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Report calls for tougher limits on RBA board members

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2004
Central bank board members should be banned from any role with finance companies, including mortgage brokers and investment trusts, the influential parliamentary economics committee has recommended. The committee also called for mortgage brokers and ...

Lend Lease announces 10 yr Surfers Paradise development

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2004
Lend Lease on Tuesday announced a 10-year plan to develop a $1 billion residential and entertainment precinct in Queensland's Surfers Paradise, in conjunction with Japanese apartment builder Daikyo. Daikyo Australia, a branch of Japan's largest condominium ...

Challenger looks to sell down foreign property portfolio

... Services Group is considering the sale of some of its properties in the United Kingdom and Texas. Among the assets on the block are two London properties - Senator House and Minister Court - and two properties - Hayes Park and 3 World Business Centre ...

MIG in arbitration on Canadian toll road spat

Macquarie Infrastructure Group is to pursue a private resolution to its long-running dispute in Canada with the Ontario government over a toll increase on its 407ETR toll road. The dispute has gathered steam since October, when the government of Canada's ...

Market Wrap

U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday, erasing the previous session's losses, as investors anticipated upbeat comments on the economy from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan in testimony on Wednesday. The Dow was lifted by manufacturer 3M Co., which raised ...

Small business conditions improve in November quarter: ACCI

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2003
... to continue over the next six months. ACCI said the availability of qualified employees had also emerged as a stumbling block to growth for small, medium and large firms, ranking as the second-biggest hurdle in all three categories. ACCI chief executive ...

Air NZ to announce NZCC appeal intention next week

Air New Zealand will announce next week if it will appeal the New Zealand Commerce Commission (NZCC) decision to block the airline's $NZ550 million ($A500 million) tie-up with Qantas. The Air New Zealand board met today to consider independent legal ...

ASIC conducts searches in Sydney for Alpine Investigation

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2003
... identified Mr Rivkin, Mr Richardson and Mr Kennedy as the owners of the 38 per cent controlling stake. ASIC had traced a block of 38 per cent of Offset Alpine shares to two financial institutions in Switzerland, Bank Leumi and EBC Zurich, but Swiss laws ...

Government Telstra sale blocked by Senate

The Government has threatened to use the sale of Telstra as an election trigger after its attempts to fully privatise the company were blocked by the Senate. The four independents whose votes are crucial to the Government its 50.1 per cent stake in ...

NZCC blocks AirNZ/Qantas alliance

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2003
New Zealand's competition watchdog today blocked Qantas Airways Ltd and Air New Zealand Ltd's proposed alliance, arguing it would damage competition and increase airfares. The New Zealand Commerce Commission (NZCC) said airfares could have jumped by ...