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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
... night," Mrs Macdonald said. "Our market, just after a stellar run the last few months, is obviously just coming back to earth a bit. Only resources, on the back of base metals prices, is slightly stronger today, but I don't know if they'll hold onto ...

Stung UK private equity managers fight back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
... private equity managers are "asset strippers". "Talking to the GMB (the UK's largest union) is a bit like talking to the Flat Earth Society. Show them the facts and they keep coming back with the same old argument," he said. Hand also dismissed claims ...

Go green, go dim

... March the Sydney building offices of major companies such as UBS, ANZ and HSBC will be blanketed in darkness as part of "Earth Hour", where the companies agreed to shut their lights off for an hour from 7.30pm. The project is the brainchild of conservation ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2006
... taking its loss since a five and a half month high a month ago to 10.8 per cent. WELLINGTON - The sharemarket fell back to earth, but the drop was mild compared with most major markets. Japan, Wall Street and European markets dropped on fear of higher ...

SG not a tax: Tax Inquiry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2006
... impost, and are included in the OECD figures (and definitions) as a tax." But again, the debate came down to one of how on earth would they measure it anyway, and if they could how would they adjust statistics from other countries. "We do not have a ...

Government joins push for better super education

... Super Choices has been put together by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and is written in down-to-earth language to allow it to be of use to as many people as possible. It is aimed at producing an improvement in retirement ...

Babcock & Brown forms green investment vehicle

... acquisition of up to 100 per cent of Southern Oil Refining Limited and through the retirement of debt associated with the existing Earth Power Technologies Sydney business. These initiatives position both businesses for capacity expansion and increased ...

Two disqualified directors sentenced following ASIC probe

... was the sole director and company secretary of Kanga Loaders Pty Limited, a company trading from Goulburn as a retailer of earth moving and excavation equipment. An ASIC investigation found that despite her disqualification, Ms Kenna continued to engage ...

Former Tasmanian director sentenced to three years jail

... was sentenced after pleading guilty to the six charges brought by ASIC. DJF Pty Ltd was involved in the sale of farm and earth-moving equipment and went into liquidation on 4 May 1999 with debts of more than $2.5 million. ASIC alleged that Mr Johnstone ...

Afternoon market wrap: Nikkei inches up despite earthquake

Tokyo stocks inched up today as afternoon buying of oversold issues overcame concerns about damage caused by a powerful earthquake that rocked Japan's northern island of Hokkaido. The US dollar was down against the Japanese yen. The Nikkei Stock Average ...