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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2007
The Australian share market is expected to be hit hard this morning by the massive declines in New York with a particularly bleak outlook for the miners, as all metals but tin traded lower overnight. At 0750 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the ...

Westpac ends senior IT exec hunt

Diane Sias, a former executive at Westpac for ten years, returns to the bank in a senior IT role. Sias has been appointed as group executive, business & technology solutions & services and will join the bank in September. She will replace Michael Coomer ...

HOSTPLUS launches super sport campaign

... campaign for this year. The new TV campaign will show a montage of different athletes striving for excellence in their chosen sport. "The launch of this advertising campaign marks another exciting phase for HOSTPLUS as our commitment to delivering the ...

Mining may halt but football endures

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2007
As the Federal Government commits $17 million in water saving devices for Scout halls across Australia, the water shortage crisis has been revealed as far worse than previously reported. Along with farmers, mining and other water-intensive industries ...

Insurance made easier for associations and clubs

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
Community associations and sports clubs that group purchase insurance for members could be exempt from insurance seller status and associated regulatory costs in an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) proposal to attack underinsurance. ...

BT gets Oarsome and rows ahead of fleet

... Westpac and now, crossing over to BT Financial in January. Tomkins said BT has provided him the flexibility to pursue his sport. This week he was selected to compete at this year's World Championships with a view to compete at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
Evidence of the softening of consumer demand comes with the latest sales of new motor vehicles data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics which shows that on a national seasonally adjusted basis sales grew by only 2.9 per cent. The most growth occurred ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2006
... Exchange at 0735 AEDT, the December share price index contract was up six points at 5,301. Today in the market, retailers Rebel Sport and Harvey Norman hold their annual general meetings as do Mortgage Choice and Mayne Pharma. Trade in Telstra stock ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2006
Just released ABS data on sales of new motor vehicles shows an increase in September in seasonally adjusted terms by 3.0 per cent over the August figure. However, sales are still 3 per cent below their level of a year ago. With the ABS tables it can ...

ING to sponsor F1 Renault racing team

In a move that makes arguments about whether local super funds should be allowed to advertise pale into insignificance, ING Group has just announced a three year deal with the Renault Formula 1 motor racing team to be their global naming rights sponsor. ...