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NAB takeover of AMP a risk to BT if executed well: BT

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2003
... opportunities. "So that's what it boils down to. "I think that picking it I would say if it did occur, we would expect it to execute pretty well and that would clearly be a risk to not just us but to the rest of the industry. "It's a very, very big operation." ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian shares close higher

WITH AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2003
... Newcrest Mining was 13 cents lower at $12.66 and Lihir Gold shed two cents to $1.62. "A lot of these gold stocks have had pretty good runs in anticipation of the gold price reaching $US400, so just getting there was a relief," Mr Halliday said. Stock ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares, bonds close down

... Michael Jansen said prices lifted off their lows on the less hawkish than expected statement. "It seemed to me to read pretty much close to the statement we got last week with the rate hike, so not much new in it," he said. Most economists said the statement ...

Midday market wrap: Shares, bonds lower on RBA move

... were expecting a move today there could be profit takers at 70.90," he said. "If we got through 71 we could head to 71.50 pretty quickly." He said the Reserve Bank was much more upbeat now about the global economy. "The strength in Japan, East Asia... ...

Economists expect sedate employment growth for September

... number, because we will not have had a sustained period of the unemployment rate this low for decades and it will be a pretty good news story," he said. Geoff Kendrick, a Westpac economist, said that he also expected a rise of 10,000 in the workforce ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: Flat trading for NSW, SA and ACT public holiday

... strongly today following on from New York on Friday but just increased slowly since then," Mr Briscoe said. "Financials were pretty stable, but resources were stronger today, with strong gains in WMC Resources, BHP and Rio." In New York, the broad Standard ...

Midday market wrap: Banks keep ASX above water

AAP. COMMONWEALTH SECURITIES  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2003
... underlying index - on a volume of 5,944 contracts. Wilson HTM private client adviser Angus Bligh said while the market was pretty flat, it was surprising that it was trading in positive territory at all considering the losses on Wall Street overnight. ...

Trade balance to remain in wide deficit in Aug: economists

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2003
... tourism industry post-SARS should bump up services exports. "A mix of higher imports, higher exports should leave the balance pretty much unchanged at a very wide level," he said. Mr Koukoulas said going forward the stronger Australian dollar would make ...

Promina Group on track to meet profit forecast

... of $188 million in 2002/03. Mr Wilkins said that the group's first half net profit of $135 million put the group "in a pretty strong position" to deliver its previous full year profit forecast. He added that the group was "on track to achieve the forecast ...

Costello admits full Telstra sale faces long road through Senate

... harder to get the legislation passed in the senate. "I'm sure it will be a long period," he said. "The bill was passed by a pretty substantial majority in the House of Representatives, of course the government doesn't have a majority in the Senate, never ...