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News Corp offers compromise over US domicile issues: report

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2004
News Corp Ltd executive chairman Rupert Murdoch has offered a compromise to concerned institutional investors on future control issues and the possibility of the media empire delisting from the Australian Stock Exchange, it was reported today. Some ...

Benchmarking costing investors millions: MLC

The practice of fund managers opting to underweight, rather than not hold stocks they don't like is costing Australian investors millions of dollars, Australian largest wealth manager said today. MLC said the common practice of benchmarking amongst ...

News Corp will win bid to move to US, analysts

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2004
Rupert Murdoch is expected to win shareholder support to shift News Corp\'s corporate headquarters to the United States - but not without a tussle with funds, market observers said on Friday. Some fund managers have loudly opposed the plan since index ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2004
The Australian stock market is likely to open slightly weaker given a poor performance by equity markets offshore. However, with News Corp and Telstra both reporting full year results today, domestic issues are likely to be the primary focus for the ...

Four stage phase out for News Corp; S&P

Index provider Standard & Poor's announced on Friday it had decided on a nine-month rolling period for the removal of News Corp from the S&P/ASX indices. S&P said News Corp, subject to a number of conditions, would be phased out of the ASX indices in ...

News Corp exit will not hurt ASX, says Humphry

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2004
The departure of News Corp from the Australian sharemarket would not have any long term adverse effects, Australian Stock Exchange chief executive Richard Humphry said on Sunday. Humphry said there had been comment that News Corp, which is joining the ...

News Corp signs Peter Chernin to five-year contract as COO

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2004
News Corporation today announced Peter Chernin had signed a five-year contract to remain president and chief operating officer of Rupert Murdoch\'s global media empire. Chernin has been in the role since 1996 and the new agreement will be effective ...

S&P begins consultation on management of News index move

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2004
Equity index provider Standard & Poor\'s on Tuesday reassured anxious investors any change in News Corp listing on key Australian stock indices will occur proportionally. Responding to concerns News Corp\'s likely removal from benchmark indices would ...

News Corp and Lend Lease sell Fox precinct for $52.8 mln

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2004
News Corp and Lend Lease have exited their stakes in the Fox Entertainment Precinct in Sydney's Moore Park, selling the shopping and leisure complex to two funds under the management of Colonial First State. CFS Gandel Retail Trust (GAN) and Direct ...

Aust govt not to raise objections to News Corp move

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2004
The federal government will not raise any objections to News Corporation relocation of its place of incorporation to the United States. Treasurer Peter Costello said today the government would not raise objections to the move under the Foreign Acquisitions ...