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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... trading activity came in the energy sector, as Arrow Energy recommended its shareholders accept a new, improved joint takeover bid from Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina Co Ltd. Arrow shares were down 19 cents, or 3.59 per cent, to $5.10. "It is quite ...

Planners open up to Hamilton Securities

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
Planners are increasingly in talks with Hamilton Securities, the firm making a takeover bid for debentures of the Timbercorp Orchard Trust - but the question on many planners' minds is what the firm will do with the debentures should they win the bid. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... at noon, led by the major resources stocks, as BHP Billiton secured a coking coal contract and Arrow Energy received a takeover offer. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 42.2 points, or 0.89 per cent, at 4,809.4 while the broader All ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... modest. The Fed's assessment dampened some of the enthusiasm that followed an upbeat report on services industries and more takeover news earlier in the day. The Institute for Supply Management said its services index for February rose to 53 from 50.5 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher on Wednesday with Wall Street boosted by corporate takeover activity. At 0700 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 27 points higher at 4,730. In economic ...

VTP board backs capital return to shareholders

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... chair at VTP, said the board considered a range of options including a substantial share buyback, capital return, merger/takeover and winding up the company before agreeing to the present proposal. "Shareholders can reasonably expect shares to trade ...

Macquarie in talks with Charter Hall

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... parts of Macquarie's real estate platform, or all of it. "And there's the third angle... that this could be a reverse takeover, [and] Charter Hall buys into the Macquarie platform - giving it a tremendous amount of scale from a distribution perspective ...

Citigroup Wealth Advisers broker banned

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
... three years. ASIC found that between 26 July and 8 August 2006, he possessed inside information regarding a possible takeover of listed company Vision Systems. He bought VSL shares on his own account and advised four of his clients to buy VSL shares ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... Friday. LONDON - European stock markets edged higher after British chocolate maker Cadbury accepted a multi-billion-dollar takeover from US food giant Kraft. European shares rose after Wall Street opened higher as trading resumed in New York following ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... up 29 cents, or 1.05 per cent, to $27.21. Wealth manager AMP Ltd eased seven cents, or 1.06 per cent to $6.52, while takeover target AXA Asia Pacific Holdings gave up two cents to $6.63. Resources giant BHP Billiton firmed nine cents to $43.53, while ...