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Murdoch raises News Corp forecast, hints at higher dividend

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2004
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has pumped up its full-year forecast after a surge in DVD sales and strong results from newspaper and TV operations lifted the media conglomerate's third quarter profit 30%. Murdoch, News Corp's chairman, said an increased ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2004
The Australian benchmark index is expected to open stronger following modest gains in the US overnight. Markets are still tentative ahead of the Federal Reserve\'s policy-setting meeting later today in the US. The Australian stock market closed lower ...

Murdoch optimistic about Australian economy

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2004
Rupert Murdoch said today he was optimistic about the Australian, US and world economies, but warned Saudi Arabia and China posed risks. "I'm optimistic about the Australian economy," Murdoch told reporters at the Milken Institute Global Conference ...

News Corp placed on review by Moody's for possible ratings upgrade

Moody's Investors Service has placed News Corporation's ratings on review for a possible upgrade. The review is prompted by the strengthening of the company's balance sheet and credit position over recent years, together with management's desire to ...

Lend Lease eyes GPT for merger

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2004
Lend Lease Corp is reportedly believed to be considering a merger with its listed General Property Trust to form a group worth about $11 billion. The Sydney Morning Herald reported property analysts as saying Lend Lease was now under increasing pressure ...

Market Wrap

In Sydney today, Australian stocks are likely to climb a little this morning after Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan overnight soothed US market fears of an imminent rate rise and offered an optimistic economic outlook. Negative sentiment from ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2004
Technology shares climbed on Monday, snapping back from steep losses last week, but blue chips and the broad Standard & Poor's 500 index ended nearly unchanged as investors braced for more earnings news and fretted over the prospect of higher interest ...

News Corp appoints directors

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2004
Media giant News Corporation Ltd has increased its number of directors to 14 in the wake of the proposed relocation to the United States. It has appointed two representatives to the company's 13-strong board to replace Graham Kraehe, who resigned to ...

Melbourne Airport completes US$175 million private bond placement

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2004
Australian Pacific Airports has issued $US175 million worth of seven-year notes into the United States Private Placement market, the company said in a statement. The notes were priced at 85 basis points above US Treasuries, which equated to an Australian ...

Housing market slowdown arrives "with a vengeance": Westpac

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2004
The housing market slowdown has arrived "with a vengeance", Westpac Banking Corp chief executive David Morgan said yesterday. But he said interest rates were still set to rise because of strong economic conditions in Australia and abroad. "The long-awaited ...