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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
... stocks closed higher for the fifth consecrate day as news of the progress in Microsoft Corp's multibillion dollar stock buyback program pushed the software maker's shares higher. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 46.51 points to 11,381.47, while ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
... closed higher for the fifth day in a row on Friday as news of the progress in Microsoft Corp.'s multibillion-dollar stock-buyback program pushed the software maker's shares higher, while a federal judge's favorable ruling lifted Altria Group Inc. The ...

CommInsure rolls out sweeping upgrades - free of charge

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2006
... income protection. There were some headline sweeteners. In the area of trauma and TPD insurance, Scott unveiled the Trauma Buyback Benefit, whereby insured clients were able to remain covered even after one serious event. "For example, if your client ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2006
... Today, the Cashcard June Retail Activity Index will be released. Incitec Pivot shareholders will meet to decide on the buyback of shares from Orica. Yesterday, the Australian stock market closed a little weaker as the major banks ended mixed and the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2006
... by mining stocks and big gains on Wall Street, but bank HBOS pulled the market back after it did not increase its share buyback programme in a trading update. The FTSE 100 closed at 5665, up 6.8 points. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 5503.41, up ...

Bravura set to fire with ASX listing

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2006
... funding product development, future acquisition and growth opportunities, retiring outstanding bank debt, facilitating a buyback of shares from an existing shareholder and enabling ownership by management and staff. Bravura chairman, Chris Ryan, said ...

Rivkin Financial Services begins shareholder push to sell broking business

... has indicated it will oppose resolutions 2, 3 and 4 which involved the sale of Avcol Stockbroking to IWL and the shares buyback from Pinnacle and Network which hold 12.5 and 9 per cent respectively. The Alan Davis Group is also involved in litigation ...

Investing pre-tax or post tax? That is the question: Navigator

... fund managers are measured against each other by asset consultants and research houses on a pre-tax basis. "The Telstra buyback is an example of this dilemma for some fund managers because of the large amount of franking credits involved in the buyback ...

$750 million off market share buyback for Telstra

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2004
Telstra Corp Ltd today said it had completed a $750 million off market share buyback. A total of 185,284,269 shares were bought back at $4.05 per share, representing three per cent of Telstra's non-government owned issued capital. The final buyback ...

AMP to return capital to shareholders within 10 months

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2004
... AMP has not given any indication of what form a capital return would take but analysts have tipped an on-market share buyback or more dividends. "AMP group has excess capital, and in addition to operational performance, capital management will enhance ...