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Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2006
... excludes food and energy - went up by a larger than expected 0.3 per cent. Year-on-year, headline PPI is up by 4.5 per cent in May (from 4 per cent in the previous month) while the core PPI rate is up by 1.5 per cent (unchanged from a month earlier). ...

Accountants need to be accountable too

Accountancy firm accountantsRus is urging people to assess their own accountant every five years if they want to get the best service. "Like with most relationships, they [accountants] can simply become complacent and not put the same amount of time ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker despite yesterday's rapid fall as a sea of red across global equity markets overnight suggest a continuation of the selling that hit the domestic bourse yesterday afternoon. Yesterday the investors ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2006
European Central Bank (ECB) council member and Belgium Central Bank head Guy Quaden stated that the ECB will continue to raise interest rate if inflation pressures persist along with economic growth above potential. Quaden emphasised that there is not ...

Self-congratulatory advisers still ignoring lower end market

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2006
Advisers were giving themselves a pat on the back yesterday over newly commissioned research that showed consumers were satisfied with their level of advice, but many consumers say they are still left wanting for broader advice at the lower end of the ...

Don't drink coffee, make more than $160,000

A new online survey revealed that three out of four young Australians would happily drop daily habits such as buying take-away coffee, office lunch and cigarettes to save up for their retirement. Online superannuation provider maxsuper.com.au conducted ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2006
... that the number of employed persons increased by more than four times financial market expectations, rising by 56,000 in May - the biggest increase in more than two years -- against expectations for a 13,000 gain. Full-time jobs rose by 55,800 to 7.3 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open lower, as falls on Wall Street and a weaker oil price set a negative tone for the local bourse. On the Sydney Futures Exchange the June share price index contract was down 27 points at 5002. On the day ...

MIR wins back its five star ratings

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2006
S&P has reinstated the five star ratings of four of MIR's equities funds which were placed on hold in May as a result of organisational changes. S&P fund analyst, Ken Ostergaard, said that after meeting MIR management as well as recently departed head ...

Pillar to get $4.5 million IT upgrade

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2006
Super fund administrator Pillar is to get a $4.5 million IT hardware and data storage upgrade. The development initiative was announced in yesterday's NSW Government Budget. Pillar is wholly owned by the NSW Government. In its Budget statements, the ...