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Economic round-up: Beijing tugging the reins

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2007
Investors will be keeping an eye on the Chinese currency today following Beijing's announcement on Friday of another interest rate increase and a widening of its foreign exchange trading band against the US$. China's central bank also raised interest ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2007
The Australian market is expected to open with sharp gains, after a record close on Wall Street on Friday and stronger base metal prices. In corporate news today, investment firm HGL Ltd posts first half results and law firm Slater & Gordon Ltd is due ...

Economic round-up: Bank fee jump is our fault, not theirs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007
Banks are right now being attacked because of the 6 per cent or $10 billion increase in their fee revenues that is showing up in their profit results, but the fee jump reflects changes in the economy and how we use banks rather than fee gouging. So ...

Pick your stocks when they're green: SAM

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007
Picking your stocks based on colour may not be the most scientific method around, but go with green and you can't go wrong, said Sustainable Asset Management's (SAM) business development manager, Simon Romijn, speaking at the Financial Standard Best ...

Three times the tax without a TFN

Around 900,000 super fund members are paying three times more tax on their super than they have to because they haven't given their tax file number (TFN) to their employers. Superpartners, the largest administration services provider in the country ...

Intangible fund a winning recipe: Macquarie

Amid the craze around growth type funds, global value fund Morgan Stanley Global Franchise has been forced to close its doors to new investors, proving too popular among financial planners. Up until this month Australia was the only country where new ...

Economic round-up: Money cant buy you love

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2007
... to the latest Westpac/ Melbourne Institute Consumer Confidence Survey levels of consumer confidence rose 7.5 per cent in May - a 32 year record. Tax cuts, record share prices, a stronger Aussie dollar and stagnant interest rates have heightened consumer ...

Mining may halt but football endures

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2007
As the Federal Government commits $17 million in water saving devices for Scout halls across Australia, the water shortage crisis has been revealed as far worse than previously reported. Along with farmers, mining and other water-intensive industries ...

Local banks face global assault

A leading e-commerce expert is urging local banks to re-evaluate their IT services or risk losing market share to global providers. The power has shifted from banks to the customers and the provider who can handle the scale and global demands of financial ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2007
Although the Dow Jones closed higher amid signs of stabilising inflation, the S&P 500 Index and the Nasdaq declined. The local market will will likely take a cue from the mostly stronger base metals overnight. At 0745 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...