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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... lost 72 cents to $23.30, National Australia Bank declined 77 cents to $23.90 and ANZ dropped 59 cents to $16.33. Westpac takeover target St George slipped 90 cents to $30.32. Stocks in the US slumped on data showing higher jobless claims in the past ...

Saving Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... consequences of Bear Sterns failing for example, was [seen as] too much of a risk. The Fed basically moved to engineer a takeover by JPMorgan, and the same will be true here [with the two entities]," he said.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... The September share price index futures contract was 17 points lower at 5124 on volume of 16,708 contracts. Locally, takeover target Rio Tinto led the losses, down $4.25, or 3.54 per cent, to $115.72. Rio Tinto has signed agreements with the world's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
... was up 43 cents to $24.12, National Australia Bank rose 32 cents to $24.97 and ANZ added 35 cents to $17.00. Westpac takeover target St George improved by 64 cents to $31.07. Wealth manager and insurer AMP rose 18 cents to $7.33. Today, the Reserve Bank ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... $23.49. National Australia Bank gave up 27 cents, or 1.1 per cent to $24.23, while ANZ shed 13 cents to $16.48. Westpac takeover target St George Bank slid 13 cents to $30.25, while bank and insurer Suncorp-Metway Ltd lost one cent to $11.41. Base metals ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
... Australia Bank was up 66 cents, or 2.7 per cent to $24.66, while ANZ lifted 40 cents, or 2.47 per cent to $16.60. Westpac takeover target St George Bank was up 54 cents, or 1.82 per cent to $30.29, while insurer and bank Suncorp-Metway Ltd was off another ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... involvement with collapsed securities lender Opes Prime. Westpac added 25 cents, or 1.15 per cent to $21.91. while its takeover target St George Bank improved 35 cents, or 1.24 per cent to $28.50. The major miners were up, with BHP Billiton lifting $1.10 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
... first. ANZ fell 30 cents, or 1.87 per cent to $15.73, but Westpac dropped 59 cents, or 2.64 per cent to $21.78. Westpac takeover target St George Bank fell 58 cents, or 2.02 per cent to $28.20. The major miners were up, with BHP Billiton lifting 28 cents ...

Credit investors put bond issuers on notice

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... and analysts who had been very critical of the way Wesfarmers handled the issue of some outstanding bonds during its takeover of retailer Coles Group last year. To hear the investors tell the story, Wesfarmers management gave a clear indication back ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... Bank slidding seven cents to $24.03, ANZ dipping 16 cents to $15.99, Westpac dropping 14 cents to $22.12 and Westpac's takeover-target St George Bank falling 77 cents to $28.35 and. Mining giant BHP Billiton jumped $1.32, or 3.57 per cent, to $38.32 ...