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PE driving improved corporate governance: CHAMP

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
... massive growth in private equity buyouts is also driving improvements in public corporation governance, according to David F. Jones, managing director of CHAMP Private Equity. Speaking at the 2007 WestLB Mellon Asset Management Round Table, Jones said ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
... Countrywide Financial Corp, which revealed its mortgage lending problems stretched further than the subprime business. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 226.47 points, or 1.62 per cent, to 13,716.95. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 30.53 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2007
... from large companies like Merck & Co and takeover news, turning around the sharp falls of the end of last week. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 92.34 points or 0.67 per cent to 13,943.42. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index closed up 7.47 points or ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2007
... the subprime mortgage market. Results from companies such as Caterpillar Inc and Google also were disappointing. The Dow Jones mindustrial average dropped 149.33 points or 1.07 per cent to 3,851.08, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index lost 18.98 points or ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
... 6,384 contracts. Brisbane's ABN AMRO Morgan senior equities adviser Geoff Voller said the local markets reacted to the Dow Jones industrial average ending up 82.19 points at a record 14,000.41. "The phones have been markedly quiet today but there maybe ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
... intraday high. More bellwether earnings were due after the closing bell, notably Google Inc and Microsoft Corp. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 82.19 points, or 0.59 per cent, to end at a record 14,000.41. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
... of Intel Corp and Yahoo fell nearly five per cent after their quarterly results fell short of some expectations. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 53.33 points, or 0.38 per cent, to end at 13,918.22, a day after it hit an intraday high above ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2007
... about the subprime mortgage market held back the advance of the broader S&P 500, which closed virtually unchanged. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 20.57 points, or 0.15 per cent, to end at 13,971.55. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down just ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2007
... Technologies Corp and Caterpillar Inc, both of which hit lifetime highs on optimism about their upcoming earnings. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 43.73 points, or 0.31 per cent, at 13,950.98. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 2.98 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2007
... $US14 billion, in a week that saw several major companies announcing multibillion-dollar share repurchase plans. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 45.52 points, or 0.33 per cent, to end at a record 13,907.25. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained ...