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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2007
... Share Price Index was up 10 points at 5710 on the Sydney futures exchange. In economic news, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens appears before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, Finance and Public Administration. ...

CommunityCPS launches charity foundation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
... day's work without losing salary. "We also hope our service providers will support the work of the foundation," he said. Governor-General of Australia, Major-General (retired) Michael Jeffery, has agreed to become patron of the CommunityCPS charity foundation. ...

Rate hike to launch dollar?

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
... increased the cash rate by 25 basis points to 6.5 per cent - our highest cash rate since November 1996. Reserve Bank Governor, Glenn Stevens, highlighted that economic conditions such as high capacity utilisation, strong business and household confidence ...

China's GDP and CPI blowout

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
... and property jumped 26.7 per cent in H1 from a year earlier, up from the total 24.5 per cent of last year. Central bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan wants to cool investment that threatens to leave the nation overrun with factories and cutting company profits. ...

Hiking partners: Aussie dollar and Kiwi inflation

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
... which have left these funds almost worthless. The Aussie dollar was also supported by comments from the Reserve Bank Governor, Glenn Stevens who said yesterday that he wasn't surprised by the value of the A$ considering the level of commodity prices. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2007
... Exchange, the September share price index was down 38 points to 6,298. In economic news, Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor Philip Lowe will deliver a speech on credit card reform in Sydney today. St George Bank will hold a shareholder meeting ...

Economic round-up: The great interest rate debate

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
Will they go up or won't they? In a speech in Brisbane last week, RBA Governor Glenn Stevens was careful but upbeat on the state of the economy, however the interest rate debate has continued unabated. To many, Steven's remarks were interpreted as "rates ...

Professionals must have an ethical code: CFA Institute

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2007
The Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFA), now 90,000 strong across 55 countries, said the key to its success over the last six decades is its sharp focus on professional ethics rather than just technical education. Ethics supported by professional ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2007
... AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index was up 64 points to 6251. In economic news today, RBA Governor Glenn Stevens is to deliver a speech on economic conditions and prospects, while former prime minister and treasurer Paul Keating ...

Economic round-up: Greenspan versus the poet

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2007
... fastest-growing major economy, China's Premier Wen Jiabao relies on a team of technical advisors led by central bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan, and Ma Kai, a 60 year-old poet who also happens to head the nation's top economic-planning agency. China's economy ...