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AAP Market Wrap

The Australian sharemarket fell at the open today, with a weak banking sector dragging the bourse down as a strong News Corp provided some support. At 1018 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 3.5 points lower at 3367.3 while the all ordinaries ...

Nominees announced for excellence in marketing

Rainmaker Information is pleased to announce the final nominees for the Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards. The winners will be announced at Monday night's dinner at the Tenth Rainmaker Marketing Symposium to be held at the Sheraton Mirage Resort ...

QBE buys out ING stake in QBE Mercantile Mutual JV for $740 mln

Australia's QBE Insurance Group said today that it had agreed to purchase ING's 50% stake in the QBE Mercantile Mutual joint venture. The initial purchase price for the general insurance underwriting assets is $740 million with an additional $25 million ...

Rentenbank prices $150 mln increase to June 2011 issue

Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank, Germany's agency for agriculture, has today priced a $A150 million increase to its existing June 2011 Kangaroo bond issue. The increase was priced at a re-offer spread of 41 basis points over the June 2011 Australian ...

WRAP: Overnight debt and forex

The US Treasury market ended mixed [overnight], after a major rout on Friday prompted by unexpectedly strong April employment data. The short end of the yield curve clawed back only a small part of the 0.25% rises in yield on Friday, but the long end ...

Aust business conditions broadly unchanged in April - NAB

Australian business conditions remained broadly unchanged in April but may be improving, with renewed strength evident in manufacturing and services, a new survey has shown. National Australia Bank's latest monthly business survey pointed to a stabilisation ...

ANZ receives RBNZ agreement for amalgamation of NBNZ

ANZ Bank today announced it had received written advice from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand confirming its forthcoming consent for legal amalgamation of ANZ New Zealand and The National Bank of New Zealand (NBNZ). The Reserve Bank of New Zealands formal ...

Bank of Qld withdraws from mortgage mkt; affirms FY04 growth

Bank of Queensland said today that it would withdraw from the mortgage broker market and reaffirmed its growth forecasts for the 2004 financial year. Bank of Queensland managing director David Liddy said that the company reaffirmed its 10-12% cash EPS ...

Greeenspan says US businesses, consumers able to handle rate rise

US consumers and businesses are financially fit enough to take an interest rate rise, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said Thursday. On Tuesday, Greenspan and fellow policymakers indicated the days of rock-bottom rates -- with the federal funds ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2004
The Australian market is expected to open weaker following losses in the US as interest rate fears, sparked by lower than expected jobless figures and high oil prices, hit the markets. The Australian stock market finished in the red yesterday, with ...