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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... four quarters. In company news, Macquarie Airports holds a special shareholders' meeting in Sydney to vote on proposed buyback of up to $1 billion on securities and sale of stakes in Copenhagen and Brussels airports. Tower Australia Group Ltd holds an ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
... sentiment also will be released. Seven Network Ltd will hold an extraordinary general meeting in Sydney to consider a share buyback. It's day one of the three-day conference of the Centre for Engineering Leadership and Management. The Australian share ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
... "Resources are stronger on better commodity prices overnight," Mr Russell said. "They liked Santos's result and $300 million buyback, while financials continue their weak trend, despite Wall Street overnight." The financial sector was wobbly, with Commonwealth ...

Challenger recycles capital

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... to give some of it back, by buying its own shares at drastically lower prices. Challenger said it would launch a share buyback. The company will buy back up to 10 per cent of its issued capital through an on-market program. The company, in its announcement ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
... 1.5 per cent to post a six-week closing high, with blue-chip shares such as Sony driving gains after a $15 billion share buyback plan announced by IBM boosted investor confidence. The Nikkei rose 206.58 points to 14,031.30. HONG KONG - Hong Kong blue ...

PIS pre-empts NZ adviser surge

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2007
... funds under management in platforms has grown to $NZD 230 million," he said. Bennetts also flagged a possible 20 per cent buyback of PIS NZ stock by the parent company. The buyback, which is subject to approval by New Zealand regulatory bodies and the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2007
... to a record on Friday, surpassing levels reached during the Internet bubble, as General Electric Co increased a stock-buyback plan and data showed improving consumer sentiment. The Standard & Poor's 500 milestone came a day after a market rally in which ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
... health. Wal-Mart Stores Inc shares jumped 3.9 per cent after it announced plans for a $US15 billion ($A18.15 billion) stock buyback and trimmed expansion plans. A government report on job creation in May and the Institute for Supply Management's gauge ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
The Australian market is expected to open lower, with patchy base metal prices and a neutral lead from Wall Street. At 0801 AEST, the June share price index was down 18 points, at 6354. In economic news today, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute is due ...

LIFT's SMSF gearing product on the up

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
Independent financial services group LIFT Capital's unique SuperLIFT Self Managed Super Funds (SMSF) gearing product is less than a year old, but is already used by almost 80 adviser groups. The product, designed to take advantage of the $1m personal ...