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Dam Aussie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... all those already and/or soon to be handed pink slips lately? Toyota, Ford, Holden, Thales, Qantas, Alcoa, Billabong, Westpac, ANZ and hot off the press today, Air Australia. These are a few of what I've googled so far. And oh, tourism operators, no ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... stocks were lower, with the Commonwealth Bank down 19 cents, or 0.38 per cent, to $50.04. NAB was 25 cents lower at $22.80, Westpac fell 56 cents to $20.40 and ANZ was down 19 cents at $21.51. The miners were also weaker. BHP opened 67 cents lower at ...

Westpac posts $1.4 billion profit to December 31

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
Westpac made quarterly cash earnings of around $1.5 billion to the end of December, with after tax profits of $1.4 billion for the same period. The unaudited results come just two weeks after the group announced it would be shedding up to 560 jobs as ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was down two points points at 4,207. In economic news on Wednesday, the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment for February is released as are the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... climbed 11 cents, or 0.48 per cent, to $23.05, Commonwealth Bank increased 17 cents, or 0.34 per cent, to $50.05, and Westpac firmed two cents, or 0.1 per cent, to $20.87. Diversified financials were mixed, with AMP jumping 5.5 cents, or 1.28 per cent ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... cents, or 1.36 per cent, higher at $21.65, Commonwealth Bank of Australia shares were 21 cents firmer at $50.72, while Westpac shares were one cent higher at $20.93.

Waiting for the RBA to dance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... unemployment rate remains closed to 5 per cent." Yes, it was clocked at 5.2% in December. But with the announced job cuts at Westpac and the car industry, among others, it's not looking flash. And on inflation, "... the Bank's current judgement is that ...

Shorten urges banks to stand by staff

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... Minister Bill Shorten has urged Australia's banks not to fall victim to "corporate amnesia". It follows news yesterday that Westpac, which made over $6 billion in profit last year, would be slashing up to 560 jobs as part of cost cutting plans. Shorten ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... will be disappointing if we don't see some improvement in the business conditions measure," said ANZ analysts in a note. Westpac was up three cents to $21.14, National Australia Bank was down eight cents to $23.82, Commonwealth Bank was down 16 cents ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012
... global miner BHP Billiton was 50 cents higher at $37.92, and Rio Tinto had added $1.49 to $69.84. Among the major banks, Westpac was up 24 cents at $21.54, Commonwealth Bank advanced 64 cents to $51.64, ANZ lifted 26 cents to $21.68 and National Australia ...