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Costello admits full Telstra sale faces long road through Senate

Federal Treasurer Peter Costello admitted today it would be tough to pass legislation allowing the full sale of Telstra Corp through the Senate. The legislation passed through the House of Representatives last night. But Mr Costello admitted it would ...

Westpac leading indicator strengthens in June

Australian economic growth is poised to recover strongly in the first half of 2004, according to Bill Evans, Westpac's Chief Economist. Mr Evans was commenting on the release of the Westpac-Melbourne Institute leading index, which strengthened to 5.5% ...

International merchandise imports reduces to $10.627 billion in July

The value of international merchandise imports into Australia reduced from $10.715 billion in June to $10.627 billion in July, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. The biggest item on the bill was machinery and transport equipment at ...

ANZ announces $750 million stapled securities issue

ANZ Banking Group today announced an offer of up to $750 million of ANZ stapled exchangeable preferred securities (ANZ StEPS) with the ability of accept over-subscriptions of up to $250 million. ANZ chief executive officer John McFarlane said the ANZ ...

Breakspear to leave FPA to pursue different path

The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has today announced that its chief executive Ken Breakspear, having completed his contract, would leave the organisation on 3 October 2003 after a career spanning 15 years to pursue a new direction. ...

Australia's economic growth rate to pick up: Westpac

The latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity has predicted that Australia's economic growth rate is likely to pick up in the first half of 2004. The index shows the likely pace of economic activity for six to nine months ...

SG prices $220 million of super-senior notes

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2003
SG Australia, the corporate and merchant banking arm of Societe General Group (France), has priced $220 million of super-senior notes, it has announced. SG said the notes were part of the RBS Trust 2003-1 transaction. The transaction had been priced ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian shares lag offshore gains

Australian shares continued to lag the strong gains overnight in US markets, and the solid advances today in major Asian markets. At the close, the All Ordinaries index was 8.2 points higher at 3,013.6. News Corporation and major resource stocks both ...

Challenger directors resign in wake of merger approval

Challenger International Ltd directors Gil Hoskins and Bill Ireland have resigned from the board of Challenger following the Federal Court approval the proposed merger between Challenger and CPH Investment Corp. Last week's approval has also prompted ...

FPA welcomes tax law amendment bill

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has welcomed the introduction of the Taxation Law Amendment Bill (No. 7) 2003 schedule 9 that aims to provide capital gains tax (CGT) roll-over relief for financial planning dealer groups. The Association said ...