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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... first commercial flight powered by biofuel. A Federal Court hearing is scheduled to give final approval for Foxtel's takeover of regional rival Austar. The market on Thursday closed higher, with the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index up 34.4 points, or 0.81 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... last week's solid gains, after Apple's shock announcement of a massive dividend plan and share buyback plan and UPS's takeover deal for TNT. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets have lost ground as investors paused for breath, following last week's gains ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... Goodman Fielder said Singaporean agribusiness giant Wilmar International was increasing its stake in the company, but no takeover offers had been made. The stock was up 16.5 cents, or 32.04 per cent, at 68 cents. National turnover was 412 million securities ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... facility in Australia. BRUSSELS - The EU's antitrust watchdog has approved Google's $US12.5 billion ($A11.7 billion) takeover of mobile phone maker Motorola. NEW YORK - Apple says an independent group, the Fair Labor Association, has started inspecting ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... group Wesfarmers was 49 cents, or 1.54 per cent, stronger at $32.23. Foster's Group shares were flat at $5.39 after the takeover of the brewing giant by Anglo-South African brewer SABMiller was approved by the Victorian Supreme Court. The mining sector ...

QIC appoints new board directors

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
QIC, Australia's third largest institutional fund manager with over $58 billion in funds under management, has appointed David Usasz and Grant Murdoch to its board. QIC's Chairman, Peter Young AM, said the new directors had been carefully selected to ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... $US1,722.60 per ounce. Making news on Thursday, industrial services company Spotless said it had received an increased takeover bid from private equity group Pacific Equity Partners. The revised bid included an indicative price of $2.68 per Spotless ...

Count chief replaced by CBA exec

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... Commonwealth Bank senior executive David Lane. It's after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) gave CBA's takeover of Count the green light earlier this month, and was endorsed by Count shareholders last week. Gale was appointed ...

Count gives CBA 99% approval

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
Count Financial shareholders have overwhelmingly embraced the takeover offer from CBA, the vote passing with almost 100% support on November 25 said chief executive Barry Lambert. Announced in Count Financial's Annual General Meeting this morning, Lambert ...

Private sectors eyes NSW infrastructure deal

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
News of the NSW Government's plans to privatise the state's power generators follows on predictions that cash-strapped governments around the world may soon begin selling off infrastructure assets to the private sector. NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell announced ...