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Sentinel US Property Fund open for Aust investors

Lowes Talbert Partners has announced it will begin marketing the Sentinel US Property Fund which is now open for subscription by Australian investors. The fund will be managed by Sentinel Real Estate Corporation, the largest managers in the US of direct ...

Bank of Qld plunges on sell-out but takeover talk building

Shares of Bank of Queensland (BoQ) plunged today after it lost its biggest shareholder in Commonwealth Bank of Australia, but market participants believe the move leaves it open to takeover offers. CBA, Australia's second biggest bank and BoQ's biggest ...

Coles Myer says not looking at Foodland

Coles Myer chief executive John Fletcher said today an acquisition of Foodland Associated is not being considered. Mr Fletcher told journalists that the two biggest retailers in the country - Coles Myer and Woolworths - were unlikely to be able to acquire ...

Aust dollar tumbles more than one US cent over weekend

The Australian dollar tumbled by more than one US cent over the weekend to reach a six month low as the United States dollar soared on a much stronger than expected US jobs report. The key US report, which also delivered a robust employment number last ...

News Corp in talks with Liberty ? Now clearer and muddier

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2004
Are they in talks? Are they not? Apparently they are. A fortnight ago Liberty Media's John Malone told the UK's Financial Times newspaper he was in "fairly active" talks with Rupert Murdoch about buying some of News Corp's media businesses. Mr Malone ...

RBA decision to leave rates expected and clear cut: economists

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2004
The Reserve Bank of Australia's decision to leave rates unchanged today was largely expected by the market and pretty clear cut, economists said today. At 0930 AEST the RBA announced it would leave rates at 5.25%, following its board meeting yesterday. ...

Biota to sue GlaxoSmithKline over Relenza flu drug

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2004
Biotech Biota Holdings is suing global pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, alleging that GSK failed to support and promote Biota's flu drug, Relenza. Biota said it had issued a writ in the Victorian Supreme Court. Biota, which licensed Relenza to ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2004
The Australian benchmark index is expected to open stronger following modest gains in the US overnight. Markets are still tentative ahead of the Federal Reserve\'s policy-setting meeting later today in the US. The Australian stock market closed lower ...

New Zealand central bank lifts interest rates 25 basis points

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) gave several reasons for not lifting interest rates yesterday and then lifted them anyway, an economist says. Lifting the official cash rate (OCR) by 25 basis points to 5.5% yesterday, RBNZ governor Alan Bollard ...

Market Wrap

The Australian dollar recovered from yesterday's lows to open stronger, after the United States dollar fell overnight on unexpectedly low economic data. At 0700 AEST the local currency was trading at $US0.7217/22, compared with 0.7173/79 at yesterday's ...