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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
... trade in goods and services data for April and private new capital expenditure data for the March quarter. On the market, wheat farmer Graincorp releases it first-half results and pay TV provider Austar Ltd holds its annual general meeting. Nervous investors ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2007
... price index was up 29 points at 6300. Today, building materials company James Hardie Ltd releases its full year results and wheat grower ABB Grain releases its fist-half results. Logistics firm Toll Holdings Ltd will hold a scheme meeting for shareholders ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2007
... cotton by about 58 per cent. Sorghum is expected to fall by about 54 per cent and following the driest winter on record, the wheat crop is now expected to be down about 64 per cent. The negative impact of the drought upon national GDP remains at 0.75 ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2007
... recent rains across the eastern seaboard improving the condition and consequently the selling prices for sheep, cattle and wheat. Sheep prices have about tripled in the last couple of months at a time when Australia's flock has been forecast to fall ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2007
... hopefully more competitive Australian economy. Discussions about the nearly seventy year old monopoly position of the Australian Wheat Board have heated up even further with the US government threatening action unless the system is changed. At a time ...

ACT Super to review investment in tobacco and nukes

NICK OLIVER  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2007
... soldiers. The fund also has small investments in some of the worlds largest tobacco firms. Also on the list is the Australian Wheat Board (AWB), recently vilified over the oil for food scandal in Iraq and poor corporate governance standards, as well ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2006
... farmer is likely to suffer a loss of about $65,000 this year, a level not experienced for more than two decades. While the wheat crop is expected to be about 60 per cent than last year, the good news is that its price has risen from $176 to $329 per ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2006
... third. NSW and Victoria are expected to have a crop just a third the size of last year's. While on the positive side the wheat price has nearly doubled since January, its production is expected to be down about 60 per cent, rice production is about 80 ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2006
... with nickel and lead prices having reached record highs in the last week and tin being its highest for nearly two decades. Wheat has also reached a decade long high and this has come at a time when global output is expected to fall by more than 5 per ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2006
... list behind Switzerland and Sweden. The small slide in rating is said to be due to the bribes scandal that the Australian Wheat Board has been embroiled in. The emerging economies such as China, Brazil, India and Russia had poorer reputations than the ...