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Coles Myer says ALH would be stand alone business

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2004
Coles Myer Ltd chief executive Mr John Fletcher said today pub and bottle shop group Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group (ALH) would remain a stand alone business if its $1.18 billion takeover bid was successful. Coles Myer announced today that ...

Bruandwo offer grossly inadequate

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2004
The Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group said today a takeover bid by a joint venture between Woolworths and The Bruce Mathieson Group, called Bruandwo, is opportunistic and grossly inadequate. Last week, Bruandwo Pty announced its intention to ...

S&P places Woolworths on watch negative after ALH stake

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2004
Supermarket giant Woolworths\' potential joint acquisition of Australia\'s biggest pubs operator, Australian Hospitality & Leisure Group (ALH), could put pressure on its credit rating. Rating agency Standard & Poor\'s (S&P) said on Tuesday it would ...

Ramsay buys Benchmark Healthcare for $125mln

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2004
... agreeing to acquire all the shares in Benchmark Healthcare group for $125 million. The benchmark acquisition comprises 980 hospital beds and 68 aged care beds, that will increase to a total of 1,119 beds in 2005 due to current expansion. The acquisition ...

Lion Nathan sells portfolio of hotels, takes writedown on value

Beverage group Lion Nathan said today it has signed an agreement to sell its portfolio of 41 non gaming hotels in Melbourne, Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong. The price for the sale to a consortium led by Michael Thiele and Adam Clark is confidential ...

Retail sales up 0.1% in February: ABS

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2004
Retail sales edged up just 0.1% in February, new figures showed today, further reducing any chance of an interest rate rise next week. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said sales were 8.3% higher than the same time last year, at $15.76 billion. But ...

Southcorp dumped from S&P/ASX 50, Tempo dumped form ASX 200

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2004
Wine group Southcorp Ltd will be dumped from the S&P/ASX 50 index and Tempo Services Ltd will be dropped from the S&P/ASX 200, Standard & Poor's said today. Also ditched from the S&P/ASX 200, the Australian share market's benchmark index, will be Amalgamated ...

Hostplus gains 30,000 members with Western Australia merger

Australian hospitality industry superannuation fund HostWest is to merge with national industry fund Hostplus. The merger, effective on March 31, will add 30,000 employee members to Hostplus' current 500,000-strong member base and lift assets under ...

Rivkin withdraws Parole Board appeal

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2004
... trading in the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal. Rivkin is currently believed to be receiving treatment at private psychiatric hospital, the Sydney Clinic, after being discharged from St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney last night. A NSW Supreme Court jury last ...

Retail trade and hospitality services increase 1.2% to $15.57 billion in October: ABS

Retail trade and hospitality services in Australia was valued at $15.57 billion for October, which represents a rise of 1.2 per cent on the figures for September, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. The bureau said that the value of ...