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WAN shareholders unlikely to support any merger with Fairfax

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2004
West Australian Newspaper Holdings shareholders would be unlikely to support any merger with John Fairfax Holdings given that the economics of a merger at current prices would be difficult to justify, Credit Suisse First Boston analyst Finola Burke ...

ASIC says 22 companies didn't disclose directors options

Twenty-two Australian companies failed to reveal details of the share options they handed out to directors in their latest annual reports, Australia's corporate watchdog ASIC said today. The requirement applied to annual reports filed after June 30 ...

WA state Budget to be handed down on May 6

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2004
The West Australian government will hand down its election-year Budget on May 6, with tax cuts widely tipped. Treasurer Eric Ripper today said the government would deliver a financially responsible Budget focused on the needs of West Australian families. ...

Jail, rather than fines, needed for corporate crime, says lawyer

Prison sentences, rather than fines and sanctions, are needed to curb corporate crime, a leading South Australian business lawyer said on Friday. South Australia insolvency lawyer Michael Barrett said the Gordon Gecko "greed is good" motto is alive ...

IWIF unitholders to be asked to vote for trust closure

International Wine Investment Fund (IWIF) unitholders will again be asked to vote for the wind-up of the trust at a meeting next month, just eight weeks after rejecting the resolution at their last general meeting. Berren Asset Management, which manages ...

Independent introduces bill to cut MP's super perks

An independent MP introduced a bill today that would give federal parliamentarians the choice to slash their taxpayer-funded superannuation bonanzas. NSW MP Peter Andren, a campaigner against extraordinarily generous parliamentary perks, introduced ...

Wheat exporter AWB to pay $825 million for Wesfarmers Landmark

AWB has announced it is buying the entire Wesfarmers rural network, excluding Wesfarmers Federation Insurance, which is to be retained by the parent Wesfarmers and then merged into a new division with Lumley Insurance. The $825 million deal, announced ...

Hartley's sells margin lending book

Hartleys Limited today announced the settlement of the sale of its margin lending book to Adelaide Bank. The sale, made with a book value of approximately $130 million, will complete the release back to Hartley's of around $20 million in invested capital ...