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Platinum and Iress named 'laggards' on sustainability

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... financial services, this group included mining companies BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, as well as Qantas, Wesfarmers, Woolworths and Telstra. Larger companies performed much better than smaller companies on the sustainability reporting front. In the ASX ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... store chain David Jones will also meet in Sydney to vote on a proposed $2.2 billion takeover by South African retailer Woolworths. In Australia on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 22.4 points, or 0.41 per cent, higher at 5,486.8. The broader ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... Group, which was up 23 cents at $8.58, Domino's Pizza had gained 89 cents to $22 and Myer had added 5.5 cents to $21.15. Woolworths was 25 cents higher at $35.98 and Coles owner Wesfarmers had gained 42 cents to $41.61. Also posting strong gains was ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... portfolio through buying high flying stocks before the end of a quarter or year. Making news, South African retailer Woolworths is making a $213 million takeover bid to buy the 12 per cent of Australian clothing chain Country Road it does not own. The ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... issues May's new motor vehicle sales figures and the merchandise imports data for the same month. In equities news, Woolworths Holdings holds a general meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, regarding a David Jones takeover. In Australia, the market on ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... Fortescue Metals was down 15.5 cents at $4.895. Meanwhile, shares in Coles owner Wesfarmers were up 53 cents at $43.24, but Woolworths was down 69 cents at $36.63 continuing falls from Wednesday after weaker than expected sales figures.

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... Commonwealth Bank is 12 cents down at $78.82, ANZ shed 24 cents to $34.36 and National Australia Bank fell 23 cents to $35.28. Woolworths shares have jumped after the retailer said it sold almost $15.2 billion worth of goods across its divisions during ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... news on Wednesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia will release March financial aggregates figures. In equities news, Woolworths releases third quarter sales figures, Australian Pharmaceutical Industries is expected to post its first half results, Origin ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... beverages supplier's credit rating in the wake of a slide in earnings. Other consumer related stocks also rose, including Woolworths, adding 38 cents to $36.03, and Wesfarmers, adding 54 cents at $42.57. On Wall Street overnight, the The Dow Jones Industrial ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... jumped 73 cents, or 22.88 per cent, to $3.92 by 1200 AEST, after the company agreed to be taken over by South Africa's Woolworths for $2.15 billion. Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said several factors had lifted the local bourse: an overnight ...