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Fin services firms rally to aid Queensland

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... victims in a show of unity and support. ANZ, Commonwealth Bank and Westpac have each donated $1 million to Queensland Premier Anna Bligh's flood appeal. NAB and its employees donated over $500,000 to the Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal, which includes ...

Hooray it's Oprah day

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... that is now waning compared to her 1992 peak of 13 million regular viewers. The global objectives of the visit is why NSW premier Kristina Keneally dismissed the local Oprah critics as being out of touch. "There is always a debate, and I think we saw ...

Changes ahead for WA govt super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... oversee the implementation of the Cabinet Decision. The Steering Group is chaired by Stephen Home of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and comprises senior representatives from the Department of Treasury and Finance, GESB, Department of Commerce ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... Committee on Economics at 0930 AEDT. In equities news, annual general meetings are scheduled for Primary Health Care Ltd, Premier Investments Ltd, Choiseul Investments Ltd, Cougar Energy Ltd, DUET Group, Macquarie Telecom Group Ltd, Avoca Resources Ltd ...

Whac-a-mole 2.0

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... foreign purchases of residential and commercial property. It is expected to do more. Appearing on state television, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao confirmed that his cabinet is already drafting measures to tame inflation. Speculations are that this would ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... out of a hostile $US40 billion ($A40.63 billion) bid for Canada's Potash Corp if it proves too expensive. Saskatchewan's premier said the province won't support BHP Billiton's bid, but Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper took a softer line, describing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
... Treasury Bonds. In equities news, Sunland Group Ltd holds its annual general meeting on the Gold Coast, and Queensland Premier Anna Bligh opens Australia's newest open cut thermal coal mine, the Rio Tinto Coal Australia managed Clermont Mine. On Thursday ...

Spoiling for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... scared! China is more worried about the nasty effects of revaluation in its domestic economy. A few days ago, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told the world that China would suffer "major social upheaval" if it agrees to raise the yuan exchange rate by 20-40 ...

CalPERS taps Brazilian real estate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... with speakers including AMP Ltd chief executive Craig Dunn, also in Sydney. KPMG issues a general insurance survey, and Premier Investments Ltd releases first half results. On Monday, the Australian share market closed marginally in the red after clawing ...