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ALFRED SINN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2006
... better than expected earning for the quarter; Steel giant Arcelor-Mittl climbed 2.7 per cent after rumours of another takeover bid, EADS, the owner of Airbus bounced back 3.6 per cent after an management reshuffle announcement. Back home, The Westpac-Melbourne ...

IFM in A$5.5bn bid for fourth-largest English and Welsh water supplier

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2006
Industry Funds Management (IFM) has announce that a consortium it is involved with is bidding to takeover AWG in the UK, the fourth-largest water supplier and sewage company in England and Wales. Other consortium partners also include Osprey Acquisitions ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2006
... will unveil the final budget surplus for 2005-06, Nufarm will release its annual earnings and Affinity Equity Partner's takeover offer for clothing and footwear retailer Colorado Group is due to close. Australian shares ended the day stronger yesterday ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2006
... 5121 on a volume of 6,007 contracts. Aequs Securities institutional dealer Ric Klusman said a strong resource sector and takeover activity were driving the market. He said building materials group Rinker was up after it delivered a speech in the US two ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2006
... vacancies data for the August quarter. Yesterday, a strong lead from US markets, solid gains in resources stocks and more takeover speculation drove the Australian share market forward. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 103.6 points, or 2.08 per cent ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2006
The Australian stock market at noon today was firmer as takeover activity helped lift it from a weak start. In early trading, the market was lower on the back of a soft lead from United States markets and falling commodity prices, but picked up as billion-dollar-plus ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2006
... was unchanged at 5,020. Amongst the markets, attention is focusing on retailer Coles Myer Ltd, which could be facing a takeover bid from a second group of predators as it prepares to strip 2,500 jobs out of the company. The Australian stock market fell ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2006
... momentum on the Australian share market has eased to noon after the positive start was driven by a strong US lead and local takeover speculation. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 0.5 points to 4,998 and the all ordinaries had dipped ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2006
... prices behave tonight," he explained. "We've got Coles reporting tomorrow so there will be a bit of a focus on that, with takeover talk continuing to put a focus on it." Australia's second biggest retailer Coles Myer is expected Thursday to exceed a ...

Market Wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2006
... institutional dealer Ric Klusman said the resources sector was driving the market down, although rumours about various takeover prospects were buffering the fall somewhat. "The resources are going down... but rumours (about takeovers) are going up and ...