The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission yesterday announced
secondary supermarket players Metcash (which supplies IGA stores), Foodworks,
SPAR, Franklins and Aldi had agreed they would not enter into any new leasing
arrangement which includes restrictions on competition, and would
By Bo Nielsen The krone also fell against the euro after the Norges Bank kept
the benchmark deposit rate at 1.75 percent yesterday and said a stronger
currency may postpone future rate increases. The Swedish krona slid as the MSCI
World Index of global stocks dropped 1.9
As much as it may encourage consumers to take out new loans and stimulate
additional business, it robs the banks of an opportunity to quietly raise rates
on products such as business loans and credit cards that don't attract as much
attention as the cost of mortgages. Not that any of the big
