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Buffett discloses new Verizon investment

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
Warren Buffett's company has disclosed a new investment of 11 million shares in Verizon Communications, and an increase in its stakes in Wal-Mart and IBM. Berkshire Hathaway on Thursday revealed the changes to its $US106 billion ($A114.69 billion) portfolio ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

... the economy. Taxpayer spending needs to be reprioritised, where possible, into job stimulating investment like roads and rail. We also need to have more stability in taxation policy. As a result of the taxation decisions made since coming to office ...

AMP Capital increases stake in Alpha Trains

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... invested in Alpha Trains since 2008 when, as part of a consortium, it acquired the company from Royal Bank of Scotland. "Rail transportation is an important sector for us in Europe because of its growth potential," AMP Capital head of infrastructure ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... $34.83. The big miners were also higher, with BHP Billiton up 50 cents at $37.67 and Rio Tinto had lifted 76 cents to $61.36. Rail operator Aurizon's shares were three cents higher at $4.91. The company has flagged up to 480 workers could lose their ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... $61.50, and Fortescue Metals dipped two cents to $4.89. Aquila Resources soared 91 cents, or 37.14 per cent, to $3.36 after rail operator Aurizon and Chinese steelmaker Baosteel Resources launched a $1.42 billion bid for the iron ore miner.

PROFILE: MetLife head of distribution Michael Gooddall

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
In a financial services career spanning moreA than thirty years, Michael Goodall has held senior jobs in superannuation, financial planning and banking; but he tells Mark Smith that it was his time away from theA industry that has best helped him put ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
... nudged up one cent to $9.22 as Canadian suitor giant Saputo lifted its stake in the company to more than 26 per cent. Freight rail operator Asciano improved two cents to $5.64 as it entered into a 12-year haulage agreement with Whitehaven Coal.

While America was shuttered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... the PBOC implements counter-measures to ensure growth stays on target. It's the mini-stimulus - tax cuts and spending on rail infrastructure -- that did it this time. Yes Virginia, communist China is the real Keynesian. In Europe, if not for the political ...

Li gets what Li likes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... building products maker Boral made a net loss of $212 million due to asset writedowns and restructuring costs. Ports and rail operator Asciano fared better, increasing its net profit more than 40 per cent due to growth in its coal haulage business. Woodside ...