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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2006
... biggest real estate website. Shares in News Corporation, which owns all of Sky Italia, were up 26 cents to $27.65 and its non-voting scrip lifted 21 cents to $26.62. Around the rest of the media sector, Publishing and Broadcasting slipped back two cents ...

Dieters to chair FPA for another year

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2006
... Planning Association (FPA) after being unanimously re-elected by the board. Dieters was also elected to the board as a voting member director for two years in 2004, but she will abdicate this position at the annual general meeting (AGM) on 24 November. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2006
... Peter Costello has continued to support the reforms to the IMF membership which in the last few days has increased the voting shares of China, India, South Korea and Mexico. South Korea now has 0.77 per cent of the voting rights which is about half what ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2006
... skilled people would be needed over the next decade. The current meeting of the IMF has all but agreed to strengthen the voting rights of China, South Korea, Turkey and Mexico although 24 developing countries have expressed concerns that there will still ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
... Singapore where there is expected to be significant opposition from the larger European economies who have much of the voting power. Small African countries fear that their already limited influence will be further reduced as a consequence of the proposed ...

The feeling is mutual: Aust Unity

... If the move was put to a vote, the group needs 20 per cent or 40,000 members to vote, with 75 per cent of these members voting in favour for demutualisation to occur. However, while the 165-year old mutual fund will retain its form for the time being ...

VFMC busted investing with tobacco giant

... the coming months. "We are in discussions with our clients about setting appropriate policy in place and to have proxy voting and engagement on the issues," he said. Bone added, "we will develop our policies in response to this over the next few months. ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2006
... In the US, bond markets rose (yields fell) overnight following tough talk on inflation by US Fed President Fisher, a non-voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). Mr. Fischer commented that rising inflation is causing 'discomfort on ...

Voting opens for 2006 marketing awards

The shortlist for the 2006 Rainmaker Marketing Awards has been posted and voting has started to determine who will win the awards in June. "If market reactions are anything to go by, this year's awards seem to reflect a much more strategic approach ...

Slow death of annual reports: CSA

... annual reports is on the decline, suggesting company shareholders are either getting their information elsewhere or are 'voting with their feet'. A survey by Chartered Secretaries Australia (CSA) of governance professionals in the top 200 listed companies ...