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Fitch assigns senior unsecured rating of A-minus to PBL

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2004
... media and entertainment company PBL, which recently made a takeover bid for Burswood, the owner of the Burswood Casino in Perth. PBL's rating outlook is stable. About $2 billion of senior unsecured debt was affected by this action, Fitch said. Fitch ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2004
... Brisbane and there is an expectation that Kerry Packer's PBL will unveil whether or not it will continue its takeover plan for Perth's Burswood, given that the company has changed chief executive's since the deal was first proposed.

ABS says city house prices up 2.5% in March quarter

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2004
... way with a 6.2% increase, followed by Darwin on 5.7%. Hobart prices rose 4.3%, Canberra 4.2%, Sydney 3.5%, Adelaide 3% and Perth 1.2%.

Burswood directors reject PBL takeover offer

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2004
Perth casino operator Burswood said today that the directors recommend rejecting the $1.40 per share takeover offer from Publishing and Broadcasting. This follows PBL's decision last month to make the offer for the remainder of the shares in Burswood ...

PBL announces takeover offer for Burswood Casino

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2004
... last night made a takeover move on Burswood Ltd, seven months after becoming the largest stakeholder in the operator of Perth's casino and hotel complex. PBL subsidiary PBL (WA), currently holds 15.6 per cent of Burswood Ltd, the operator of the Burswood ...

Asset Backed to buy China phosphate operation for $6.4 million

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2004
... Asset Backed Holdings said it plans to buy a phosphate rock operation and chemical plant in China for $6.4 million. The Perth based company said it would buy Norwest Chemicals and its Chinese subsidiary by issuing 21.4 million of its shares and paying ...

Perth-based director found not guilty of insider trading

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2004
The investment watchdog today said Perth-based company director Robert Paul Martin had been found not guilty of insider trading in shares of Roehampton Resources NL. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said Martin was acquitted ...

ASIC bans Perth investment adviser for 18 months

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today announced that it had banned a Perth-based investment adviser, from acting as an authorised representative of a securities dealer or an investment adviser for 18 months. Following an ...

Brisbane has highest housing price increase for the year: ABS

... Close on its heels is Canberra with a 24.4% in its housing price index for the year, whilst Adelaide comes third at 22.8%, Perth fourth at 19.2%, Hobart next at 19.1%, whilst Sydney at 16.5%, Melbourne at 11.6% and Darwin at 5.6% hold the rear. The weighted ...

Investa ups distribution forecast

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
... group's gearing level was at 32.9 per cent. Investa inherited POF's 12 office properties located in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, taking assets in its investment portfolio to $4.3 billion. One of the properties, 126 Phillip Street in Sydney, would provide ...