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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2007
... shareholders it is now time to make a decision on the takeover. On Wall Street overnight, the major indices were led by health care and energy stocks, boosted by speculation of more merger and acquisition activity and higher oil prices. The Dow Jones ...

Ageing population challenges require updated IGR

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2007
... We are showing progress in relation to that," said Costello. But it's not just about savings and retirement ages as health care costs are also part of the equation. "We have got to make sure that our focus on medical care is for good sustainable state-of-the-art ...

CalPERS pre-empts healthcare funding crisis

... liability' is unpredictable and could cripple a company, as was the case with General Motors and its pension fund and health care liabilities which added $5,000 to the cost of each car. CalPERS said that the CERB trust fund's mandate will, in the future ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2007
... survey will be released. On the corporate front, Centro Property Group, Australian Agricultural Co Ltd and Primary Health Care Ltd all release their first half results. Australian stocks gave back some of last week's record gains yesterday, closing lower ...

Daily Economic Update

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2007
... year is presently expected to post about twice that level according to consensus forecast from broker analysts. The Health care sector which posted good numbers last year is anticipated to be again among the better sectors. Moreover, the activity in ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
... today and retailer David Jones puts out its first quarter sales figures. Annual general meetings continue with Ramsay Health Care and McGuigan Simeon Wines. And Gold and copper exploration company Mantle Mining Corporation is expected to make its debut ...

Superpartner looks to health care to recruit senior execs

... services human resources with GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Australasia. The two appointments add a distinctive health care industry backbone to the super fund administration heavyweight. Besides McNeil and Jarvis, Superpartners has also hired John ...

UniSuper flags $1b property spend

... traditional properties, UniSuper will explore non-traditional property sub-sectors such as residential, retirement and health care sectors. On the mandate front, the fund has reviewed its domestic listed property securities portfolio and replaced its ...

Daily economic round-up

ALFRED SINN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2006
... Business economists later tonight. The ASX 200 is up 0.5 per cent at noon; with most sectors showing strong gain with Health Care, Materials, Consumer Discretionary and financials leading the pack. BHP is up 24 cents at 26.1, CSL up $1.41 at 56.9, while ...

Guild acquire Investment Nominees

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2006
... Australian and Western Australia. The Guild Group offers a range of superannuation, financial planning and banking to health care, childcare and allied professionals and Guild Insurance is the longstanding substantial insurer for professional indemnity ...