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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2006
... Statistics will issue dwelling commencements data for the June quarter. The Australian stock market closed higher yesterday as major mining stocks rebounded from recent losses and building stocks strengthened. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 42.8 ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2006
... level in a couple of months as a result of falls in the resource sector. The S&P/ASX 200 fell 51.6 points to 4974.4 with the major contribution coming from BHP Billiton which fell $1.48 to $24.65. This was somewhat related to the fall in the copper price ...

Business doesn't buy compulsory healthcare: Watson Wyatt

While Australian companies are happy to contribute to their employees' retirement needs through compulsory super, four out of five draw the line on compulsory healthcare, according to an Asia-Pacific study released today. The findings were from the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2006
... Israel-Lebanon conflict, the increase in oil flowing as a result of the partial recovery from the March shutdown of the major US oil field at Prudhoe Bay and the announcement last week by Chevron that the high-tech success of record deep sea drilling ...

DSTi scoops major software deal

Funds management software DST International (DSTi) has won a major contract after one of Saudi Arabia's largest banks, Riyad Bank, signed up for their integrated software solutions. The group said that Riyad Bank will be rolling out DSTi's end-to-end ...

Multiplex property fund closes oversubscribed

... the properties managed under the fund. The portfolio will also get 77 per cent of its property income from Government and major commercial tenants. "The weighted average lease expiry of the portfolio is ten years which is double the typical five-year ...

Expats lose out on super

Foreigners with sizeable superannuation savings who plan to work or migrate to Australia will be disadvantaged under the new super laws and could be forced to keep their savings offshore or face higher local tax rates. Under existing rules relating ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2006
The Australian share market had recovered some ground by noon today but still was in negative story, held back by a weaker Wall Street. At 1205 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 20.9 points lower at 5092.9 while the all ordinaries fell 18.2 points ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2006
... earnings season is finishing on a high note with more than 200 companies having now reported and of them only 17 of the 155 major companies reported negative outlooks, as opposed to 54 who issued positive ones. In the year to June profits rose about ...

More super incentives from the Treasurer

... age-based contribution limits will be abolished. Yes, there will be more ways people can draw on their super. Yes, there will be major tax savings. But wait, there's more. After fielding more than 3,500 phone calls from the industry and reading more ...