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Economic round-up: A greener shade of dirty

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2007
China may be turning green after all as it finds the business of cleaning-up to be a financially lucrative one. Power generation is the biggest source of CO2 in America and until recently America was the biggest producer of CO2 in the world. But China's ...

Economic round-up: Chinese whispers and inflation rumbles

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
Comments by former US Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan, over China's "unsustainable" market weighed heavily on the Australian dollar yesterday, while the OECD flagged a threat to our inflation. On Wednesday Dr Greenspan, speaking by satellite ...

Nominations open for AFA Adviser of the Year

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has opened nominations for the 2007 Adviser of the Year Award. "Advisers, who must be members of the AFA, are judged on criteria such as their experience, contribution to the industry and the quality of their ...

Superwoman under administration

Superwoman Financial Solutions Group, a financial planning firm part-owned by ING's Millenium3 dealer group, went into voluntary administration this month. Millennium3 has appointed an external administrator to Superwoman less than a month after the ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
The Australian stock market was virtually flat at midday, giving back most of gains made earlier in the morning, with brewer Foster's providing downside after weaker-than-expected results. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was just 0.2 points ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to retreat from intraday highs yesterday, with no lead from Wall Street and mostly lower commodity prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0646 AEDT, the March share price index contract was down four points ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2007
The Australian share market was lower at noon as resource stocks, particularly in the energy sector, continued to reel from yet another big drop in the oil price. The few bright sparks on the market were blood products and vaccine developer CSL and ...

Aviva removes CGT liability from platform migration

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2006
In response to widespread concerns about CGT realisation when migrating funds, Aviva has announced that from tomorrow advisers will be able to transfer client investments from Navigator Access to the full-featured Navigator platform without triggering ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower after a flat lead from Wall Street and mostly lower commodity prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0723 AEST, the December share price index contract was seven points lower at 5,332. Today, grocery ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2006
The IBES database of analyst estimates of future company profitability has revealed that 2007 is expected to show an average increase in profits of 15 per cent, expected to slow to 5 per cent the following year. This follows earnings growth of 21 per ...