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Perth Airport No.1

Perth Airport, the wholly owned subsidiary of Airstralia Development Group, has been voted Australian Major Airport of the Year for the second year running. The Australian Airports Association (AAA) presented the award to Perth Airport at the organisation's ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2004
The Australian share market is expected to open higher, following the lead from the US where major indices are rising. The December share price index - a key measure of trading for the day ahead - was two points higher at 3838 on a volume of 879 contracts. ...

Macquarie to buy 70 per cent stake in Brussels Airport

Australian infrastructure group Macquarie will buy a 70 percent stake in Brussels's main international airport for 735 million euros ($946.6 million), the Belgian government said on Monday. The Belgian state, the airport's majority shareholder, will ...

Survey reveals difficulties in measuring non-financial performance indicators

Approximately 34 per cent of board and top executives say their companies are proficient at monitoring critical non-financial indicators of corporate performance according to a survey conducted by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and the Economic Intelligence ...

ANZ Job Ads survey finds ads at three year high

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2004
The number of job advertisements in major metropolitan newspapers rose by 5 per cent in October to an average of 23,147 per week, according to the latest ANZ job advertisements survey. October's increase reversed a 1.8 per cent fall in September and ...

Australian dollar surges after US election result

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2004
... beneficiaries have been Aussie, euro, Canadian dollar," he said. "With the re-appointment there is obviously going to be no major change to policy and under that leadership has been surrounded by this twin deficit problem." "Yesterday we had some data ...

Financial illiteracy prevalent

US author Thomas Garman has suggested the majority of consumers do not understand basic financial concepts and possess very poor money habits. As a result most of them are worried about their financial situation and in particular confused as to how ...

Bogus Insurance Broker pleads guilty

... affiliated with the insurance industry and later had assured a client he would arrange motor vehicle insurance through a major Australian insurer to obtain $2,000. Mr. Anthony's sentencing is set for December 1, 2004 in the Central Local Court.

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2004
... dollar and oil prices weighed on indices everywhere. However, there are a couple of stock-specific announcements expected on major domestic companies that could attract a bid tone on the market. The December share price index - a key measure of trading ...

Demand remains for underperforming market neutral investments

... are designed to eliminate market risks while achieving absolute returns with low correlation to the performance of other major asset classes. The report indicated a distinct shortage of recommended market neutral funds open to new investors and as such ...