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Banks, resources supported, telcos challenged : Citigroup

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2003
An improving global economic outlook and a stabilising credit environment supports the bank and resources sector while operating conditions for telecommunications remain challenging, a credit analyst said today. While corporate bond supply remains patchy ...

S&P lowers Lend Lease rating to BBB

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2003
International ratings agency Standard & Poor's said today that it lowered the long-term corporate credit rating on Lend Lease Corp Ltd to BBB from A-minus. S&P also removed the rating from creditwatch with negative implications, where it was placed ...

Trade balance to remain in wide deficit in Aug: economists

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2003
Australia's trade deficit is expected to have remained wide in August as rising exports levels were nullified by rising imports. The Australian Bureau of Statistics will report the balance on goods and services (BOGS) for August on Monday. Market forecasts ...

AFA announces inaugural adviser of the year

The Association of Financial Advisers and Zurich Financial Services Australia have announced that Bernie Toohey, managing director of Central Highlands Financial Services is the winner of the inaugural Zurich Adviser of the Year award. Mr Toohey has ...

Government confident of garnering Democrats support for unfair dismissals bill

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2003
The Commonwealth Government said that it was confident of winning the Democrats' support for its proposed changes to unfair dismissal laws, Workplace Relations Minister Tony Abbott said today. "I can assure you the government will reintroduce the bill ...

S&P says Coles result has no impact on ratings

WITH AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2003
Coles Myer Ltd's annual result was above expectations but would have no impact on the retailer's ratings or outlook, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today. The ratings agency said Coles Myer's underlying profit result of $455.6 million, up from ...

WTO chairperson closes Cancun conference with no consensus achieved

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) chairperson Luis Ernesto Derbez, who is also Mexico's foreign minister, has announced that the Cancun Ministerial Conference ended on September 14 without consensus. Mr Derbez said that the heads of delegations meeting ...

Perpetual launches multi-manager retail platform

Perpetual Investments has unveiled a new multi-manager retail platform that offers financial advisers and their clients over 50 single manager and multi-manager funds across six different investment categories. Perpetual WealthFocus offers three different ...

Federal Treasurer Costello indicates that the economy is very strong

Federal Treasurer Peter Costello said that today's job figures indicated that the domestic economy was very strong. Official figures which revealed that the jobless rate is at a 13-year low at just 5.8 per cent. "It indicates that the domestic economy ...

ACCC reject proposed air alliance, airlines to appeal

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) today denied approval for a proposed alliance between Qantas Airways Ltd and Air New Zealand Ltd. "The proposed alliance would be highly anti-competitive and offer little benefit to the Australian ...