Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 161 - 170 of 174 results for "Sunday"

S&P says the exit of News Corp from ASX 200 index to be smooth

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2004
... Australian stock market indices would be made as smooth as possible, the head of Standard & Poor's' index committee said on Sunday. David Blitzer's assurance came after local investors last Thursday sliced almost 5% off the global media company's share ...

Choice goes to parliament

... the Senate and is expected to pass on the back of support from the Democrats. Democrat Senator Aden Ridgeway confirmed on Sunday the Party would support the Choice of Funds legislation. The Democrats had previously backed away from its eight-year opposition ...

ACCC says wording of Act makes prosecution difficult

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2004
... businesses for misuse of market power. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chairman Graeme Samuel on Sunday said there had been a lot of recent focus on the ACCC and section 46 of the Trades Practices Act which deals with misuse of ...

Super fraud thwarted

... Scheme, with funds close to $5.5 billion, was unsuccessfully targeted with an attempted $150 million fraud, Channel Nine's Sunday program reported yesterday. JP Morgan Chase, the fund custodian, and the Australian Federal Police confirmed an attempt ...

CBA CEO David Murray to stay on in top job

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2004
... taking the next step up in his own career. \"That\'s always an issue for a board,\" Mr Murray told Channel Nine\'s Business Sunday. Mr Murray, who has a contract until 2006, said CEO turnover in Australia was too high in his opinion.

Nominees announced for excellence in marketing

... at the Tenth Rainmaker Marketing Symposium to be held at the Sheraton Mirage Resort on Queensland's Gold Coast between Sunday, 30 th May and Tuesday 1 st June 2004. A list of the nominees for the awards can be found on the Rainmaker Information website. ...

Competition leaving little room for bank fee hikes, says Westpac

... intensity among banks was leaving little room for lifting bank fees, Westpac Banking Corp chief executive David Morgan said [on Sunday]. Mr Morgan said there were no plans in the pipeline for across the board hikes in fees, although a moratorium on raising ...

Banking chiefs extra vigilant after NAB scandal

... error but big losses signified a fairly significant breakdown of controls, Westpac Banking Corp head David Morgan said [on Sunday]. Mr Morgan declined to comment directly on the NAB foreign exchange scandal but told the Nine Network's Business Sunday ...

Major industrial nations see strong economic growth ahead

... oil prices and continuing unrest in the Middle East. Finance ministers and central bankers wrapped up three days of talks Sunday with a meeting of the World Bank's policy-setting committee on how to help developing countries improve living standards ...

October retail index positive

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2003
... Monaghan. Chief executive of the Australian Retailers Association Stan Moore said the Rugby World Cup and the introduction of Sunday trading in South Australia is adding to confidence. "Increased spending from tourists here for the World Cup and the ...