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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
... Manpower-Melbourne Institute employment report for April also will be released on Tuesday. In company news, former Wesfarmers Ltd chief executive Trevor Eastwood addresses the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia on his biography, "The CEO, the ...

Biggest Loser Part 2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... recession...yet. Despite the prevalence of gloomy forecasts and surveys, domestic demand continues to hold up well as evidenced by Wesfarmers' announcement of a 46.3 per cent increase in net profit for the half-year ended 31 December 2008. Wesfarmers' ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
... ex-dividend, but it has gained some sort of traction since the open," CMC Markets senior dealer Dominic Vaughan said. "The Wesfarmers result was quite a good result and that has lifted the momentum to a degree and we're starting to see some buyers coming ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
... survey for the December quarter. In company news, Futuris Corporation Ltd, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd, Austereo, Wesfarmers, Challenger Financial Services Group and Crane Group release first-half results. The Australian stock market closed just over ...

Mercer ups ante in corporate super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... enormous success," he said. During the period, the group won 11 new clients, up from half a dozen in 2007. This included Wesfarmers (owner of Coles Group), security firm Chubb and healthcare group Pfizer. Two months ago, Mercer boosted its sales team ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... rose 1.3 per cent in November, seasonally adjusted, to 49,192, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday. Wesfarmers lost ground, down 61 cents or 3.49 per cent to $16.88, after the company said it expects first half 2008/09 net profit to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... Corporation. Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd, Lend Lease Corporation Ltd, Fairfax Media Ltd, BlueScope Steel Ltd, Wesfarmers Ltd and Austereo Group Ltd hold annual general meetings. Dairy Farmers shareholders vote on the proposed acquisition by National ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
... July. Annual results are due from Amcor, Qantas, Fairfax Media, Healthscope, Sonic Healthcare, Downer EDI, OZ Minerals, Wesfarmers, Lend Lease, Challenger Infrastructure Fund, Wridgways, PaperlinX, Clough Resources, Auckland International Airport, Cabcharge ...

Credit investors put bond issuers on notice

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
The general manager finance and tax at Wesfarmers, Luigi Mottolini, spent a good part of May and June leading a roadshow to meet with local credit investors. The aim of the meetings was to repair relations with bond portfolio managers and analysts who ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
... retail and airline stocks. At 1213 AEST, retail heavyweight Woolworths had risen 29 cents to $27.29 but Coles owner Wesfarmers had slid eight cents to $35.42. At the same time, Virgin Blue Holdings was one cent higher at 95 cents while Qantas shares ...