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Water's potential to float

SUZY MAC | WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007

... income on water as opposed to 2.7 per cent on gas and electricity, 3.6 per cent alcohol and cigarettes and 5 per cent on furniture. Where Lee claims we "need a price signal to tell consumers to cut back usage," a CSIRO survey found that most higher income ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL | MONDAY, 2 APR 2007

... pound, yen, euro, and South Korean won to allow their currency to be benchmarked against. Chinese exports of steel, furniture and textiles are likely to be the next on the list of products that may incur tariffs by the US. Most particularly the US is ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL | FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2006

... faced by small business including laws affecting 22,000 producers of fabricated metal products, transport equipment and furniture. NSW was rated the worst performer for the tenth quarter in a row by the Sensis small business confidence survey. ABS data ...

Daily economic update

... per cent from 2.2 per cent. The February decline was broad based. Sales of motor vehicles/parts fell by 4.6 per cent, furniture declined by 4.0 per cent, clothing was down by 3.3 per cent, electronics fell by 2.0 per cent, gasoline dropped by 1.6 per ...

PE manager Ironbridge Capital completes acquisition of BBQs Galore

... $300m in annual sales. Jonathan Pinshaw, currently Chairman of Just Group and previously chief executive of Freedom Furniture and OPSM Group, will join Barbeques Galore as Chairman. Pinshaw will be joined at the helm by Rebecca Dee-Bradbury, previously ...

Market wrap

AAP | MONDAY, 29 AUG 2005

... sees Fairfax, Air NZ, Housewares, Austereo, Treasury Group, Amrad, Challenger Financial, Ramsay Healthcare, Fantastic Furniture, Origin Energy, Wattyl and ABC Learning Centres revealing full year earnings, while Straits resources releases first half ...

Manufacturing boosted by domestic demand

AAP | MONDAY, 3 NOV 2003

... were those benefiting from solid domestic conditions including paper, printing and publishing, wood, wood products and furniture, and machinery and equipment. The weakest sectors were construction material products and clothing and footwear, which contracted ...

Lowest quarterly consumer price movement in four years: ABS

... major increases in this quarter were rises in the cost of house purchase (+2%), hospital and medical services (+5.2%), furniture (+2.1%), overseas holiday travel and accommodation (+1.6%), take away and fast foods (+0.9%), tobacco (+1.1%), women's outerwear ...

Business confidence to slow in the months ahead: AIG-PwC survey

... 2003, down from +27% in the previous quarter. Production fell in the clothing and footwear and wood, wood products and furniture sectors. The moderation in domestic conditions was also reflected in sales and new orders, with the indexes declining from ...

March quarter records highest price rises since 1995: ABS

... (5.2%). Partially offsetting these increases were falls in the cost of audio-visual and computing equipment (-4.4%), furniture (-2.4%) and women's outerwear (-2%). Contributing most to the annual increases were rises in the cost of vegetables (25.1%) ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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