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Here, kitty kitty

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
... globe have already cut harvest forecasts between 10 and 20 per cent among the world's main food producers. Reduced grain and water supplies are affecting cattle as well as people. Changes in demand and production are driving world prices and a pattern ...

Not made in China

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
... toothpaste containing poisonous industrial solvents. A leading exporter of seafood, China raises most of its fish products in water contaminated with raw sewage and compensates by adding pesticides, carcinogens, and drugs banned by the FDA. Now dangerous ...

Awash with water funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2007
Global demand for fresh water, driven by population growth, environmental concerns and agricultural demand, is transforming water management into a new alternative asset class, according to New Zealand based fund manager Liontamer Investments. Liontamer ...

Howard flags infrastructure fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
... sue over the tender process for building a fibre optic internet network. The Queensland State Government is also in hot water over rail and port bottlenecks, which have soured relationships with some of the world's biggest steel manufacturers. However ...

LGSS expands direct property assets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
... off-market on a 6 per cent yield. Although the new property already has T5 lighting, power efficient cooling towers and water-saving sensors in the bathrooms, LGSS intends to make the building one-hundred per cent 'green powered'. The acquisition brings ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
The Australian stock market has fallen further after opening sharply lower and feeling the impact of steep falls on Wall St overnight. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 180.6 points to 5607.4. The All Ordinaries dropped 191.5 points ...

Risky business

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
... per cent. All Ordinaries took the high dive prize plunging 10.1 per cent from its peak. US 10-yr bond yields were treading water, unchanged at 4.72 per cent but 2-yr bonds yields sank 8bp to 4.29 per cent. Overnight the US stock market took a nasty spill ...

Water's potential to float

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
With Federal and State Governments drowning in debate over how best to manage water, Citi has published economic research on the use of market forces and price to allocate this scarce resource. Shane Lee, Citi economist, believes opportunities are being ...

St.George and HESTA champion flexible workplace

... provide group support for the community, environment or favourite charity and interest-free loans to purchase energy and water efficient appliances including washing machines, dishwashers, refrigerators and freezers. "Some of the key work-life issues ...

Water investments the next frontier

The amount spent on water and water-related infrastructure globally has now reached $350 billion (US$300 billion) per year and growing at a rate of between 8 per cent to 12 per cent, according to a new study. The report was conducted by listed hedge ...