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Insurers expected to report big profits this week

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2004
The weather and the financial environment have been kind to insurance companies in 2004 but the market wants to see just how kind when heavyweight insurers AMP, Insurance Australia Group (IAG) and QBE insurance unveil profits this week. Analysts have ...

Oil hits record high as Yukos told to stop sales

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2004
Oil prices hit their highest level in at least 21 years overnight after bailiffs ordered beleaguered giant Russian oil company Yukos to stop sales, threatening further strain on tight international supplies. The news intensified concerns over the lack ...

ASX ceo says local market will cope without News Corp

Australian Stock Exchange chief executive Richard Humphry today said he believed the local market was strong enough to cope with the possible loss of News Corp. The media giant is relocating its headquarters to the United States and is considering moving ...

Investment in offshore LPTs set to jump; Franklin Templeton

Australian investment in offshore listed property trusts is set to increase, driven by a looming shortage of local stock and a rapidly increasing pool of superannuation, Franklin Templeton Institutional said in a report released on Monday. According ...

NECBS to float on ASX

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2004
Japanese technology giant NEC will float a local division on the Australian Stock Exchange within a year and seek up to $200 million from local investors, a newspaper reported. NEC will maintain a controlling 50% interest in NEC Business Solutions (NECBS) ...

S&P places Woolworths on watch negative after ALH stake

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2004
Supermarket giant Woolworths\' potential joint acquisition of Australia\'s biggest pubs operator, Australian Hospitality & Leisure Group (ALH), could put pressure on its credit rating. Rating agency Standard & Poor\'s (S&P) said on Tuesday it would ...

Vanguard supports removal of News Corp

Going against the tide of many high-profile voices, Vanguard Investments said it supported the removal of News Corp from the domestic Standard & Poor's share price indices saying the media giant was essentially a US company anyway and its removal from ...

Westfield investors expected to approve merger

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2004
Investors in shopping centre giant Westfield are expected to vote a resounding yes to Frank Lowy's $27 billion merger plan when they meet in Sydney on Friday. Westfield boss Lowy wants to staple the Westfield management company with its two trusts to ...

ANZ appoints Rinker chairman Morschel to board

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2004
ANZ Banking Group today said it has appointed Rinker Group chairman John Morschel to its board, effective from 1 October. Mr Morschel is also a director at global mining giant Rio Tinto, Optus owner Singapore Telecommunications and defence technology ...

AMP says NZ restructuring to improve performance

AMP is transferring 10% of its Wellington based staff to Auckland as part of a strategy to improve the company's New Zealand performance. The restructuring of the 150-year-old firm was designed as part of a recovery programme mapped out after hefty ...