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Centro to buy $6.35b US REIT

... Heritage for $4.35 billion. Shares in Centro were in a trading halt this morning pending the announcement. It is the group's third significant merger agreement with listed US real estate investment trusts (REITs), including the $4.3 billion Heritage ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2007
... tensions over Iran boosted oil prices. The FTSE 100 closed 33.2 points, or 0.52 per cent higher at 6,434.7, rising for the third day but shy of this year's high of 6,451.4. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 7,027.59 points, up 35.01 or 0.50 per cent. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2007
... drive demand. Problems associated with Australia's large intake of foreign students continue with a new study showing that a third of overseas students who qualified from Australian universities and applied for permanent residency have a level of competency ...

Home-grown talent bag global awards

... over three years with the First State Asia Pacific Fund while the First State Asia Pacific Leaders Fund was nominated in third place within the same sector. The publication La Vie Financiere acknowledges funds that show the best performance over a period ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2007
... strength in the economy. Another healthy economy is Europe, the UK, saw business investment rise from 3.1 per cent in the third quarter to 3.3 per cent in the last quarter of 2006. A consequence of this is that year on year growth is now up from 8.2 ...

B&B profits jump with new funds in the pipeline

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2007
... and fund creation in the coming years - means Babcock no longer needs, or is even much bothered, to go out and tout for third-party business. The results delivered a 62 per cent jump in net profits for 2006 to $406.8 million, ahead of most market expectations ...

Overseas direct property grows four-fold

... billion in the first half of 2005. The US received almost half (46 per cent) of overseas investments, making Australians the third largest cross border investors in the US after global and Middle Eastern investors. However, the fund flows are slowly ...

Singapore CPF contribs now 34.5 per cent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2007
The Singapore Government has raised the contribution rates for the Singapore Central Provident Fund (CPF) by 1.5 per cent to near its maximum limit of 36 per cent of total wages. A statement released by the CPF said, "With the economy doing well, it ...

Westpac breaks up consumer and business banking

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
... continue as group executive with Consumer Financial Sercvices and will be responsible for mortgages and personal lending, third part relationships, cards and savings and transactions accounts. Peter Hanlon will step into the role of group executive ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
... billion beyond the same amount committed since 2002. The current Australian company earnings season has seen more than a third of profit announcements made so far with most reportedly surprising on the upside. The results have been better than last year ...