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Macquarie to purchase Swedish rail link

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2003
Macquarie Bank has today agreed to acquire Sweden's A-Train operations for $76 million. A-Train is the operator of the Arlanda Express, a high speed rail link between Stockholm's international and domestic airport and the city's central station. The ...

ASX welcomes proposed fines

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
The Australian Stock Exchange has welcomed a federal government proposal to give the corporate regulator the power to fine companies who fail to keep markets properly informed. Under proposed changes to corporate laws announced yesterday, the Australian ...

Anti-spam bill passed

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
Australians may soon get relief from annoying, unsolicited emails after the House of Representatives today passed a bill to combat spam emails. The bill will give the Australian Communications Authority the power to issue formal warnings, seek injunctions ...

TXU appoints advisers to assess partial Australian float

Texan energy giant TXU Corp has appointed advisers to assess the proposed partial float of its Australian subsidiary. The Dallas-based parent company wants to keep a controlling stake in its Australian operations but is looking at ways to raise capital ...

Australia to experience banking revolution

David Liddy, the managing director of Bank of Queensland, has said the banking sector was undergoing revolution and customers were demanding better service from 'people' and not machines. "I believe we are seeing a revolution in banking in Australia ...

Shareholders to get chance to vote on executive payouts

Shareholders would get the chance to lodge a protest vote on hefty executive salaries under new proposals to shake up corporate regulations. But draft changes stop short of giving shareholders the power to veto golden handshakes, and back down from ...

Equity raisings down but debt issuance up in 2003: Thomson

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2003
Funds raised through the issue of Australian equities fell during the first nine months of calendar 2003 but lifted in the Australian debt market, according to financial information provider Thomson Financial. Thomson today released its league tables ...

New Zealand growth slows in second quarter, figures reveal

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2003
New Zealand's economy grew at its slowest pace in 11 quarters in the three months to June 30, hit by a power supply crisis, the SARS virus and weak exports, according to data released today. Gross domestic product rose 0.2 per cent in the second quarter ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks dip in quiet trade

US stocks traded slightly lower overnight, with new industrial production data providing little direction. Insurance stocks were also weaker as investors focused on the possibility of Hurricane Isabel hitting the US east coast later this week. The Dow ...

Moody's changes Ansell rating from stable to negative

Moody's Investors Service today revised the rating outlook on Ansell Ltd's Ba2 unsecured senior rating to stable from negative. It said the change in outlook is driven by more certainty surrounding Ansell's business environment combined with a strengthening ...