2006
... institutional dealer Ric Klusman said a strong resource sector and takeover activity were driving the market. He said building materials group Rinker was up after it delivered a speech in the US two days ago. "There is some US buying in the market for ...

Move over FinLit, CrickLit is on its way

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2006
... so far from those who participated in the pilots has been tremendous. "The value of these programs is three-fold: the materials are ready-made for students and teachers, the content forms part of the school curriculum covering key learning areas such ...

Southern Cross aims to invest early with VC fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2006
... international venture capital firms. The $200 million Southern Cross Fund will look for investment stories in the areas of materials, electronics, IT, telecommunications, nanotechnology, environmental science, defence and clean energy in the Australian ...

Macq talks up its quiet achiever in geared property

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2006
... of increased marketing activity, which will see 70,000 individual investors and 2,000 advisers receiving information materials on the fund this week. "We've seen very steady inflows in the last 3-4 months and its probably almost doubled in size in the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2006
... their inflationary effects as a result of businesses, particularly in the construction sector, competing for labour and materials. Costello argues that the $9 billion that has been set aside for tax cuts per year over the next four years will not have ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
... 149 per cent as a result of soaring copper prices, petroleum and aluminium were up about 24 per cent and carbon steel materials were up about 60 per cent. The strategy of James Packer to direct PBL into gambling and the new media sectors such as the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
... up to four years. The Labor opposition said that in 2004-05 only 141 of the 49,000 457 visa holders were mining and materials engineers, 22 were toolmakers, 212 were welders, 17 refrigeration mechanics, 29 tilers, 31 bricklayers and plasterers. Labor ...

Big tax hits drive after-tax reporting

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2006
... redemption. Some funds are also required to include standardised after-tax returns in advertisements and other sales materials.

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2006
... year. The better earnings expectation come from the IT (46.2 per cent growth), energy (37.8), healthcare (30.3) and materials (36.2) sectors, whereas next year the best sectors are expected to be IT (20.6), energy (16.9), healthcare (16.1) and consumer ...