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Asset Backed to buy China phosphate operation for $6.4 million

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2004
Listed investment group Asset Backed Holdings said it plans to buy a phosphate rock operation and chemical plant in China for $6.4 million. The Perth based company said it would buy Norwest Chemicals and its Chinese subsidiary by issuing 21.4 million ...

NAB calls off crisis board meeting

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2004
The beleaguered National Australia Bank yesterday called off a planned crisis meeting of the bank's board so lawyers could pore over proposed resolutions put forward by dissident director Catherine Walter. A spokesman for NAB said the meeting was postponed ...

Macquarie Bank benefits with volume lift from NAB scandal

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2004
Macquarie Bank is benefitting from a lift in volume in foreign exchange trading after the rogue dealing scandal that rocked National Australia Bank Shares in the investment bank surged 2.8% yesterday as Macquarie raised its expectations for second half ...

Morningstar retains weak rating for AXA's international 'growth-style' equity portfolio

Ratings agency Morningstar has opted to leave AXA/Alliance Capital's international growth-style equity strength rating unchanged at two out of five, despite the resignation of two Alliance directors and an admission from Alliance it was likely to face ...

Morning Market Wrap: Investors expecting confidence boost

Investors will open trading on the Australian market today anticipating a confidence boost this week, with key construction and capital expenditure figures due for release. The week will also be dominated by crucial US figures, including third quarter ...

Interest rates steady but rise on the way: economists

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2003
The Reserve Bank of Australia kept interest rates steady for the 17th straight month today but economists say the clock is now ticking down to an increase. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) opted to leave untouched its 4.75 per cent official cash ...

Afternoon market wrap: $A rockets to five-and-a-half year high

The Australian dollar rocketed to its highest level in five-and-a-half years today and looks set to fly past 70 US cents this year. Its faster than expected rise has some currency experts now raising their expectations about how high the local dollar ...

Afternoon market wrap: Nikkei inches up despite earthquake

Tokyo stocks inched up today as afternoon buying of oversold issues overcame concerns about damage caused by a powerful earthquake that rocked Japan's northern island of Hokkaido. The US dollar was down against the Japanese yen. The Nikkei Stock Average ...

Afternoon market wrap: Japanese stocks plunge to three-week lows

The Nikkei Stock Average of 225 selected issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange plunged 463.32 points in afternoon trade, or 4.23 per cent, to close at 10,475.10 - its lowest finish since 29 August when it ended at 10,345.55. The Australian stock market ...

UK brokerage firm to launch "socially irresponsible" investment fund

... consciences are not troubled by their investment decisions. "It may not be politically correct, but we all know that sex, drugs and rock-and-roll sells," said Willis Owen managing director Richard Craven. The vice fund, which Willis Owen aims to have ...