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Australian stocks should gain ground after blue chips on Wall St posted modest gains on Friday night, while base metal prices ended higher on the London Metal Exchange. Last Friday, a profit warning from National Australia Bank weighed down the Australian ...

Super Cheap Auto gears up for IPO

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2004
Automotive parts and accessories retailer Super Cheap Auto said today it was gearing up for a float on the Australian Stock Exchange. The Brisbane-based company said it expected to lodge a prospectus for an initial public offer with the Australian Securities ...

OECD says recovery slowing in US, eurozone

Economic recovery is on track in the worlds biggest industrialised countries but is slowing somewhat in the United States and the eurozone, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said today. The OECD said its composite leading indicator ...

Westpac completes $US525 million tier one securities offer

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2004
Westpac Banking Corporation said today it had closed its offer of $US525 million tier one hybrid capital securities. The bank said the securities were sold outside New Zealand and Australia, primarily to US institutional investors. The securities pay ...

Australia slips down world export rankings

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2004
Australia has slipped down the rank of trading countries, new World Trade Organisation (WTO) figures show. The drought and the higher Australian dollar meant Australia's share of world trade dropped 0.1 percentage points to 0.9% during 2003. Australia ...

Newspaper job ads rise 0.3% in March: ANZ

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 APR 2004
The number of Australian newspaper job advertisements in March rose to their highest level since October 2002, an ANZ jobs survey showed. According to the March ANZ job ads survey, the number of newspaper jobs rose by 0.3%, seasonally adjusted, to an ...

ASA calls for independent to chair NAB EGM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2004
The Australian Shareholders Association (ASA) wants an independent person to chair the bank's extraordinary general meeting which has been called to dump dissident director Cathy Walter. The ASA said there would be a serious risk of continuing unrest ...

Fraud reforms to cost much more than FSR

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2004
The cost to Australian businesses of reforms directed at money laundering is expected to be very large and take at least three years to implement, the 2004 Australian Fraud Summit heard yesterday. Speaking on money laundering and terrorist financing ...

Mariner adds to Lifestyle Bond range

Mariner Financial last week said it has lodged prospectuses for two additions to its recently launched range of seven, 10, 12 and 15-year Lifestyle Bonds, designed to help asset rich/income poor retirees plan their long-term cash flow. The new market-linked ...

Walter demands new NAB chair ahead of general meeting

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2004
Embattled National Australia Bank (NAB) director Catherine Walter has conditionally agreed to quit, with the replacement of Graeme Kraehe as chairman among her list of demands. Walter late yesterday said she was lodging notices with the NAB company ...