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NAB hands Asian life insurance to AXA

... subsidiaries join AXA. "We want to focus on areas where we have core capabilities and can create sustainable shareholder value. The sale allows us to consolidate our banking and wealth management services in Asia," said NAB's managing director and group ...

Daily economic update

Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show that sales of new motor vehicles rose by 2.6 per cent to 83,728 units in January following a 0.8 per cent increase in December. High petrol prices continue to take their toll on sales of sports utility vehicles ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2006
The Australian share market should open firmer as commodity prices remain strong, although it is domestic news that will be the focus of the local market today. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index was four points firmer at 4824. ...

Daily economic update

The Westpac/Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity stood at 4.1 per cent in December. This is above its long-term level of 3.7 per cent indicating a favourable growth outlook for the domestic economy in the coming months. However, reflecting ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2006
The Australian share market should open firmer as investors focus on earnings reports from some of the domestic market's biggest names. Strong gains in US markets as well as improvements in precious metals are also expected to underpin gains on the ...

DB Capital earns $200m in venture cap deal

... services. The deal comes after DB Capital's recent acquisitions of Bledisloe Holdings, Breakaway Apparel and Design Works and the sale of Loscam and Pacific Nursing Solutions.

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2006
... gain on the day, while sentiment was boosted by strong earnings and a positive outlook from Cisco and by news of a possible sale of drug company Pfizer's consumer division. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 108.86 points at 10,858.62. The Standard ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2006
The Australian share market should open sharply lower this morning as heavy selling in commodities across the board could lead to some broad red strokes on the domestic bourse this morning. Oil, precious and base metal prices all tumbled on profit taking ...

Daily economic update

Today's updates on Australian business conditions and retail activity reinforce current market thinking for steady domestic interest rates in the near term. The National Australia Bank's (NAB) business conditions index fell to 11 in the fourth quarter ...

Weekly economic round-up

Despite worldwide speculation and anxiety leading up to US Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan's retirement, financial markets were largely well-behaved when 'the maestro' turned over the helms of the US central bank to White House economic adviser Ben Bernanke ...