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Market Wrap

... bounce on US equity markets overnight. All three major US stock indices scambled higher by the close of trade after the US Commerce Department released softer-than-expected housing starts data for April. Evidence of a cooling off in the housing market ...

Plan for trans-Tasman mutual recognition of securities

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2004
... Zealand financial systems will take another step closer under a plan for trans-Tasman mutual recognition of securities. NZ Commerce Minister Margaret Wilson and parliamentary secretary to the treasurer Ross Cameron today released a discussion paper that ...

Businesses expect strong economic to continue

... remains strong and likely to preserve gains over the previous 12 months, according to the latest Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) survey of business expectations for the three months to June. The survey of chamber members across the ...

Aust business confidence strong but may have peaked, ACCI survey

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2004
... according to a national survey of employer expectations released today. The survey, conducted by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, found trading conditions were favorable over the past three months, but were expected to remain steady in ...

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 ...