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A$ drops against greenback

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2004
... yesterday's close of 0.7633/38. It reached a low of $US0.7537 and a high of 0.7655 in offshore trading. A US Department of Commerce report released overnight showing US retail sales rose 1.8 per cent in March, a much better than expected result, was ...

Business groups fear Labor government: Andrews

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2004
... concerns about its impact on casual workers. Andrews said the Business Council of Australia, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and other industry groups wanted the laws passed. He said the government was trying to simplify the unfair dismissal ...

Wizard boss tips investment property supporting mortgage sector

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2004
... Loans executive chairman Mark Bouris said yesterday. Mr Bouris, speaking at a luncheon hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce, said although the market will slow this year and indeed the number of transactions were down on the same period a year ...

Small business confidence remains strong: ACCI

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2004
... Small business confidence has continued to rise over the past three months, according to the latest Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) small business survey. The survey found small business confidence increased markedly in November, December ...

US GDP growth slows in Q4

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2004
... rate in the closing three months of 2003, less than half the third-quarter pace as consumers curbed their spending, the Commerce Department reported on Friday. The fourth-quarter expansion in gross domestic product caught markets by surprise, because ...

New lending figures point to cooling economy

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2004
New lending figures today pointed to a further slowing of the Australian economy, with a sizeable drop in commerce finance in November. ABS figures found commercial finance lending down 18.30%, seasonally adjusted, in November following a large rise ...

Business expectations deteriorating: ACCI/Westpac

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2003
... quarter, a new survey showed today, but expectations for the next quarter have deteriorated. The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI)/Westpac survey of industrial trends showed firms expected the economy to decelerate in the first months ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar stronger at noon

... Treasuries which followed US dollar weakness and falling equities. The US dollar fell against its major rivals after the US Commerce Department confirmed it would install quotas on Chinese clothing imports, raising fears of protectionism and the US trade ...

Small business conditions improve in November quarter: ACCI

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2003
... bounced back in the last three months as the economy picked up, a new survey showed today. The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) said businesses polled for its November quarter survey reported general business conditions, sales revenue ...

Air NZ to announce NZCC appeal intention next week

Air New Zealand will announce next week if it will appeal the New Zealand Commerce Commission (NZCC) decision to block the airline's $NZ550 million ($A500 million) tie-up with Qantas. The Air New Zealand board met today to consider independent legal ...