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Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2004
The Australian stock market is expected to open slightly firmer today, although it will be specific stocks, more so than general market momentum, which will be the key to trade today. A solid bounce in US equities following the US Federal Reserve's ...

Boards are cracking down on big termination payments - Macek

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2004
The days of failed executives walking away with millions are coming to an end, according to Charles Macek, chairman of the Financial Reporting Council. Macek, who is also a director of Wesfarmers Ltd and Telstra Corp where he is member of the remuneration ...

Lend Lease says Bovis covered by US govt captive insurer

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2004
Lend Lease Corp on Tuesday said it believed its construction unit Lend Lease Bovis would not be hit by compensation claims if a US class action lawsuit being brought by workers employed on the World Trade Center site in New York City was successful. ...

News Corp will win bid to move to US, analysts

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2004
Rupert Murdoch is expected to win shareholder support to shift News Corp\'s corporate headquarters to the United States - but not without a tussle with funds, market observers said on Friday. Some fund managers have loudly opposed the plan since index ...

Westpac moves 2004 AGM to New Zealand

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2004
Westpac Banking Corp is moving its annual general meeting offshore this year - to Auckland, New Zealand. It is the first time Westpac, Australia\'s oldest bank, has held its AGM in New Zealand where it has NZ Class 30,000 shareholders. The bank said ...

Telstra top executives to be grilled by ACCC: report

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2004
Senior Telstra Corp executives including the company\'s top legal officer and internet chief will be grilled by the competition regulator this week, as hostilities escalate over allegations of predatory internet pricing by the telco, it was reported ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2004
The Australian stock market is likely to open slightly weaker given a poor performance by equity markets offshore. However, with News Corp and Telstra both reporting full year results today, domestic issues are likely to be the primary focus for the ...

Four stage phase out for News Corp; S&P

Index provider Standard & Poor's announced on Friday it had decided on a nine-month rolling period for the removal of News Corp from the S&P/ASX indices. S&P said News Corp, subject to a number of conditions, would be phased out of the ASX indices in ...

Deutsche Bank to create $3.5bn merged property trust

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2004
... and we are confident of their support,\" he said. The two major investors are the NSW superannuation authority SAS Trustee Corp - holding 34% of the office and 13% of the industrial trusts - and AXA holding 24% of the diversified trust. Mr Hoog Antink ...

Elders Rural Bank posts fifth straight annual profit rise

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2004
The Elders Rural Bank today reported its fifth consecutive increase in annual profit as its customer base continues to expand. The rural bank, a joint venture between Futuris Corp and Bendigo Bank posted a net profit of $21.8 million for the year to ...