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Neilson loosens reins at Platinum

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... consumer goods, industrial materials and financial services. It's top 10 stock holdings as of March 31 included Royal Dutch Shell, Shin-Etsu Chemical and Johnson & Johnson. Both Morningstar and Lonsec said they are aware of the restructure and it will ...

May go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... it in - big time. How big? Here's how big: Exxon Mobil's net income jumped 69 per cent in the first quarter; Royal Dutch Shell's net income increased by 30 per cent; Occidental Petroleum's profits rose by 46 per cent, and; ConocoPhillips' by 44 per cent. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... 7,475.22 points. The markets were somewhat subdued ahead of first-quarter economic growth figures in the United States and a royal wedding holiday in Britain. US growth figures showed a sharp deceleration in the first quarter to a 1.8 per cent pace as ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... Earlier, Woodside hit $50.85 after news reports from the UK over the weekend said BHP was in detailed talks with Royal Dutch Shell, Woodside's biggest shareholder, for an eventual STG30 billion ($A46.7 billion) takeover of Woodside. BHP Billiton was ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... Chatterton said the sale of Shell's holding in Woodside Petroleum was the major factor in a softer market on Tuesday. Royal Dutch Shell has sold around a 10 per cent stake in Woodside Petroleum, worth $3.3 billion. At 1200 AEDT, Woodside was the worst ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... target Arrow Energy was three cents richer at $5.18 after the Foreign Investment Review Board approved the joint Royal Dutch Shell/PetroChina takeover bid for Arrow. On Wall Street overnight, stocks closed higher, after another series of upbeat earnings ...

NZ Super buys Shell assets

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
A consortium including the New Zealand Superannuation Fund has bought the Royal Dutch Shell's New Zealand distribution business assets for more than $540 million. The deal includes all Shell's "downstream assets", which include the business' retail ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
... vote its 16.7 per cent stake in the company in favour of the $4.70 per share takeover bid for that company by Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina. "New Hope has capitulated so there will be a bit of loss-taking with the enthusiasm that there was going to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... the energy sector, as Arrow Energy recommended its shareholders accept a new, improved joint takeover bid from Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina Co Ltd. Arrow shares were down 19 cents, or 3.59 per cent, to $5.10. "It is quite amazing, Arrow's share price ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
... than $US100 billion ($A110.29 billion) in government bailout money it received during the credit crisis. Also, Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina offered to buy Australia's Arrow Energy Ltd for $US3 billion ($A3.31 billion) in cash and stock. Royal Dutch ...