Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 741 - 750 of 790 results for "Materials"

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2006
... this level maybe a little less when the heat goes out of the Rinker and Rio stocks but I think it will be a green day." Materials company Rinker surged $3.80 to $18.50 by 1201 AEDT following a $16.8 billion takeover bid by Mexican cement maker Cemex. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2006
... 5,351. Today, Bendigo Bank, Transfield Services and Australian Pipeline Trust hold their annual general meetings and materials company Rinker Group is expected to respond to Mexican cement giant Cemex's $US12.8 billion ($A16.79 billion) takeover offer. ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2006
... The Australian stock market remained lower at noon today, pulled back by weakness among the major miners and building materials stocks. Aequs Securities institutional dealer Ric Klusman said a profit downgrade from building materials firm Boral Ltd triggered ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
... linch pin in the decision. Dr Stevens said that rising Australian inflation was due to pressures on labour costs and materials as a function of the resources boom and the continued strength of consumer demand. It was more than the one-off effect of rising ...

Daily economic round-up

ALFRED SINN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2006
... economists later tonight. The ASX 200 is up 0.5 per cent at noon; with most sectors showing strong gain with Health Care, Materials, Consumer Discretionary and financials leading the pack. BHP is up 24 cents at 26.1, CSL up $1.41 at 56.9, while Telstra ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2006
... institutional dealer Ric Klusman said a strong resource sector and takeover activity were driving the market. He said building materials group Rinker was up after it delivered a speech in the US two days ago. "There is some US buying in the market for ...

Move over FinLit, CrickLit is on its way

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2006
... so far from those who participated in the pilots has been tremendous. "The value of these programs is three-fold: the materials are ready-made for students and teachers, the content forms part of the school curriculum covering key learning areas such ...

Southern Cross aims to invest early with VC fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2006
... international venture capital firms. The $200 million Southern Cross Fund will look for investment stories in the areas of materials, electronics, IT, telecommunications, nanotechnology, environmental science, defence and clean energy in the Australian ...

Macq talks up its quiet achiever in geared property

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2006
... of increased marketing activity, which will see 70,000 individual investors and 2,000 advisers receiving information materials on the fund this week. "We've seen very steady inflows in the last 3-4 months and its probably almost doubled in size in the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2006
... their inflationary effects as a result of businesses, particularly in the construction sector, competing for labour and materials. Costello argues that the $9 billion that has been set aside for tax cuts per year over the next four years will not have ...