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FPA 2004 Annual Convention draws a crowd

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) said six months ahead of its 2004 annual convention and expo more than half the exhibition space and two thirds of budget had been secured. More than 70 leading financial planners will have exhibitions introducing ...

Aust banks reap $9 billion from fees

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2004
Australian families are paying around $400 a year each in bank fees, a new study has shown. The Reserve Bank study showed banks reaped $8.7 billion from skyrocketing credit card fees and other charges. Bank fees paid by households rose 15% last year ...

Coles Myer says not looking at Foodland

... Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. "We have plenty of other opportunities." Mr Fletcher, speaking after the third quarter sales results which showing a 23.6% surge, said the full year outlook remained unchanged. AAP

Hedge Funds post negative returns in April

... whether an upward move in interest rates will be offset by earnings expansion that exceed the market's expectation for the third and fourth quarters.

Vodafone picks Nokia to build 3G in Australia, New Zealand

Vodafone [on Monday] announced it had selected Nokia as its third generation (3G) network infrastructure partner in Australia and New Zealand. The decision has been widely touted since Nokia advertised for employees in March for a project manager, rollout ...

Competition leaving little room for bank fee hikes, says Westpac

... buying off the plan was now more subdued. "I think we'll probably revert more to pre-boom patterns where maybe you had one-third off the plan, one-third sale during construction and then another third at the end of construction," he said. Meanwhile ...

News Corp in talks with Liberty ? Now clearer and muddier

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2004
... businessman were in talks, or not, became both clearer and muddier. Mr Murdoch, speaking after the release of News Corp's third quarter results, was quizzed by analysts and journalists about the "talks". "John's comments change a little bit from time ...

Murdoch raises News Corp forecast, hints at higher dividend

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2004
... forecast after a surge in DVD sales and strong results from newspaper and TV operations lifted the media conglomerate's third quarter profit 30%. Murdoch, News Corp's chairman, said an increased dividend for shareholders was under active consideration ...

Just Group IPO falls short of hoped-for price

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2004
... can now focus fully on further developing Just Group and its brands. "Our results have been ahead of expectations in the third quarter (February through April) and this puts us in a terrific position for strong performance in the coming periods," he ...

Macquarie DDR appoints Bob Joss as independent director

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2004
... experience both in Australia and the US which will be invaluable to the board\'s management of the Trust.\" Mr Joss will act as a third independent director on the board. Macquarie DDR Management is the manager of the Macquarie DDR Trust (MDT). This ...