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Green light for Milton merger

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
Milton Corporation and Choiseul Investments will merge after gaining 99 per cent shareholder approval, and the combined firm will place planners on the top of its list to do business with next year. The merged company will have $2 billion in assets ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
The Australian market is receiving mixed leads from offshore trading overnight. European markets were clearly higher while Wall St is flat in afternoon trade. Precious metals were mixed, and oil was down. On the ASX24 at 0637 AEDT, the December share ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
The Australian market has received strongly negative leads from offshore trading overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0657 AEDT, the December share price index futures contract was 37 points lower at 4,632 points. In economic news on Wednesday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
Prospects are looking up for the Australian market when it opens on Thursday morning, with a late surge on Wall Street ending in a positive finish to the day's trade after earlier losses. Precious metals and oil were higher, too, although base metals ...

Milton and Choiseul to merge

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
The proposed merger of Milton Corporation Limited and Choiseul Investments Limited would create an investment company with $2 billion in assets and more than 18,000 shareholders. Under the deal, Choiseul shareholders will receive a fully franked special ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
The Australian stock market was buoyant in morning trade after stronger-than-expected sales figures from Wesfarmers and rises in banking shares. Following a strong finish last week on Wall Street, at 1200 AEST Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
The Australian stock market has received a positive lead from offshore markets, after Wall Street closed higher and commodities prices ended firmer. At 0745 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 41 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
The Australian stock market was lower at noon on Friday, lead by losses in the materials and consumer staples sectors. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 10.8 points, or 0.24 per cent, at 4,431.8 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
The Australian share market has received a mixed lead from offshore markets after Wall Street closed weaker but crude oil and copper ended firmer. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Future Exchange, the June share price index contract was down 11 points at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market has received mixed leads from offshore markets, with Wall Street closing weaker but contract prices for oil, gold, silver and copper ending firmer. At 0728 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract ...