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James Hardie CEO resigns

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2004
Former James Hardie Industries NV chief executive officer Peter Macdonald has tendered his resignation from the company, the building products supplier announced today. Mr Macdonald stepped aside as CEO last month in the wake of a report into the company's ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2004
The Australian stock market is expected to open weaker again as global equity markets struggled for the second straight session. However, the strength of equity and oil prices in recent times could help underpin the local resources sector. On the Sydney ...

ASIC begins investigation into James Hardie

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2004
Australia's corporate watchdog has begun an investigation into possible breaches of the law by James Hardie Industries. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission's investigation comes one day after the findings of a six-month inquiry into ...

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 ...

James Hardie requests trading halt in shares

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2004
James Hardie Industries today requested a trading halt in its shares ahead of the release of a report by the NSW Government Special Commission of Inquiry into the Medical Research and Compensation Foundation. Commissioner David Jackson today hands down ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2004
The Australian stock market is expected to open slightly firmer in early trade as a mild bid tone in the US, coupled with recent record highs on the domestic indices, suggest further buying interest in the local bourse. Still, the market has hit records ...

James Hardie tests resolve of SRI's

Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) funds with exposure to James Hardie are reconsidering their association with the construction giant. After warning James Hardie in December last year not to walk away from its moral responsibilities, manager of ...

Senate backs motion on James Hardie boycott

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2004
The Senate today backed a motion calling for a boycott of James Hardie products until the company\'s asbestos victim compensation liabilities were met. The Australian Greens motion also called for all political parties to put donations they had received ...

James Hardie a good example of why invest with SRI's; EIA

With James Hardie shares having nose-dived more than 20% in the wake of the furor surrounding the company's handling of its asbestos liabilities, Ethical Investment Association (EIA) executive director Louise O'Halloran told the Financial Standard now ...

News Corp exit will not hurt ASX, says Humphry

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2004
The departure of News Corp from the Australian sharemarket would not have any long term adverse effects, Australian Stock Exchange chief executive Richard Humphry said on Sunday. Humphry said there had been comment that News Corp, which is joining the ...
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