The zip code for success boosts productivity in Australia

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Productivity levels are on the rise in Australia, as the country benefits from its highly efficient corporate environment. Statistics revealed that since 1990, Australia's productivity rate has been increasing by an average of 2%, buoyed by labor-market flexibility strategies. Experts attribute such gains to the ability of companies to manage labor and capital investments efficiently. They also believe that the adoption of innovative strategies, including just-in-time inventory, shielded the industry from the financial crisis which swept Asia in 1998.

Production data, Inventory Control, Productivity Improvement, Methods, Economic aspects, Labor market, Labor productivity

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Retailers are on a roll: Australia's strong economy pumps up stocks

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Australia reported a robust stock market supported by its surging economy as of Feb 1999. Retail stock prices have picked up and are expected to continue in this trend in the following months. Some of the recommended retail stocks include Harvey Norman Holdings and Coles-Myer Ltd which both enjoy healthy sales gains in the first half of the fiscal year. Moreover, supermarket Woolworths is also expected to outperform other broader markets together with Coles-Myer Ltd and Harvey Norman Holdings.

Retail Trade, Capital funds & cash flow, Industry Overview, Retail industry, Securities

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Telstra is well-rehearsed, should Y2K get dramatic

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Australia's telecommunications giant Telstra Corporation Ltd., has pronounced the company's readiness for Year 2000 computer problems. Telstra Corp.'s executive for Y2K management Negba Weiss-Dolev, has assured companies in the country and in Asia as well.

General services, Communications, Broadcasting and Telecommunications, Asia, Management, Telecommunications services industry, Telecommunications industry, Science and technology policy, Year 2000 transition (Computers), Telstra Corporation Ltd., Weiss-Dolev, Negba

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