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Unilever switches strategy as FitzGerald goes

Anglo-Dutch giant Unilever switched its focus to boosting shareholder returns on Thursday after failing to meet sales growth targets, lifting its stock, and said Chairman Niall FitzGerald would retire early. Unilever Plc/NV, the food and consumer products ...

CBA launches $450-550 mln share buyback

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) today said it will buy back between $450 million and $550 million of its shares off-market. CBA today reported a net profit of $1.243 billion for the 2003/04 first half, double the previous first half result which ...

Market Wrap

U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday, erasing the previous session's losses, as investors anticipated upbeat comments on the economy from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan in testimony on Wednesday. The Dow was lifted by manufacturer 3M Co., which raised ...

AIF to maintain dividends, after reporting $11.2 million net profit

Australian Infrastructure Fund (AIF) said today it would continue to sustain dividends, forecasting a 5.5 cents distribution for the second half of 2003/04, similar to the first half. The company reported a net profit of $11.263 million compared with ...

Australian Agricultural Co reports net loss

Australian Agricultural Co Ltd today booked a net loss for the first half of the current financial year, with costs associated with the drought and with an acquisition attempt weighing on its earnings. AACo said its full year earnings guidance remains ...

Stockland interim profit down, but hopes for further growth

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2004
Property trust Stockland Trust Group said the successful integration of the AMP Diversified Property Trust (ADP) has given it a good platform for further growth. Stockland reported a 5.7% drop in interim net profit to $127.891 million for the six months ...

GPT optimistic on office sector recovery

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2004
Australia's biggest diversified property trust General Property Trust is cautiously optimistic about a recovery in the office sector. GPT posted an 8.8% increase in net profit to $420.2 million for calender 2003, with all five sectors - retail, office ...

Strong A$ not all bad news for exporters: CommSec

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2004
A report on the way a strong Aussie dollar affects share prices has challenged conventional wisdom that it is bad for exporters, saying resource shares can gain value alongside a muscular local currency. The CommSec report argues the impact of the stronger ...

IncomePlus says volatile gold, financial markets push profit up

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2004
Investment company IncomePlus said volatility in gold and financial markets had helped raise its earnings in the half year to the end of December 2003. In its maiden profit report as a listed company IncomePlus booked a net profit of $2.65 million in ...

BNP Paribas appoints new custody services head

BNP Paribas Securities Services has appointed Peter Snodgrass to head its Custody Services division. Snodgrass joins from Commonwealth Custodial Services where he was responsible for Custody Operations. Prior to this he spent 20 years with Westpac in ...