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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 ...

Midday market wrap: Air New Zealand falls after profit warning

Air New Zealand's woes continued in the morning session. The carrier has been struggling since the ACCC/Commerce Commission came out against its proposed alliance with Qantas, and it lost a further $0.02 following another downward revision to its earnings ...

IFSA launches MfundEC data standards online

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has developed new MFundEC transaction based e-commerce standards to improve the efficiency of the Australian managed funds system through cost reductions from the use of electronic commerce in ...