Perpetual In A Second Profit Downgrade

FUND manager Perpetual has rattled shareholders with its second profit downgrade in just over a month, revealing a further $13 million loss related to the credit crisis yesterday.

Banks And Financials Take Another Hit On News Of Us Mortgage Losses

AUSTRALIAN financial stocks keep taking the rap even though their international cousins are responsible for spreading the scourge of the US subprime mortgage market.

The Family

REBECCA Veitch will give birth "any time now" to her second child. The 37-year-old ambulance paramedic, who is married to a police rescue officer, is relaxed about going into labour - but managing yesterday's rate rise may test the couple's crisis management skills.