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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open firmer as a surge in base and precious metal prices overnight, together with another gain in oil prices, underpin the resource sector. Also, earnings from two of Australia's top 20 companies, as well as continued ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2005
The Australian share market is expected to open broadly unchanged as another benign day on the US markets provides little direction for the domestic bourse. However, with the Australian market still awash in activity with earnings and annual general ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2005
The Australian share market is expected to open sharply firmer today as a strong lead from US markets is expected to be coupled with positive stock-specific news across the board. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract ...

News Ltd hits back as super funds bring legal action

Several Australian and US super funds are joining with other institutional investors to sue News Limited over allegedly "breaking an express promise" made during reincorporation negotiations last year. A group of international Institutional shareholders ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2005
The Australian share market is likely to open slightly weaker as a fall across the broad in base metal prices, as well as a decline in oil prices, are likely to offset the surge in precious metals. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share ...

Alliance a work in progress

Alliance's Wholesale Australian Equity Growth Fund has experienced both strategic and personnel difficulties in recent times. The fund has underperformed its benchmark by 1.11 per cent over the last year and 4.2 per cent over the last three years ending ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2004
The Australian share market is expected to open firmer today as US President George W Bush was re-elected for another four year term overnight, boosting offshore markets. The December share price index - a key measure of trading for the day ahead - ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2004
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as markets across the globe fell overnight as concerns about the US dollar and oil prices weighed on indices everywhere. However, there are a couple of stock-specific announcements expected on major ...

Analysts upgrade forecasts for ASX, await new CEO

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2004
Analysts today upgraded their forecasts for the Australian Stock Exchange Ltd citing the company's first quarter results and expectations that its new chief executive would address costs when he takes up the job next week. The ASX yesterday announced ...

News Corp agrees to strengthen US corporate governance

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2004
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp Ltd today buckled under shareholder pressure and agreed to retain a full foreign listing on the Australian Stock Exchange even if it reincorporates in the United States. Following intense lobbying from some shareholder groups ...