THE big and small numbers that grabbed attention - or should have - in the business world over the past week.
Monday:
$10.2 million - The once mighty Elders has been doing it tough. But its most recent loss is better than the $303 million half year loss it notched up a year earlier. Traditional operations - livestock, wool, real estate and grain - made the biggest contribution to improved margins.
Could things finally be starting to turn for our struggling men and women on the land?
Tuesday:
$US100 - Iron ore prices per tonne dropped below this psychological level for the first time in two years. Doomsayers are predicting falls to $US85 per tonne, and the big miners shares' are well in the red. End of the boom? No. End of the honeymoon? Maybe.
Wednesday:
0.7 - Total hourly rates of pay, excluding bonuses, rose by 0.7 per cent in the three months to March, and by 2.6 per cent over the year. Both were the lowest growth rates on record - and you thought it was just you.
Thursday:
2.4 - Italy's statistics agency says estimated revenues from drug trafficking and the sex trade will be used in the calculation of economic growth from next year. The added revenue will put GDP growth at 2.4 per cent, compared to the government's 1.3 per cent growth estimate. The agency concedes calculating the growth will be "very difficult for the obvious reason that these illegal activities are not reported".
Friday:
$1.715 - Cleaning and catering company Spotless Group has relisted on the ASX less than two years after its owners privatised the company.
Its shares finished at $1.715 each, comfortably above their issue price of $1.60 - a nice result for the company and for overall market confidence.
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