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US energy group AES to make bid for Loy Yang - report

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2003
United States energy company AES Corporation has reportedly joined the race to buy Victoria's biggest electricity producer, Loy Yang, with a $3.1 billion bid. The bid aims to trump an offer from Australian Gas Light, which has faced delays in getting ...

TXU appoints advisers to assess partial Australian float

... we're not looking at carving up the Australian business," Ms Anderson said. TXU has invested $5 billion in gas and electricity assets in Australia since 1995. Based in Victoria, the Australian business' portfolio includes generation, distribution, retail ...

Kiwi industry profits up 42 per cent

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2003
... followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing ($4.0 billion, up 24 percent); retail trade ($2.3 billion, up 49 percent); electricity, gas and water supply ($2.1 billion, up 20 percent); and construction ($1.9 billion, up 19 percent). Industries excluded ...

New Zealand growth slows in second quarter, figures reveal

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2003
... drought led to high power prices and exacerbated the slowdown in the June quarter, the state agency said. The high electricity prices raised the cost of production, causing manufacturing output to contract 2.1 per cent. Exports slowed, but domestic demand ...

Morning market wrap: US markets quiet amid lingering power outage

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2003
US financial markets endured wafer-thin trading volumes Friday, as electricity was only brought back haltingly to areas, including New York, which were hit by a major outage the day before. While the New York stock exchange opened normally, the bond ...

Afternoon market wrap: Resources push local market higher

... international buying on the back of further positive economic data out of the US Friday, and despite lacklustre US volumes as electricity is only slowly retuned to those areas hit by the blackout. Winemaker Southcorp also jumped 17c to $3.12 on speculation ...

National wage cost index rises 0.6% in the June quarter: ABS

... increase in the indexes at the industry level ranged from 0.2% for accommodation, cafes and restaurants to 1.1% for electricity, gas and water supply. The increases in the indexes at the occupation level ranged from 0.3% for labourers and related workers ...

Increase in Government unfunded super liabilities may cause super vacuum

... spending plans in order to fix the super problem. Illustrating this, the ACT government several years ago sold its electricity utility ACTEW and used much of the proceeds to create a pool of money able to support expected superannuation liabilities. ...

Productivity Commission report reveals Government business underperformance

... monitored performed above the commercial rate of return in each of the three years. The most profitable sector was electricity; returning 6.4% on assets in 2001/02, up from 5.9% previously. Water, forestry and ports all returned 4.7%and railways returned ...

Telstra defends plans to cut 3,000 jobs

... provide." Morrison said the primary reason for the job cuts was technological improvemements. But the Communications, Electricity and Plumbing Union (CEPU) urged Telstra to reconsider its decision to cut 3,000 jobs, primarily from its customer field ...