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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 ...

AFS increases stake in Salisbury

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
... price of the purchase due to confidentiality agreements. The move, effective 1 July, follows a 39.7 per cent shareholding buyback from Zurich in April 2006. Each dealer group will continue to operate separately under their respective brands, but gain ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2007
The Australian share market has continued yesterday's barnstorming run, charting further record territory this morning after near record highs on Wall Street and strong performances from the big resources stocks. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
... rose slightly driving the Dow to yet another record close, boosted by news of a 27-plane order for Boeing Co. and share-buyback plans from Caterpillar Inc. Based on preliminary closing figures the Dow Jones industrial average was up 23.55 points to 12,765.41. ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2007
... $1.24 or 4.65 per cent to $27.92 after today posting a 42 per cent jump in first half earnings and increasing its share buyback program by more than four times. Rio Tinto lifted 62 cents to $76.52.

Investors want cash from companies

NICK OLIVER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2007
Investors want companies to start giving them more cash back, according to a Merrill Lynch survey of fund managers. According to the results from the Merrill Lynch Global and Regional Fund Manager Survey 53 per cent of investors would prefer companies ...

Failure to focus on after-tax letting down members

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2006
... win-win situations for all shareholders& I think the super industry should be lobbying the government to protect the current buyback arrangements." However, Friend said that the only way to move to a true after-tax environment was for super funds to ...