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Australia performs strongly in global sector survey; S&P

... health care and IT while in all but two other sectors Australia ranked second on a global comparative basis. In the materials sector, Australian companies return an average 4.8% behind only Latin American firms at 5.8%, while within the world of industrials ...

News Corp exit will not hurt ASX, says Humphry

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2004
... Channel Nine\'s Business Sunday, Humphry said the ASX will also carry out its own investigation into embattled building materials company James Hardie Industries. James Hardie is currently the subject of a NSW inquiry into a fund it established to handle ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2004
... producer Alcoa Inc, on concerns that credit restrictions in China could slow its growth and curb its huge appetite for raw materials. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 135.56 points, or 1.29%, to 10,342.60. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped ...

Merchandise imports down in January: ABS

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2004
... animals fell to $408 million while machinery and transport equipment dropped to $4.4 billion. Mineral fuels and related materials imports fell to $748 million and chemicals and related products, the only category to rise, was up to $1.22 billion. The ...

Former MFM executive turns up at Schroders

... was at BT Funds Management for 14 years and occupied the positions of portfolio manager, head of the global energy and materials sector, and head of Australian resources.

Lend Lease at ease with market forecasts on 2004 profit

... costs "due to the long-running housing boom". "This has been exacerbated in Canberra, with some substantial increases in materials and labour supply costs subsequent to the bushfires there last summer," he said. "However, this does not change our earnings ...

RBA decision takes economists by surprise

... goods that are imported from overseas (such as computers, cars, aircraft) whilst primary exports from Australia are raw materials. "A 5.5% interest rate will be realistic, at least until the rest of the world catches up," said Mr McCarthy. "Our leading ...

Merchandise imports rise to $11.49 billion in September: ABS

... $1.42 billion, compared with August's value of $1.31 billion. Meanwhile, September saw a reduction in imports of crude materials, inedible, except fuels (from $168 million in August to $156 million in September), animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes ...

Merchandise imports rise to $11.49 billion in September: ABS

... $1.42 billion, compared with August's value of $1.31 billion. Meanwhile, September saw a reduction in imports of crude materials, inedible, except fuels (from $168 million in August to $156 million in September), animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes ...

BHP Billiton benefits from lnickel upswing underestimated: analysts

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2003
... stainless steel market alluded to today we believe there is the opportunity for continuing upside to our earnings," materials analyst Neil Goodwill said. "When combined with hot briquetted iron steel, which has doubled in price, ferro manganese, and ...