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Investors win damages case for bad advice

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2004
A group of investors has won a damages action in a Victorian court against a financial advisory service, claiming losses of up to $30 million in investment schemes. In a judgment handed down yesterday in the Victorian Supreme Court, Justice Phillip ...

Brambles splits CHEP in two, division CEO leaves

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2004
Brambles Industries has split its flagship CHEP pallet business in two, with the division's global chief executive Victor Mendes to leave in a week. Thirty-three other senior CHEP staff will also lose their jobs and 90 more will have their global roles ...

New faces at VFMC

Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) has announced the appointment of two senior staff to its team and Jeff Rogers to the position as acting cheif executive officer. Paul Murray will join the VFMC Investments team at the start of next month ...

Tab placed in a trading halt pending announcement

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2004
Tab said today that its shares have been placed in a trading halt pending the release of a company announcement. Tab is currently the subject of a takeover bid by Victoria's Tabcorp Holdings. Earlier this month the Tab board said it regarded the Tabcorp ...

MFS takes control of Victorian ski resorts

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2004
Queensland-based diversified financial services group MFS has taken over ownership of Victorian ski resorts Falls Creek and Mt Hotham. The acquisition includes the Falls Creek and Mt Hotham ski businesses, Mt Hotham Airport, Dinner Plain development ...

Ramsay buys Benchmark Healthcare for $125mln

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2004
Ramsay Health Care said today that it had acquired 10 hospitals in Victoria and South Australia after agreeing to acquire all the shares in Benchmark Healthcare group for $125 million. The benchmark acquisition comprises 980 hospital beds and 68 aged ...

Lion Nathan sells portfolio of hotels, takes writedown on value

Beverage group Lion Nathan said today it has signed an agreement to sell its portfolio of 41 non gaming hotels in Melbourne, Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong. The price for the sale to a consortium led by Michael Thiele and Adam Clark is confidential ...

Aust building approvals fall 4.4% in March - ABS

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2004
Building approvals fell sharply in March, new figures showed today, making up for a surprise increase the previous month. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said building approvals fell 4.4% in March, in line with market expectations, after a ...

Biota to sue GlaxoSmithKline over Relenza flu drug

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2004
Biotech Biota Holdings is suing global pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, alleging that GSK failed to support and promote Biota's flu drug, Relenza. Biota said it had issued a writ in the Victorian Supreme Court. Biota, which licensed Relenza to ...

Tab profit upgrade values company above Tabcorp offer

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2004
Tab yesterday signalled it was worth more than the $2 billion offered by Victoria's Tabcorp Holdings by upgrading its profit forecast for the financial year. The upgrade also prompted speculation Tab was gearing up for a bid for Queensland's UNiTAB. ...