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As we mentioned earlier, while the market was temporarily cheered by stronger-than-expected retail sales for September, retailers (such as Gerry Harvey) are still cautioning against too much optimism.
Deutsche Bank retail analyst Michael Simotas agrees, saying there's only been a modest growth in sales:
- I think the tick-up is very modest. It hasn't been dramatic. So I think that degree of caution from management teams is probably justified.
- Some of the feedback suggests that October was a little bit softer.
Here's how some of the blue chips did today:
- BHP: flat
- Rio: +0.3%
- Westpac: -1.2%
- Woolies: -1%
- Wesfarmers: -0.3%
- Telstra: -0.4%
The share market has closed lower, after slipping into the red in afternoon trade. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lost 20.6 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 5390.5, while the broader All Ords fell 22.3 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 5384.2.
Among the sectors, energy tumbled 0.8 per cent, consumer staples lost 0.9 per cent and materials ended flat. Consumer discretionary and financials, which had traded in the black for long stretches of the session, both closed down 0.3 per cent.
The dollar is hanging onto its earlier gains in the wake of the stronger than expected retail sales, trading at 94.80 US cents.
Another factor supporting the dollar is yesterday's upbeat Chinese data showing activity in the country's services sector expanded at the fastest pace in 13 months in October - a further indication the world's No. 2 economy has stabilised.
Up next for the currency is the Reserve Bank's policy meeting tomorrow, but just about every economist expects the central bank to keep its cash rate unchanged at a record low 2.5 per cent.
An unexpected jump in retail spending is the result of confidence returning to the economy upon the election of a coalition government, Treasurer Joe Hockey says.
New data showed September retail spending growing by 0.8 per cent and double economists expectations.
Seasonally adjusted retail spending passed the $22 billion mark for one month for the first time.
It was the strongest monthly growth since February.
''Today's retail sales figures ... show that confidence is returning to the Australian economy in the lead up to and immediately after the coalition's election victory,'' Mr Hockey said in a statement on Monday.
''Consumers have now started taking their wallets out of their pockets.''
Quarterly retail trade volumes were also up 0.7 per cent in the September quarter, a marked turn around from the 0.1 per cent fall in the previous three months.
Stocks around the region fell after Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher said the US central bank should end its record stimulus as soon as possible.
- Nikkei: -0.9%
- Shanghai: -0.1%
- Taiwan: -0.5%
- South Korea: -0.6%
- Singapore: +0.1%
- New Zealand: -0.1%
''It's all about the Fisher speech,'' said Chris Weston, chief market strategist at IG. ''We're starting to see a slight change in rhetoric from the Fed, more and more people are highlighting the cost of quantitative easing. The Fed rhetoric in the last few weeks has certainly been more hawkish than the markets were expecting.''
Fisher, speaking in Sydney, said the Fed should resume normal policy as soon as possible.
Read more from the Fisher speech
Emirates has warned that it faces a ''mini perfect storm'' on international routes worldwide with excess flight capacity, heavy discounting of fares and high jet fuel prices.
But the Dubai airline emphasises that its alliance with Qantas has boosted the number of passengers in its business and first-class cabins on routes to and from Australia, helping to offset lower margins on economy tickets.
Emirates declined to put a figure on the financial gains from the Qantas alliance but one of its senior executives, Barry Brown, said the ''strength in the premium cabins is hugely noticeable'' from the tie up.
''The overall profitability of our cabins across the aircraft is not so bad. That [increase in passengers in business and first-class] is probably allowing us to keep our head above the water,'' Mr Brown said.
Emirates has a 9 per cent share of the market to Australia, making it the third-biggest operator after Qantas and Singapore Airlines. Qantas and Emirates officially launched their alliance in late March, in a deal which covers routes from Australia to Europe, New Zealand and Asia.
The banks are reporting very comfortable bad and doubtful debt positions. Westpac in particular is comfortably geared, writes BusinessDay's Malcolm Maiden.
Several global measures are being rolled out under the auspices of the Basel 3 banking regime, to insure bank balance sheets against the risk of another global bushfire like the crisis of 2008 and 2009.
Some investors sold bank shares last week on speculation that the big four "domestically systemically important banks" (DSIBs) would need to build capital overlays equal to up to 1.5 per cent of their risk-weighted assets, and on reports that banking regulator APRA had warned them to preserve capital while the details were being worked out.
Westpac nevertheless boosted its regular dividend for the year by 5 per cent to 174 cents a share with a final payout of 88 cents a share on Monday morning, and followed its interim special dividend of 10 cents a share with a 10 cent-a-share final special dividend.
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The ownership tussle over the Westfield Innaloo shopping centre, in Perth, has ended with the Charter Hall Group saying the put option agreement to acquire the mall and adjoining Shoppers Village, has been terminated by the joint owners of the mall, Westfield Group and Westfield Retail Trust.
Transaction costs incurred by Charter Hall and its capital partner have been recovered through the payment of a put option fee by Westfield.
The deal, which was first announced to the market on September 11, was very complicated and was initially predicated on Westfield selling its remaining 33 per cent stake in another Perth Mall at Karrinyup, which it did in late in September to UniSuper for $246 million.
But with the termination of the deal with Charter Hall, it is now expected Westfield will look to redevelop the Innaloo centre.
The passing of the federal election in September has not encouraged consumers to spend more says retailer Harvey Norman.
The company says it hasn't seen a boost to consumer spending since the federal election but looks forward to a good Christmas trading period.
Harvey Norman says its global sales, excluding Singapore, for the three months to the end of September rose 2.7 per cent to 1.37 billion dollars, compared to the corresponding period one year earlier.
Sales in Australia rose 1.2 per cent.
Harvey Norman shares are 1.6 per cent higher at $3.28.
BusinessDay's Michael Pascoe has taken a deeper look at today's retail figures:
At first glance, the Abbott honeymoon or normal post-election surge certainly shines through in the September retail sales statistics – a better performance on all measures than the tipsters were expecting. It looks like it wasn't just David Jones customers who came out buying.
But as an Australian Bureau of Statistics feature published with the numbers points out, retail sales aren't the guide to consumption growth that they used to be. And department stores are no guide to overall retail performance, let along household consumption.
As the ABS points out, retail trade estimates historically contributed 55 to 60 per cent of household final consumption expenditure. Now it's only about 30 per cent as households spend a greater proportion of their income on services.
Unfortunately there's a generation of commentators, not least from the retail industry itself, who are yet to adjust their perspective. We're all shoppers so retail news makes headlines, but it doesn't mean as much as it used to.
Shrinking share of consumption.
Sydney's property market isn't the only one heating up.
China's southern city of Shenzhen will raise minimum down payments on second home purchases to 70 per cent from 60 per cent, the official China Securities Journal reported on Saturday, the latest local move to curb property prices.
Many Chinese cities are seeing record home prices, adding to the risk of a property bubble in the world's second largest economy. Home prices in Shenzhen, which rose 19.7 per cent in September from a year earlier, are among the highest.
Shenzhen's move came after Beijing, the capital, tightened measures last month while vowing to boost supply for middle-income families and punish property speculators.
The new rule in Shenzhen will take effect on Wednesday and apply to home buyers who want to take mortgages from banks, the newspaper quoted unnamed banking sources in Shenzhen as saying.
Banks will also tighten mortgage regulations to ensure that speculators are not granted loans, the paper said.
Most second-home buyers in Chinese cities have been required to make down payments of at least 60 per cent since 2011. Beijing raised the down payments to 70 per cent in April.
A study by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries says that killing off car manufacturing in Australia would lead to a $21.5 billion hit to the economy.
And Australia's GDP would be $7.3 billion smaller, or 0.6 per cent of total GDP.
Here's a bit more analysis from economists on the spate of data released today:
Paul Bloxham and Adam Richardson, HSBC: Retail spending is lifting, supported by rising housing and other asset prices, as well as improving confidence. Growth appears to be rebalancing, with a modest upswing underway in the non-mining sectors and regions of the economy. We expect that the RBA will not need to cut rates further.
George Tharenou, UBS: Positively, the pick-up of retail sales in September provides an early sign that record low interest rates, combined with rising household wealth, are leading to better consumption growth (which we expect to be evident over the year ahead). Meanwhile, flat job ads suggest that leading indicators of the labour market are stabilising, albeit still not yet pointing to a recovery ahead.
Annette Beacher, TD Securities: After a year of decelerating growth, this report reveals a clear turnaround in activity, and will be welcomed by the RBA as a fresh source of 'non-mining' growth. ... The missing puzzle piece is non-mining investment, and we await the September quarter survey on November 28.
Despite reporting a record profit today, Westpac shares are down, while all its other big four competitors are in the black:
- Westpac: -0.4%
The federal opposition is putting an upswing in business confidence at risk by not supporting the government's repeal of the carbon tax, a leading business group says.
New data from the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) shows that while business confidence has strengthened since the federal election, actual trading conditions remain weak.
''General business conditions within the economy are still quite challenging,'' ACCI acting chief economist Burchell Wilson told reporters in Canberra on Monday.
As such, it makes the improvement in sentiment fragile.
ACCI's business expectations survey for the September quarter showed its general business conditions index mired at 42.8 points, and well below the 50 point mark that separates expansion from contraction.
In the June quarter the index was 42.9 points.
Sales indicators have now fallen for six consecutive quarters, selling prices reached their lowest level in the survey's 19-year history and profits slumped to a four-year low.
However, expectations rose for all components with general business conditions expected to rise to 53.2 points in the December quarter.
Australia's economic indicators are all falling into place, says Peter Martin, adding that an interest rate cut tomorrow is unlikely:
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Australia's economic indicators are all falling into place, says Peter Martin, adding that an interest rate cut on Tuesday is unlikely.
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Share prices in some of Australia's biggest retailers have been boosted by the better-than-expected September retail trade data released today.
David Jones shares at up 4.83 per cent to $3.04, while Myer stocks have risen 2.8 per cent to $2.57.
JB Hi Fi shares have gained 2.07 per cent to trade at $21.66. And Harvey Norman has risen 2.01 per cent to $3.295.
While there's some optimism in the market on the retail sales data, the figures are from September and it is not clear if the boost in spending will continue into October.
Harvey Norman, in its September quarter sales figures released today, said at the bottom of its report that "we have not seen a boost to consumer spending post the federal election but look forward to a good Christmas trading period".
Coles has paid $1 to officially become the owner of a $40 million Sydney supermarket leased to arch rival Woolworths, after it was caught using an elaborate tax-haven structure to conceal its identity as the owner.
The supermarket company has defended its actions as a ''common'' industry practice, dismissing as a ''conspiracy theory'' questions about the use of an offshore company to secretly act on its behalf.
Land title records show Coles paid $1 at the start of the financial year to formally take ownership of the property, rather than holding it at arm's length via an agent and trustee, Sino Ace Investment Pty, a company ultimately controlled by an entity registered in the British Virgin Islands.
Fairfax Media has previously revealed Coles used a labyrinthine corporate structure to conceal its involvement in the purchase transaction, blindsiding Woolworths to become the landlord of the 4282 square metre supermarket site in Neutral Bay. The Grosvenor Street outlet is one of Woolworths' best-performing supermarkets in the country.
A fascinating yarn for your lunchtime from today's paper about a Chinese tycoon who has bought a $20 million+ property in Toorak.
Wang Hua is China's 790th richest person and is embroiled in a Supreme Court battle with a former business partner, 'Sunny' Sun, over a Victorian golf course. He alleges that Mr Wang regularly flies into Australia with suitcases of cash on board a private jet.
Here's a break down of the September retail sales data.
Spending at department stores rose a seasonally adjusted 2.8 per cent in September, while clothing sales rose by 2.5 per cent. Consumers also forked out for pharmaceuticals, cosmetic and toiletries, with spending growing by 3.1 per cent for the month. Cafes and takeaway foods was boosted by 0.6 per cent.
In contrast, spending on household goods fell by 0.4 per cent.
In terms of states and territories, spending rose across the board in September except in mining powerhouse Western Australia, where sales fell by a seasonally adjusted 0.3 per cent in volume terms.
Spending rose by 1.2 per cent in Victoria, 2 per cent in South Australia and 0.4 per cent in Queensland. Sales also rose 0.3 per cent in NSW, 2.5 per cent in Tasmania, 4.3 per cent in the Northern Territory and 0.2 per cent in the ACT.
More than $100 million of neighbourhood shopping centres have changed hands in the past two months as investors target higher-yielding bricks and mortar.
The grocery-based non-discretionary centres remain the preferred property in the retail sector as they are less vulnerable to the vagaries of consumer sentiment.
According to the retail sales data for September, it showed that general groceries were stronger, despite the volatility of fruit and vegetables.
In the latest deal, the wholesale Australian Property Opportunities Fund (APOF) has bought two prime neighbourhood shopping centre investments, Lynbrook Village Shopping Centre in south-east Melbourne and Lake Innes Village in Port Macquarie, for a combined purchase price of $47.35 million.
Retail sales growth has ticked up a fair bit in the past months, coming in sync with the better consumer confidence numbers of late, says JPMorgan economist Ben Jarman:
- Department store sales have been the clear outperformer for the last couple of months but that was after they essentially tanked in July, so we think it's coming back after a bit of a distortion at mid-year.
- But we're still a bit skeptical that you can see much of an uplift when labour income growth has been so weak, the hiring side of things has been so poor for so long, so we're a little bit skeptical about whether this can be sustained.
The Reserve Bank is likely to be happy with the improvement in retail sales in September, says Barclays' chief economist Kieran Davies.
At the same time, he says the central bank would be fairly relaxed about the rise in house prices for the third quarter, although its board would be keeping an eye on the property market amid fears that a sharp lift in prices could trigger a bubble:
- Retail sales have been pretty sluggish for most of this year. This is the best result since February. I think the RBA will be quite pleased.
- It's better than what some of the anecdotes are suggesting. You've seen a pick-up in the housing market and retail sales are finally showing some signs of life, so I think the RBA would be quite happy that we're seeing a lift in consumer spending after all this time.
JPMorgan economist Tom Kennedy says the housing data shows just how much prices are on the rise, especially in Sydney:
- In the nation's largest property market, things really are starting to heat up. In Melbourne as well, price appreciation was very strong and also in Brisbane.
- A big part of the Reserve Bank story is that they've been trying to revive the construction sector so I think the big uptick we've seen in prices definitely is supportive of that, as higher prices encourage activity and investment.
Here's a bit more from the Bureau of Statistics on the third-quarter figures for house prices:
"This is the first time since 2010 that the capital city average has shown four consecutive quarters of growth year on year," the Bureau of Statistics' Robin Ashburn said.
"Sydney's rises were broad based in the September quarter, with most areas going up, but prices were mixed in Melbourne, with some areas showing rises and others falls."
Sydney recorded the strongest growth at 3.6 per cent for the September quarter. Melbourne prices rose by 1.9 per cent, Hobart by 1.4 per cent, and Brisbane by 1.2 per cent. House prices also lifted by 0.2 per cent in Perth and 0.4 per cent in Darwin for the September quarter.
Whitehaven Coal is currently not looking to raise equity, its chairman said at the AGM in response to speculation the miner may need to raise funds in the face of weak coal prices and delays on its biggest project.
"We are not looking at a placement or any capital raising in the equity markets at the moment," chairman Mark Vaile told shareholders.
He said the company's development pipeline was fully funded from its local banking syndicate, which has provided $1.2 billion in project financing.
Surging power prices have resulted in NSW government-owned electricity companies emerging as among the most profitable companies in Australia, as they boosted profits 50 per cent in the year to June.
Figures released by the NSW Audit Office show that the state government's electricity companies boosted their combined profit to $1.54 billion in the year to June, up from $1.03 billion a year earlier.
This includes the electricity distributors which have been big spenders on new equipment over the past several years, triggering a heavy round of power price rises - and a public backlash which has resulted in lower electricity usage.
Their high profits pushed their return on equity to 15.2 per cent from 10.7 per cent, which is well ahead of most ASX-listed industrial companies which earn closer to 10 per cent.
Westpac boss Gail Kelly has played down the fast growth in lending to self-managed super funds investing in real estate, saying banks apply cautious standards in the sector.
The Reserve Bank has warned that the growth in SMSF investment in property could threaten financial stability by opening up another avenue for speculative investment.
But Mrs Kelly today said the amount of lending to SMSFs was small in absolute terms, and banks applied tougher tests when they were approving these loans.
"It's off a small base. We've got less than $3 billion in SMSF," Mrs Kelly said this morning.
"There are a range of additional requirements for lending in that vehicle."
The Australian dollar jumped a quarter of a cent to the day's high of 94.93 US cents on the strong retail numbers.
''We think the Aussie remains at these levels unless expectations somewhere are totally knocked off the track,'' says St George economist Hans Kunnen. ''From an interest-rate perspective domestically, there's a growing view that we have hit the bottom.''
Troubled surfwear and streetwear retailer Billabong announced this morning that $US300 million in funding from its new private equity partners, Centrebridge Partners and Oaktree Capital, had been received and used to repay a bridging facility.
Meanwhile a convoluted and complex musical chairs manoeuvre within the Billabong boardroom will see three directors step down, two directors appointed and a third director who was intending to leave actually now stay.
Billabong, which has been in desperate need of a cash injection following billions of dollars in losses and writedowns in the face of a slump in sales and profits, also said this morning in a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange that has agreed to sell its Canadian retail chain West 49 to YM Inc for between $CAD9 million and $CAD11 million.
Shares in Billabong are 0.75 per cent lower to 39.7 cents.
Australian capital city house prices rose 1.9 per cent in the September quarter, official data showed.
That followed a rise of 2.7 per cent in the June quarter.In the year to September, the house price index rose 7.6 per cent, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Monday.
Economists had expected a rise of 2.2 per cent for the September quarter.
Job advertisements slipped by 0.1 per cent in October after a 0.2 per cent gain the month before, a private forward indicator for employment has found.
The monthly ANZ job ads survey, released this morning, found that job ads were 12 per cent lower than a year ago.
But the declining trend in ads has slowed to minus 0.5 per cent month-on-month.
The latest retail figures suggest we are beginning to open our wallets.
Australian retail spending rose by 0.8 per cent in September as third-quarter sales lifted by 0.7 per cent.
Economists were expecting a 0.4 per cent rise for September and a 0.2 per cent gain for the third-quarter.
The sales growth followed a 0.4 per cent lift in August and a flat second-quarter.
Whitehaven Coal's chairman has told shareholders the company's future is assured following a difficult year in which it posted a $82 million loss and its share price more than halved.
Chairman Mark Vaile said that although global coal markets had been tight and prices flat, there had been a modest improvement in thermal and metallurgical coal prices in recent months.
The company's market capitalisation is currently only $1.6 billion with its share price falling from $3.61 in early January to $1.58 this morning.
It's set to be a very busy week of economic data here in Australia. Here's a list of what we should expect this week.
Today: TD Securities-Melbourne Institute October inflation gauge; September retail sales; third-quarter house price index; ANZ October job advertisements
Tuesday: AiG Performance of Services Index for October; RBA board meeting
Wednesday: September trade balance
Thursday: AiG Performance of Construction Index for October; Labour force report for October; October foreign reserves
UBS economists say they expect the Reserve Bank to keep interest rates at 2.5 per cent for several months unless there's a sharp rise in unemployment.
"We still see a better than even chance the RBA's made its last cut. The lagged effect of lower rates and a lower Australian dollar, should underpin a steadying in business conditions and the jobs market, preventing unemployment breaching 6 per cent," Scott Haslem and George Tharenou write in a note.
"The likelihood of Fed tapering [now expected to occur in the first-quarter of 2014- pushing the Australian dollar lower, and an improving global economy, should contribute to some stabilisation in the economy."
"Of course, absent some improvement soon, the RBA will likely have further work to do."
Financial markets are pricing in a 4 per cent chance of a rate cut tomorrow. Expectations for another rate cut then remain below 50 per cent over the next few months. About 5 per cent of the market is pricing in a chance of a rate hike in June.
Nine chief executive David Gyngell is among a select group of executives who will have plenty of incentive to stick around after the $2 billion float.
The media group's senior ranks will share more than $10 million worth of Nine shares which vest over three years starting from December 2014.
Mr Gyngell is the only one directly named in the company's prospectus, which was launched this morning, and will receive performance rights valued at just under $5.5 million. It will be a sharp reversal of fortune for Mr Gyngell who received $1 in January this year for shares in the old Nine which he had paid $1.2 million for.
Altogether, Mr Gyngell will receive pay, bonuses and shares worth more than $10 million.
This includes a $2.5 million cash bonus from the float, 4.545 million shares directly and more than 2 million performance rights. This is on top of his base pay of $2 million and up to $2 million in short term incentives.
Still the one: Nine chief David Gyngell. Photo: Louise Kennerley
Investa Office Fund (IOF) has undertaken an agreement to sell to sell the fund's long running investment in the Dutch Office Fund (DOF) to a consortium of existing DOF investors for 155 million euros ($A224.7 million).
The move is part of IOF's strategy of becoming 100 per cent Australian focused.
Since taking over management of IOF in 2011, Investa has carried IOF's investment in DOF at a discount to the stated DOF Net Asset Value ('NAV') to reflect the illiquid nature of the investment. The book value of DOF at 30 June 2013 was Euro 182.5 million, a 15 per cent discount to the June 30, 2013 DOF NAV.
Since June, the DOF NAV has continued to decline and the sale price reflects a discount to the 30 September 2013 DOF NAV of 24 per cent.
Toby Phelps, IOF Fund Manager said that consistent with the $A520 million of offshore disposals in 2011/12, the fund intended to reinvest the sale proceeds into high quality Australian CBD assets and ''further leverage the capability and experience of Investa in the Australian office sector''.
Mining services company Bradken has released its earnings guidance for the first half of the financial year following the settlement of a Federal Court dispute over bid rigging claims.
The company said it was expecting earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of around $85 million for the current half of the 2014 financial year, down from $105 million in the previous corresponding period.
In a separate note, it also advised that the company and two of its directors, including former New South Wales premier Nick Greiner, had settled a dispute with mining parts company Norcast for an undisclosed amount.
The company told shareholders at its annual general meeting last month that the first half of 2014 would be quite challenging.
It said this morning that it still expects its full-year earnings to be broadly comparable to the previous financial year.
Inflation has remaining benign, edging up 0.1 per cent last month following a 0.2 per cent rise in September, a private monthly gauge has found.
In the 12 months to September, inflation rose by 2.1 per cent, near the bottom of the Reserve Bank's target band of 2 to 3 per cent, TD Securities-Melbourne Institute's report released today showed.
Inflation rose on the back of new housing purchases by owner occupiers, and price rises in non-alcoholic beverages, and meat and seafood. At the same time, the prices of fruit and vegetables,fuel, furniture and furnishings. fell.
"Compared with the surprise jump in headline inflation in the September quarter, this October report is rather benign, and starts the final quarter of the year with a whisper," TD Securities' head of Asia-Pacific Research Annette Beacher said.
"Headline inflation and our trimmed mean measure of inflation were both only 2.1 per cent higher than a year ago, suggesting no sign of a pick-up in inflation in the final months of 2013."
The Reserve Bank's board is set to meet tomorrow, but economists and financial markets are overwhelming expecting it to keep the cash rate on hold at 2.5 per cent.
That's the first time since 2005 that a November meeting is not "live", says Westpac's chief economist Bill Evans.
"Indeed since November 2006 25 per cent of all moves have occurred in November – remarkable given that only 9 per cent of meetings have been held in November," Evans writes in a note.
"[W]e are unlikely to receive any real 'shocks' in the Governor's statement which will be released after the meeting.
"It is also important to note that the "easing bias" passage which we noted from the minutes, while included in the last two sets of minutes, has not been used in the Governor's statement.
"We will have to await the minutes on November 19 to see if that 'easing bias' language is maintained. Given the Bank's interest in a lower dollar it would seem to be a sensible strategy to maintain it."
Westpac forecasts two more rate cuts before the end of the RBA's current monetary easing cycle.
Coca-Cola Amatil is the latest discretionary business to fall foul of weaker than expected consumer demand following last month's federal election and has said this morning it expects its full-year pre-tax earnings to slide by between 5 to 7 per cent calendar 2013.
Already this month retail giants Woolworths and Coles warned that consumer sentiment had not made a sustained leap since the election - or that any gains were short lived - and that spending by shoppers remained at pre-election lows.
The beverage company, which owns a portfolio of non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverage brands, said whilst there had been an improvement in its Australian beverage business in the third quarter, fourth quarter trading to date was not seeing the expected post-election uplift in consumer spending.
Shares in Coca Cola are down 3.7 per cent to $12.41.
The market has opened higher, with the benchmark S&P/ASX200 rising 18.3 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 5429.4. The broader All Ords is up 17.3 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 5423.8.
Westpac has the highest mortgage rate among the big four banks and has ceded market share to competitors in the past year.
''The revenue and margin were weaker than expected,'' said John Buonaccorsi, a Sydney-based analyst at CIMB Group Holdings.
''Home lending is slowly picking up. Westpac is overweight New South Wales, where the action is now, so they could potentially gain, although the lending recovery is still weak.''
Private equity firm Warburg Pincus has sold its entire 33.9 per cent stake in waste management firm Transpacific Industries through UBS, the Australian Financial Review reported on Sunday.
Demand from investors saw an initial offering of $400 million of Transpacific stock at $1.05 per share increased to $570 million worth, it reported.
Warburg Pincus became a cornerstone investor in Transpacific in 2009 when it bought a 33.9 per cent stake via placement and rights issue at $1.80 and $1.20 a share. The private equity firm also participated in a rights issue at 50 cents a share in 2011.
Nine is being valued at up to $2.2 billion in its initial public offering that will see shares trade on the stock exchange in just over a month.
The media group's prospectus was launched this morning with key financial details of the float including the fact that its first-half earnings will grow at a faster rate than the second half, but full-year television profit will still come in at about $80 million less than the equivalent projected earnings from its rival Seven.
"We are excited about the IPO and providing new shareholders with exposure to our leading integrated portfolio of complementary media businesses,'' said chief executive David Gyngell.
''A listing on the ASX will help us to continue our strong momentum and consolidate our position as a leading FTA TV network in Australia, maintain our strong industry position and expand the Nine Events business, and continue to grow Mi9 and our other digital media assets. We look forward to welcoming our new shareholders."
Westpac has notched up a record $7.1 billion profit and will pay shareholders a special dividend, capping off another bumper year for the nation's big banks.
The country's second largest lender today reported the 8 per cent rise in its cash earnings over the year to September, with returns up across all of its core divisions.
Investors will receive a final dividend of 88 cents a share, taking full-year ordinary dividends 5 per cent higher to $1.74.
It will also pay a special dividend of 10 cents, in a sign the bank is generating excess capital.
The result propels the collective profits of Westpac, Commonwealth Bank, ANZ and NAB to $27 billion for 2013, despite slowing across the economy.
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street after solid US and Chinese manufacturing data and good US car sales figures. Westpac released its results this morning, and it was another record result for the banks.
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October 7, 2002 Diderik van Halsema has been the coordinator of MSF's relief projects in and around Kandahar, Afghanistan, since May 2002. MSF is currently working in 13 of Afghanistan's 32 provinces with 93 international volunteers and 1273 national staff. 'Sand devils' they call them. Small whirlwinds that sweep across the plain, sucking the sand into twenty-meter-high spirals and blowing it away. Coupled with a strong wind, they are a real source of hardship to Afghans living in Zhare Dasht - which is not just the name of the region but also of a new accommodation for 60,000 Afghans due to be transferred here from the Pakistan-Afghan border by the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR). 'Zhare Dasht' is Pashtun for 'Yellow Desert'. The area lies in the Sanzari district, over an hour's drive to the west of Kandahar in the south of Afghanistan. Since mid-August this has been the operational area for the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team based in Kandahar. MSF has been active in this region since 1995. Over the years, various immunization programs have been carried out as well as projects to combat malnutrition and prevent outbreaks of cholera, malaria, meningitis, typhoid, measles, dysentery, and other contagious diseases. This is a difficult logistical environment because of its isolation; a difficult cultural environment because of the conservatism; and a difficult political environment because of the years of Taliban domination. Working from Kandahar, the Taliban took control of almost the whole of Afghanistan until they were driven out by US-backed Northern Alliance forces at the end of 2001. In October 2001 the project in Kandahar came to a standstill when the Taliban commandeered MSF's office. The MSF international staff had already been evacuated but without an office, the national staff was forced to stop their work as well. After the Taliban was ousted and a caretaker government was installed in Afghanistan, the team restarted the project. The office was restored to normal, needed medical supplies were replenished and, in the months that followed MSF assessed the need for new interventions. During the past two decades of fighting, hundreds of thousands of Afghans had taken to the road; not only internally, but also in neighboring Iran and Pakistan, which had taken in millions of Afghan refugees since the Soviet invasion in the early eighties. Now a new group of Afghans were on the move: fleeing the bombing and the inevitable ethnic tensions, and also the drought in the south. A multi-year drought has led to many health and economic problems that have been consistently under-addressed by the media. At the start of 2002, Pakistan and Iran exerted increasing pressure on the Afghan refugees to return to their homes in Afghanistan. Many did. The sudden, relative freedom in their country had inspired optimism, but the host countries had also given them a push. As a result, so many people returned that UN organizations such as the World Food Program (WFP) and the UNHCR could barely cope. This year, over 1.5 million Afghans have already returned. No one had anticipated such high figures. All these people need food, shelter, drinking water, and jobs to support themselves. The country is nowhere near capable of handling this. Many have simply exchanged one calamitous situation for another and are desperately searching for any means of survival - also in the south, where the persistent drought creates further complications. Many Afghans have lost their livestock to this drought. The Kutchis, Afghan nomads, have been hit particularly hard because they depend on camels, donkeys, goats, and sheep for their livelihood. In the south, the harvests have been meagre for several years. Some experts say that the groundwater level falls by two meters a year. Dry riverbeds, encroaching desert, and wells that need to be dug ever deeper -sometimes to a depth of 60 meters- are making life so hard in this part of the country that many Afghans have become dependent on international aid. According to the latest estimates, some 400,000 Afghans are wandering around in the southern parts of the country in search of food and shelter. The UNHCR estimates that next year an additional one million Afghans will return from neighboring countries to face an uncertain future. Newly displaced personsSince October 2001, over 60,000 Afghans have been living around the town of Chaman on the southern Pakistan-Afghan border. Half of them fled because of the drought and the warfare in the south. Many of these are Kutchis. The other half comes from the north. These are Pashtuns, trying to escape the ethnic tensions that erupted shortly after the war against terrorism began. Uzbeks and Tajiks took revenge on the local Pashtuns because they suspected them of supporting the Taliban. The Pashtuns fled towards the south, where their tribe is in the majority, and ended up in the border area along with the Kutchis; looking for help and protection. The first group, a few ten thousand, were lucky. Though Pakistan had officially closed the border it was still allowing a lot of Afghans through. These were taken to various official refugee camps on the Pakistani side of the border, where they received the help they were entitled to. MSF runs health programs in two of these camps: Rhogani and Lande Karez. Another group of around 25,000 Afghans were less fortunate when they attempted to cross the border at Chaman in February 2002. They were stopped and since then have been stuck in a piece of no man's land, practically on the border but just on the Pakistani side. They have been living in a chaotic camp where it took a long time to organize assistance. MSF was present there from the very start to provide the people with medical support (vaccinations, basic healthcare) and to tackle malnutrition among the children. Then, there is a third group of some 35,000 Afghans on the Afghan side of the border, dispersed over five camps around Spin Boldak, near Chaman. As they are still inside Afghanistan, they are not official refugees but internally displaced persons. MSF runs a health clinic in Spin Boldak. Under pressureAfghans in the official camps are the best off. The 60,000 in the "no man's land" and around Spin Boldak have much more to endure. The Pakistani and Afghan authorities want to get rid of the Afghans and have exerted so much pressure on the UNHCR to move them that there is now a plan to transfer them to Zhare Dasht. New accommodation is gradually being built there in the middle of the desert. There are no facilities for miles, so everything needs to be built from scratch. Though we believe that everyone has the right to cross a border and apply for refugee status if they have good reasons to do so, we have also started setting up medical facilities in Zhare Dasht, in order to assist those who are being relocated. MSF has been working with this group since last October and cannot abandon the people to fate, especially since there are no other organizations or facilities to provide medical support. The first group - around 500 - arrived on 15 August. By September the numbers had swelled to 5,000. The UNHCR is transporting them in trucks from the border area to Zhare Dasht, where they are registered by ICMC, an aid organization called in by the UNHCR. Registration entitles them to food support, a piece of ground with a tent, and various items such as a tarpaulin, wheelbarrow, spade, jerry can, etc. After registration, the displaced receive a medical examination from MSF. The children are vaccinated against measles and polio. They are also given vitamin A and screened for malnutrition. The ones who are malnourished are admitted to a special program that devotes extra attention to them, so that they can quickly build up their strength through medically supervised feedings. Building a new lifeIn this dry plain the Afghans must try to build a new life. Some may want to return home to the north, but they are still distrustful. They feel it is still dangerous and want to stay in the south for the time being. The Kutchis can do nothing without livestock. Where could they go without the means of subsistence? They could build up a new life in Zhare Dasht. There are various organizations in the area. UNICEF is starting schools, the WFP is distributing food, and MSF has started a large clinic at a central point. In addition to initial medical registration, this clinic will provide medical assistance to the Afghans currently living in Zhare Dasht: basic healthcare, monitoring of the therapeutic feeding programs for the children, support for pregnant women and new mothers, tackling of dehydration and an ambulance to take patients to Kandahar if they cannot be treated in the clinic. Dry as boneBut the success of Zhare Dasht depends on the availability of water. Many wells have been dug but most of them are useless because they are too shallow. People are really muddling along. The wells are going to be worked on again and efforts will be made to dig deep enough so that they can cope with the demand for water. The earth is dry as a bone, but fertile. But it takes a lot of water to support 60,000 Afghans. Each person needs, on average, 20 liters a day, to cook, drink, and wash with. Average water consumption in most western countries is well over 200 liters per day. Twenty liters is considered the absolute minimum. But it is nowhere near enough to spray the soil and maintain the crops. Much more is needed for that. No one knows how much water is under the ground and how long the water level can meet the demand. The success of Zhare Dasht will depend on the long-term availability of water. Still much to be doneIn the meantime, people are getting by in this vast dry plain. Winter is approaching. This means sub-zero temperatures in the south. But no snow. Just as well, you might say. But, this is exactly what would help the south to pick itself up. Snow or rain, it makes no difference. Snow brings melt water. And water is what the south needs. Apart from national stability and security, water is the only solution for the hundreds of thousands of Afghans who are still dependent on aid. But the prognosis is grim. And the longer the drought continues, the more Afghans will flee the area. This is why MSF continues to work here. To help the people, but also to make sure that this group is not forgotten. A new government and an international military presence do not necessarily mean that the problems are solved. On the contrary. |
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March 15, 2010
The Assault on Salt
If a ban proposed by Brooklyn assemblyman Felix Ortiz passes, New York chefs will be banned from using salt in food preparation in all restaurants. The bill states: "No owner or operator of a restaurant in this state shall use salt in any form in the preparation of any food for consumption by customers of such restaurant, including food prepared to be consumed on the premises of such restaurant or off of such premises." Ortiz suggests a $1,000 fine for each violation
The New York Daily News led off their coverage with this: "If State Assemblyman Felix Ortiz has his way, the only salt added to your meal will come from the chef's tears." The New York Times covered the story on their blog. The Baltimore Sun pointed out that not only does salt add flavor, it also affects the chemical reactions that happen during baking (as well as the texture of baked goods). Max Fischer at The Atlantic guessed that Ortiz never actually wanted the ban to pass but rather wanted to get media attention and make other restrictions seem reasonable. He definitely got the media attention.
Ortiz told the Albany Times Union that he was inspired by his father who "used salt excessively for many years, developed high blood pressure and had a heart attack." Under Ortiz's salt ban, the public would still be allowed to add salt at the table. I have to admit that if I got a batch of unsalted fries, I would add just as much, if not more, salt than the cooks in the kitchen would have.
Ortiz did issue a clarification later in the week: "My intention for this legislation was to prohibit the use of salt as an additive to meals. If salt is a functional component of the recipe, by all means, it should be included. But, when we have meals prepared by restaurants that pile unnecessary amounts of salt, we have a problem."
New York is not new to bans. New York City passed a ban on trans fat in 2006. For a column in the Chicago Tribune, Mary Schmich talked to Nicole Pederson, executive chef at C-House in Chicago, who compared the ban to the trans fat ban with one important distinction: "Trans fat is bad in every single way… But salt is not bad in every single way."
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I couldn't agree more with Pederson. The clarification helps–but honestly I sometimes wonder whether politicians don't need more to do…….
So, if I understand, Mr. Ortiz's father was stupid or ignorant and unwilling to live with moderation. Now everyone in NY should suffer? Is that the way he feels?
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Next thing you know a politician will seek to ban / tax the air we breathe. Oh wait, that's right someone already has – it's called Cap & Trade!
I'm disappointed by the preponderance of unpleasant and negative responses here. I enjoy the information in this blog and have enjoyed the comments posted by my fellow readers.
Until now.
Shame on you for lowering the tone of this excellent blog with rude comments that haven't even the benefit of being clever.
If you want a ban, take salt off the table. Chefs add salt to compliment the meal, patrons pile on the extra salt that is unwarranted.
Another example of the insane and ignorant government intrusion into our private lives. Because, not all salt is created equal. Regular salt, which is a chemical by product and is heavily chemically treated, is poison. Sea salt which provides necessary trace minerals, is extremely beneficial. As with many other government regulations, the research has not been done, and there is no logic to this legislation.
Ricki – I'm not sure where you get your data but it's not completely correct. Common salt (such as Morton's) is not a chemical byproduct. The most popular salt sold in the US is Morton's and their salt is made via evaporation. On the Caribbean island of Bonaire, seawater is poured into very shallow ponds and allowed to evaporate. Once or twice a year the salt is scraped up, then treated to remove impurities (this is where the chemical processing happens, but as Morton's is 99.99% NaCl, it's easy to see that it is not "heavily chemically treated"), sometimes iodine is added, then it's packaged and sold. You'll notice that the "impurities" that are removed are the things in seasalt.
Salt *is* a chemical: sodium chloride, NaCl. As with anything, what makes it dangerous is how much one ingests. Since salt is added to so many products without our even realizing, we get a lot more sodium than we realize. (For example, did you know that most cottage cheeses have more sodium per serving than most potato chips? If you do it by calorie than cottage cheese has a lot more sodium than chips.) All salts, be they common, sea, kosher, fancy, are mostly NaCl and therefore contain the thing we're worried about: sodium.
I'd be interested to read the references you're drawing on, to see what they have to say.
WilliamB, this is where I have read information on table salt vs. sea salt http://tiny.cc/G7oH7
Ricki – that link isn't working for me. Would you be so kind as to try again? I've had good luck with tinyurl.com, or I can cut and paste the full url. Tks.


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The sequel to the epic, romantic, and action-packed fantasy "Silver Phoenix" continues the sweeping quest of Ai Ling, a young woman with astonishing powers granted by the gods.
This book explained why Silver Phoenix did not contain all the details that I so needed. This one was slower in its pace and plot and there were moments when the switch from the present to the past was jarring. However, I appreciated that Pon took the time to return to Zhong Ye and tell his story and let us understand the man behind the villain.
Even in the first novel, I got the sense that Pon was a lot more sympathetic to Zhong Ye than I felt he was created to be and I wondered why. Fury of the Phoenix tells his story and juxtaposes that story with the present happenings in Ai Ling's life. The novel reads much more smoothly than the first installment in the duology and the pacing and plotting are tighter. I liked the new characters that were introduced in this installment and I was happy to observe that Pon is becoming much more adept at character development as several of her characters, despite their relative importance in the novel/narrative, are in possession of actual personalities and not cardboard stereotypes.
Pon succeeded in making me see Zhong Ye in a different light and though I cannot deny that he was a villain, I begin to understand and perhaps pity him just a little bit. Pon was most successful in depicting the amount of love Zhong Ye felt for Silver Phoenix and his devastation at her apparent suicide on their wedding night. The novel is a discourse on human greed and addiction. The mythology remains engaging and new and I think I ended up liking the second installment in this duology a whole lot more than the first. I can't wait to see where Pon takes us next.


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Mitt Romney got lots of media attention for recently releasing his 2011 tax returns mr.
Romney paid an effective tax rate of fourteen point -- percent.
While many middle American in come -- Americans and wealthy individuals paid.
A lot -- -- but it turns out there are tricks to paying as much as mr.
Romney did he would mall rich copper managing director of wealth health financial planning rich thank you for being here is so OK so a total this money he's only paying an effective rate of fourteen point 1% but he did break the rules he does play by the rules he was given.
Exactly you know I don't even that I don't like it but that's not his fault that's the thing and I don't think people realize it's a character that income I mean let's face it yeah.
Mitt Romney like you know buffet gone back earlier this year was talking about.
A lower rate compared to secretary the reality is these people are paying.
Their fair share based on capital gains mostly investment income tenacity and it's not ordinary income and I think people -- to realize earned income is taxed at a much higher rate.
Then passive income investment so what can people out -- due to.
Followed mr.
Romney's lead.
Others did a number of things you can do yeah you know as hell ours to help out right I'm not sure we're gonna get down that low but for someone who's you know an ordinary turner about absolutely can take advantage of charitable deductions and -- we talk about this often.
Very important that to charitably inclined and you're willing to part with the money -- global deduction use appreciated stock if you have that so you don't pay capital gains on it.
There's always I think of great benefit of right you know contributing to your retirement plan some people might say you're converting you know what could otherwise be capital gain or dividend.
I ain't -- into ordinary income in the future but the reality is the compound the -- of that deferral.
For hopefully 2030 years is gonna in my view far outweigh short differential -- in many cases get matching of course that's free money to get matching -- of people I think are forgetting if they make -- -- dividends are likely to be tax at least we're we're uncertain right now but likely to go up to ordinary tax rates and that's not -- -- forget the the Medicare tax new investment income tax.
That's going to be another coldly plan as -- -- so much uncertainty of what's coming down the -- it's really difficult all right so it's kind of make charitable contributions contribute to the 401K hottest tax losses what you mean by that yes so I mean this is something that I think you know as an investment advisor we look at this throughout the year in the idea to take advantage of losses meaning.
That the amount of income -- -- not that you paid for your investment is actually gone down.
Rather than just hold out waiting for that hopefully come back to my advantage of the fact that there's a loss you pay ten dollars -- trading at five.
Sell -- book that five dollar loss you can use it to offset capital gains sometime in the future.
Benefit there if you don't use it this year carries over indefinitely into future years as well you can do that with -- individual stocks you can also do that with mutual funds as well so good tip.
Gift assets to kids.
-- you know.
That's as someone that I believe really and gifting just for number of reasons known as you have this huge exemption.
But talking about you know middle income people you don't have to have a lot of money to.
Gift that exemption away the idea is to you know put some money into the next generation have -- income and capital gains tax at the younger generations rate be aware of something called kiddie tax.
That's out there and also you know he might be reducing your state tax and benefit in the kids at the same time just -- running out of time make your hobby into a business voters say comic and hobby into business the idea there is you know there's a lot of people have obviously -- desirous of moving forward with them.
Really make a real business there's some real great benefits to -- -- small business I mean there's risks involved of course but the reality is you can offset your income with expenses relative to.
You know equipment services computers -- like that you also have the ability to contribute to self employed.
Pension plan which has a much higher limitation on their 401K plan or an IRA -- -- sock away some money.
Each year and you know you have some benefits that that you otherwise wouldn't if you just made -- -- -- -- -- -- to get it down to Romney region of fourteen point one but some very great tips rich couple think -- some.
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B A+F Campus Dining: it really good. The food is too expensive but the food need to improve .
C A+F Campus Dining: very expensive but wide range of options
C A+F Campus Dining: Average food in the buffet dining halls. Rebecca's for lunch is where its at.
B A+F Campus Dining: The dining hall at International Village is WONDERFUL. I look forward to eating lunch and dinner every day there because the food is great, there are many options, and the staff is nice. There are two other dining halls that are, in my opinion, not nearly as good, but there's also a restaurant on campus called Rebecca's that people really like. We also have Qdoba, Boloco, Au Bon Pain, three Dunkin Donuts, and a food court that take dining dollars, so there are other options too.
B A+F Campus Dining: Pretty good for school food, but you'll still get sick of it. There are many chains on campus though, like Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, Subway, Popeyes, a Cafe, etc.
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The food on campus is pretty good. There are choices for the health-conscious, and kosher dining plans are available at no extra charge. With three dining halls, students can mix up their meals so they don't get bored. As a freshman, you are required to have a meal plan if you're living in the residence halls, and since you won't have a kitchen your freshman year, you'll be spending a lot of time in the "D-hall," as it's commonly known. It's fun to go with a group of friends and get waffles or omelets for brunch or a grilled chicken sandwich and fries for lunch. Some people complain about the food, but they'd be hard-pressed to find a college campus with much better options. One of the recent additions is the Xhibition Kitchen located in Stetson West, which periodically holds food demonstrations. The newest cafeteria in Parcel 18 also features great choices, such as freshly made sushi, all-day breakfast, and brick-oven pizza.
Some students swear by the dining halls so much that they'll even spend much of the day there, chatting with friends, doing homework, and, of course, eating! There are always the staples such as pizza, burgers, sandwiches, pasta, and salad, but tacos and Mexican food are often served, too, in addition to roasted chicken with mashed potatoes and gravy.
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I like the design so well, I am putting an extra one in my picture frame on my wall.
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I like the design so well, I am putting an extra one in my picture frame on my wall.
Thanks to all involved in this.
3 please.
Two please. They look great.
No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music.
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Put me down for one (1) please.
Mark me down for 2 please Shawn. Great job Jon!!
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And thanks to Hedge!
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Two, please.
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Sh*tter's full
I'm a little confused, I see in Shawn's post that they will only fit US built PRS models, but I've seen several people here request them for their SE's.
IF this will in fact fit a Korean made SE, put me down for 1, if not, I'll have to pass for now. I was really looking forward to these being available for both styles of PRSi.
Two for me.
Thanks a bunch to Shawn, Jon, and the PRS Engineering team!
2 please.
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I need two. Thanks.
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I had a question about the TRC material. These are made from etched aluminum, the same material used on current production models. These are not plastic.


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It's about time it snows for Christmas and everything," Atkinson said.
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