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Shareholder primacy a myth: Governance Institute

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... conflict with broader stakeholder interests, such as mine development and hydraulic fracturing, corporation tax avoidance, poker machines and problem gambling, the impact of plastic beverage containers on the environment, and the link between fast food ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... until 1100 AEST after global giant Expedia launched a $700 million takeover offer. They last traded at $2.64 per share. And poker machine maker Aristocrat has placed its shares in a halt while it carries out a capital raising to fund a $US.128 billion ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... giants Tatts and Tabcorp. The former winning a $450 million plus interest payout from the Victorian government over a broken poker machine contract, but the latter losing its legal case. "The issue involves such big dollars that I think it will go all ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... halt after rival Stockland increased its takeover offer for Australand to $2.5 billion. Australand last traded at $4.26. Poker machine maker Aristocrat Leisure was 11 cents higher at $5.28 after reporting a nine per cent rise in first half earnings and ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... cent) and the materials sector (down 1.02 per cent) had also started the day on the back foot. Making news on Wednesday, poker machine maker Aristocrat Leisure said net profit for the nine months to September 30, 2012, was $45.5 million, up from $19.9 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... forecasting a rise in production in 2013 as new projects come on line. In other news, a move to restrict the operation of poker machines by Woolworths has been voted down by the retailers' shareholders. Woolworths shares were up 24 cents at $28.72. Elsewhere ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... from the Federal Court to delay a shareholder vote on a potential change to its constitution relating to its ownership of poker machines. The local market closed flat on Thursday. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lost three points, or 0.07 per cent, to ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2004
... volume of 922 contracts. On the day, markets will be watching for the Foster's wine review, as well as an announcement from poker machine maker Aristocrat. On the economics front a bond tender result and the national Australia Bank monthly business survey ...

Aristocrat shares up 12% after profit forecast

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2004
Shares in poker machine maker Aristocrat Leisure rocketed more than 12% higher in early trade after providing guidance for the first half. Aristocrat - which had previously provided no outlook for the first half - today said it expected a net profit ...

CommSec launches company stress test for investors

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2003
... Mr McGregor said. Based on CommSec's FSI, the closer a company's rating is to 100, the more stressed they are. Troubled poker machine maker Aristocrat Leisure Ltd and smartcard technology company ERG Ltd rank among the most financially stressed companies ...