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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... cent, at $24.77, while Westpac shares were 36 cents higher, or 1.67 per cent, at $21.97. Making headlines in local trade, Qantas has cancelled 16 domestic flights on Monday, with the airline blaming maintenance engineers for having to ground five planes ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... by Iraq's South Oil Company (SOC) to develop two offshore platforms. Leighton also won a $80 million mooring contract. Qantas said its plight was "getting worse, not better", as engineers prepared to walk off the job on Friday, with about 7,000 passengers ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... biopharmaceutical company CSL Ltd, which fell 1.1 per cent, or 33 cents, to $29.99. Meanwhile, making headlines in local trade, Qantas shares advanced 1.5 cents to $1.57 despite the airline announcing it expected at least 7,000 of its passengers to be ...

AMP appoints new CFO

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... Storrie joined AMP earlier this year as deputy chief financial officer and group treasurer. Prior to AMP, Storrie was CFO for Qantas and served on its board. AMP chief executive Craig Dunn said Storrie will be a valuable addition to the management team. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... trading half a cent down to 89 cents, after saying it had agreed to sell its regional radio assets to Grant Broadcasters. Qantas rose two cents, or 1.3 per cent, to $1.52 despite the airline cancelling 40 domestic flights on Monday, with another 27 to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... $23.56. The biggest mover on the ASX 100 was Transfield Services, which rose 13 cents, or 6.4 per cent, to $2.15. Meanwhile, Qantas shares gained 4.5 cents, or 3.1 per cent, to $1.49 after the airline said it was too late to scrap contingency plans it ...

Indigenous Australians offered chance to Clime career ladder

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... indigenous people find employment and build careers. The programme has been running since 2002 and counts the big four banks, Qantas, Telstra, Woodside, Nine Entertainment Group and Westfield among its partners. Targeting year 10 students, AES has placed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... Thursday. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,636.6 per fine ounce, up $US11.61 from Thursday's close of $US1,624.99. Qantas lost two cents or 1.4 per cent to $1.40 after Qantas baggage handlers and ground staff voted to keep fighting for better ...

Qantas Super makes delayed fund departure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
Qantas Super has sold its 50% stake in value manager Constellation Capital, three years after deciding it wanted to exit the business. In September 2008, Qantas announced plans to sell its private equity stake and withdraw $250 million of investments ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... which allowed the typically defensive sector to outperform, rising 0.35 per cent. Making news on Tuesday, more than 4000 of Qantas' ground staff walked off the job in a four-hour work stoppage after last-minute talks with the Transport Workers Union ...