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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
... Queensland, The Rock Building Society Ltd holds its AGM. Tonight at 0100 AEST (1000 US Eastern Standard Time) News Corporation holds its annual meeting in New York. Yesterday, Australian shares rose 1.3 per cent led by materials and energy sectors, recouping ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
... and property group Trinity Group. Upmarket retailer David Jones will release its fourth quarter sales results. News Corporation will release its 4th quarter results overnight, timed for 0600 AEST Thursday. Australian shares enjoyed a more buoyant performance ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007
... despite the announcement it will run Google AdWords advertisements on its online news outlets. Newspaper rival News Corporation was down 10 cents to $28.31 while the non-voting shares were up three cents to $26.28.

New deputy governor for RBA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
... Investments. He was chairman of NABGroup from 2004-05 and a director from 1997-2005. He has also served as a director of News Corporation between 2001 and 2004 and Southcorp from 1994 until 2001. "I am confident that the new appointees will contribute ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2006
... business survey, and tonight a benefit dinner hosted by the American Australian Association will be held for News Corporation boss Rupert Murdoch. Yesterday the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index dropped 18.3 points to 5418.4, while the all ordinaries reversed ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2006
... it had joined up with Sky Italia to buy a 90 per cent stake in Italy's biggest real estate website. Shares in News Corporation, which owns all of Sky Italia, were up 26 cents to $27.65 and its non-voting scrip lifted 21 cents to $26.62. Around the rest ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2006
... On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was down 11 points at 4,977. Today, News Corporation, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Crane Group all release their annual results. Australian shares closed higher yesterday ...

ACSI praised for corporate governance campaign

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2006
... ACSI was awarded the top honour at the annual ICGN conference in the US, "specifically for its leadership in the News Corporation campaign." ACSI was successful in campaigning against News Corporation governance issues after the media empire moved it ...

S&P changes its indices

S&P has announced changes to its indices in the US and Australia in relation to News Corporation. After trading closes on Friday December 17, 2004 New Corp. will be included as part of the S&P 500 index. Three to five days before News' inclusion in ...

Four stage phase out for News Corp; S&P

... actively consulted the market to canvass participants' views on the most appropriate process for the transition of News Corporation," S&P head of index services Tim Eisenhauer said. "There views have been a key consideration in the S&P Australian Index ...