Aussie wealth exceeds $5 trillion
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It appears Australians have never been wealthier as total private sector wealth now exceeds $5 trillion. Officially, private sector wealth is estimated at $5,013 billion, which is up 18 per cent in the past year.
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The growth of jobs has stalled in the US, and this has big implications for Australia. For interest rates, for our dollar, for jobs here, for our economy more generally, and for investments.
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News Corporation has awarded its executive chairman Rupert Murdoch a staggering $US12.5 million ($18 million) performance bonus for the latest financial year - believed to be the biggest in Australian corporate history.
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Profits at Australian mining firm WMC Resources rise fivefold as reports say the government is opposed to a bid from a Swiss firm.
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The price of gold soars to a new record, driven by concerns about inflation and strong oil prices.
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Gold hit another record high on Monday and may touch the psychological level of $900 an ounce soon as uncertainty in financial markets and expectations of aggressive U.S. rate cuts raised its safe-haven appeal.
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Australia, one of the best-performing advanced economies, faced looming economic turbulence from the subprime lending meltdown in the United States, Prime Minister John Howard warned on Sunday.
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Gold soared to record highs above $900 an ounce on Monday as equities struggled for gains and the dollar fell.
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US mutual fund investors could be hit with a record $350bn capital gains tax bill because their funds took big profits from rising stock markets last year.
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Spot gold hit a record high at $855.10 an ounce on Wednesday in buying fuelled by a struggling dollar, surging oil and simmering geo-political tensions, traders said.
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The price of gold soars to a fresh all-time high, driven by the weak dollar and rising oil prices.
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For the typical retirement plan investor, the stake in foreign equities has more than tripled over the past five years.
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The S. & P. index set a five-year high and the Dow Jones industrial average climbed above 11,800 for the first time.
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The Australian share market has rebounded and recovered almost all of its losses from yesterday. At the end of trade the All Ordinaries was 23.
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The price of gold rose to a 16-year  high above $455 an ounce on Wednesday as investors piled into  the hard asset amid widespread worries about the dropping U.S.  dollar.
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India's rupee hits a five-year high after Standard & Poor's raises the country's foreign currency rating.
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SHARES in Biota Holdings surged 27 per cent yesterday after the Melbourne biotech company secured rare US government funding of $US5.