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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
... promises, expected to total $1.6 billion, The Australian reports. Suncorp Metway Ltd will consider "potentially large" takeover opportunities in the banking sector once its $7.9 billion merger with Promina Group Ltd is bedded down, chief executive John ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2007
... YORK - US stocks rose overnight as concerns eased over the subprime mortgage market, boosting financial shares, and a takeover play was made for the Chicago Board of Trade. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 26.28 points to 12,159.68 and the Standard ...

PE stirs academic heat

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2007
... concerns about private equity political traction." Professor O'Brien said with the latest PE deals, for example the TXU takeover in the US being negotiated right now, being the biggest ever the spotlight is shifting to how sustainable the debt levels ...

Australian M&A activity surges to record high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2007
Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in Australia more than doubled last year, surging 125 per cent to $35 billion, while the number of deals jumped only by one-quarter to 490, said Thomson Financial's just released Asia-Pacific M&A Financial Advisory ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2007
... 0.96 of a point to 1,402.85. The Nasdaq Composite Index lost 0.18 of a point to 2,387.55. LONDON - UK stocks lifted amid takeover speculation but overall gains were limited by a weak mining sector. The FTSE 100 added 17.5 points to 6,245.2. FRANKFURT ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2007
... snapping a three-day losing streak, as investors went bargain-hunting after almost a week of steep declines. News of takeover deals, including a $US10 billion ($A12.99 billion) bid by Citigroup for Japan's third-largest securities company, also boosted ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2007
... was up 49 points at 5,817. All eyes will be on Qantas today after the federal government cleared the way for a private takeover of the national carrier late yesterday. Homeowners, as well as markets, will be eager to hear from the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2007
... Klusman pointed to the performance shares in Qantas, after Treasurer Peter Costello said yesterday that an inquiry into the takeover of Qantas by a Macquarie Bank-backed consortium would not delay a Foreign Investment Reveiw Board decision on the issue ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2007
... of Australia's second largest retailer, Coles Group, lifted after the company announced the possibility of a further takeover approach. At 1209 AEDT, Coles's share price was up a 1.37 to $15.87. The insurance group QBE also appreciated, he said, its ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
... 11 per cent to $363 million, but the result missed analysts' expectations. It also moved to hose down almost constant takeover speculation saying it has had no takeover approaches, sending its shares down 40 cents to $6.74. "The market is pretty harsh ...