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News Corp appoints directors

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2004
... National Australia Bank. Former Phillip Morris Asia president Peter Barnes and 36-year-old law professor and adviser to the Bush Administration Viet Dinh would join the board immediately, News Corp said. The company did not explain why it decided to ...

US March job growth at four-year high, stuns market

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 APR 2004
... the labor market finally making a decisive break out of a long slump, buoyed the re-election hopes of President George W. Bush, who has been blasted by Democrats over the jobs lost on his watch. Markets judged it brought nearer the day the Federal Reserve ...

Home building surged in December quarter: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2004
Home building activity surged in the three months to December, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said the number of new homes begun in the December quarter rose more than eight per cent, above analysts' expectations. ...

AAA/A1-plus rating for ACT affirmed: S&P

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2003
Standard & Poor's ratings services said today it has affirmed the AAA/A1-plus local and foreign currency ratings on the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). The outlook remains stable. The AAA and A1-plus ratings are the highest ratings assigned by Standard ...

Lend Lease at ease with market forecasts on 2004 profit

Construction and real estate group Lend Lease Corporation Ltd said today it was comfortable with market consensus forecasts of $230 million in post-tax operating profit for 2004. Lend Lease managing director and chief executive officer Greg Clarke told ...

Government Telstra sale blocked by Senate

... Government uses part of the estimated $30 billion sale for the environment, with legislated safeguards for future services in the bush. Mr Williams declined to discuss how the sale of the Government's 50.1 per cent stake in Telstra would be managed. ...

Australia looks for free trade deal with US; Thailand deal announced

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2003
Australian business is hoping US President George W Bush will commit to a free trade agreement between America and Australia when he addresses federal parliament on Thursday. "We will be looking to President Bush to signal that the final stages of the ...

Morning Market Wrap: Market to ease on flat lead from US

... high on the TOPIX index, as investors took profits on bank and real-estate shares ahead of corporate earnings and George W Bush's visit to Japan. The Nikkei average ended down 0.61 per cent or 66.48 points at 10,899.95. All Ordinaries 3291.9 +0 NASDAQ ...

Morning Market Wrap: Gains continue; US$ weakens

... due today. The Australian dollar opened stronger today as the United States dollar weakened following US President George W Bush's warning to Japan against currency intervention. At 0700 AEST the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.6899/04 compared ...

Morning market wrap: Power blackout hits US share price futures, supports bonds

... sharply with the blackout, although terrorism has been ruled out as a cause of the power cuts. Earlier in the day, President Bush announced alleged terrorist 'Hambali' had been captured in south-east Asia and was now in US custody. The president's announcement ...