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Four stage phase out for News Corp; S&P

Index provider Standard & Poor's announced on Friday it had decided on a nine-month rolling period for the removal of News Corp from the S&P/ASX indices. S&P said News Corp, subject to a number of conditions, would be phased out of the ASX indices in ...

Argo announces record profits for 2003/04

... 2003/2004 earnings, which is the highest ever, amount distributed in dividends by the company. Argo also highlighted its Friday closing share price of $4.96, compared to the rights issue conducted in March at $4.40 as evidence of the strong recent performance ...

Third time lucky as Lend Lease, GPT agree on merger

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2004
General Property Trust and Lend Lease Corporation on Friday agreed on a planned merger after the trust\'s external manager addressed sticking points which had left the deal in limbo for almost two weeks. Lend Lease agreed to effectively return a $3.4 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2004
The Australian stock market is likely to open weaker as a poor performance from both european and US markets on Friday sets a negative tone for the domestic market today. However, the losses could be moderated by a solid rise in gold stocks, as well ...

Three walk from Macquarie

Head of credit at Macquarie Funds Management Michael Korber resigned on Friday along with two fellow members of the credit team and has been immediately replaced by current head of fixed interest research Dean Stewart. Korber and the two accompanying ...

Three arrivals at Perpetual

Perpetual Investments on Friday announced three new additions to its team of credit specialists within the group's asset management team. The three new faces at Perpetual are Michael Korber, Vivek Prabhu and Greg Stock, formerly of Macquarie Funds Management ...

NAB's Irish bank ordered to pay $110 mln in costs

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2004
... in costs following a six-year investigation of its Irish subsidiary for tax evasion and overcharging of customers. Last Friday, the Director of Corporate Enforcement in Ireland released a report on the investigation into National Irish Bank (NIB), which ...

US: New York oil hits all-time high of $US43.85

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2004
New York\'s main crude oil contract shot to an all-time high on Friday night as a financial crisis at Russian oil titan Yukos unleashed a fresh wave of speculative buying. New York\'s benchmark contract, light sweet crude for delivery in September ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2004
... expected to open slightly firmer today as stronger gold prices and positive performances from offshore equity markets on Friday set the tone for the session. However, with a number of major companies reporting earnings this week, local news is likely ...

NAB's former UK target Abbey National faces new takeover

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2004
... billion offer by Spain\'s biggest bank Banco Santander Central Hispano (BSCH). The interest in Abbey was revealed by last Friday\'s sharp rise in the bank\'s share price. UK analysts said smaller banks such as Alliance & Leicester, Bradford and Bingley ...