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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2005
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open weaker following a fall in US stocks overnight. BHP Billiton will be a focus after launching a $9.2 billion all-cash takeover bid for WMC Resources after the close of market locally last night. The stock ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2005
... mildly stronger following tech stock-driven gains on Wall St overnight. Blue chip stocks gained only slightly on US markets. BHP Billiton will be a focus on the local front today after confirming in London overnight that it has appointed Deutsche Bank ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2005
... price index contract, a key indicator for the day ahead, was five points firmer at 4146 on a volume of 426 contracts. Today BHP Billiton, Leighton Holdings, Noni B, Mirvac, CFS Gandel, Spotless, Healthscope. Housewares International, The Reject Shop ...

BT takes an environmentally friendly stance

... as superannuation. BT head of governance advisory service Erik Mather says "we are seeing companies such as Rio Tinto and BHP reporting on their emissions over time and outlining detail such as the sensitivity of their business to carbon taxes, but we ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2005
... shift into earnings season mode with a number of production and sales reports expected. Woolworths will unveil Q2 sales while BHP Billiton and Newcrest will provide Q2 production reports and Lihir Gold and Oil Search will provide Q4 production tallies. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2004
... price index contract, a key indicator for the day ahead, was four points firmer at 3961 on a volume of 1,299 contracts. Today BHP Billiton will host a petroleum briefing while OrotonGroup and Child Care Centres Australia front shareholders.

Navigator facilitates path into direct shares

... invest directly in shares in a variety of the ASX top 200 companies including Coles Myer, Telstra, Commonwealth Bank, and BHP. Navigator's initiative is to allow customers to streamline their investment process via a single investment point. A major ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2004
... steady at 3898 on a volume of 1,100 contracts. Today Graincorp unveils its annual results as Challenger Financial Services and BHP Billiton Plc front shareholders. Also, several financial chief executives will speak at a conference this morning and the ...

Morry's best of breed

... companies with improved earnings while the valuation model prefers companies that seem cheap compared to their peers, e.g BHP. The market/management model gains information about a company's value from medium-term price behaviour and from market actions ...

Westpac top in social responsibility

... or D (inadequate). Apart from Westpac the remaining companies making up the top 10 all scored AA ratings. Among them were BHP Billiton, Energex, Insurance Australia Group and the National Australia Bank. Overall 51 companies were deemed to be satisfactory ...