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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013
... better deal. Shares in Walt Disney Co. jumped 2.4 per cent after chief financial officer Jay Rasulo said that the entertainment giant plans a huge share buyback in 2014 that could amount to as much as $US8 billion. Women's sport apparel chain Lululemon ...

Hyperion joins Packer in taking Magellan profits

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
... company Consolidated Press Holdings. It is also thought that some of the freed-up capital will be used to fund RatPac Entertainment, a Hollywood film production finance company Packer launched with Rush Hour producer Bret Ratner. Meanwhile, Magellan ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
... major economic news is expected on Thursday. In equities news, Insurance Australia Group, Seven West Media, Echo Entertainment, Pacific Brands, Origin Energy, Fortescue Metals Group, Fairfax Media, Specialty Fashion Group, Village Roadshow and Brambles ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... four big banks are all higher with ANZ leading the way, 31 cents higher at $28.50. Shares in casino operator Echo Entertainment have hit an all-time low after it lost out to James Packer's Crown on plans for billion dollar luxury projects in Sydney. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... Telstra, which is up five cents, or 1.1 per cent, to $4.70 and the newly separated News Corporation's non-printing entertainment arm, soon to be called 21st Century Fox, which has shot up 76 cents, or 2.5 per cent, to $31.23. The big miners are posting ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... Newcrest had gained 37 cents, or 2.54 per cent, to $14.93 as gold prices held their ground. In other news, Echo Entertainment lost 11.34 per cent, or 39 cents, to hit $3.05 after James Packer's rival Crown Limited sold its 82.5 million Echo shares for ...

Social media may not be the best place to advertise

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
... Democracy Survey which found that 63% of Australians preferred to watch TV content (on any device) to any other form of entertainment. Online came a strong - and rising - second. The writing may be on the wall for TV, but it is going to be "an agonizingly ...

Falling BRICs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
Now wasn't that just classic entertainment? I doubt that even the best of the best comedic minds could come up with a farce such as the one the Australian Labor Party delivered for our viewing, hearing and reading pleasure yesterday. For after all the ...

Wealth Enhancers boosts team with AFL talent

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... for professional athletes and has employed ex-footballer Ben Warren as relationship manager within the Sports and Entertainment department. Warren is also a finance student and has taken an interest on financial advice after retiring from the Australian ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... news, ASX, Insurance Australia Group, Paperlinx, Qantas Airways, Bega Cheese, Retail Food Group, Fairfax Media, Echo Entertainment, Insurance Australia Group and Village Roadshow are among the companies due to post first half results. AMP and Iluka Resources ...