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Morning market wrap: US bonds crunched by Greenspan

... one-day rise in over six months. Bonds were also hurt by a raft of positive economic data, including a report by the Commerce Department that retail sales rose 0.7% in June after stripping out consumer purchases of autos. The yield on the 10-year Treasury ...

Investors set to benefit from financial services initiative

... reduced costs and increased efficiencies, as the superannuation, investment and financial planning industries' electronic commerce programs amalgamate to become the Super, Wealth and Investment Management Electronic Commerce (swimEC) initiative. The ...

ACCI endorses RBA chief's comments on labour market reform

... Ian Macfarlane has made a timely contribution to the case for further labour market reform, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has reported. Governor Macfarlane listed seven economic reforms of the past twenty years that have been ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks up on better earnings outlook

... helped by reports from brokerage house Merrill Lynch, which raised the recommendations on Microsoft and Wal-Mart. The Commerce Department also reported factory orders rose 0.4% in May, slightly stronger than expectations. Earlier in London, the FTSE ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks gain amid signs of strengthening recovery

... first in five days - with the 32.0 point advance (2.0%) leaving the index at 1,634.6 at the close of trade. While the Commerce Department announced first quarter GDP grew more slowly than previously estimated, with the 1.9% increase revised down to 1.4% ...

ACCI rejects ACTU's redundancy pay plans

The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) will this week show the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (ASIC) how the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) plans to massively increase redundancy costs that will cripple many small ...

NZCC submission further support for proposed air-alliance

Air New Zealand and Qantas have submitted further information to the New Zealand Commerce Commission (NZCC) relating to the airlines' proposed alliance. "The submission clearly shows that the proposed Strategic Alliance is the only way to secure substantial ...

Business confidence on upswing: ACCI and Westpac industrial survey

... has continued to perform strongly in the 2003 June quarter, a survey of industrial trends by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) and Westpac has revealed. The survey has also shown that demand and production indicators and forward ...

Morning Market Wrap: US Shares Finish Modestly Higher

... London the FTSE 100 closed at 4,158.1, well off morning highs, but 8.0 points higher than the previous finish. The US Commerce Department reported retail sales rose 0.1% in May, slightly higher than the flat outcome expected by economists, and by 0.6% ...

Government appoints Graeme Samuel as chairman of ACCC

... of a Melbourne law firm, executive director of Macquarie Bank and was a former president of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He has also been the president of the National Competition Council since 1997. Following his appointment Samuel ...