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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2006
... profit result $600,000 up on its original forecast. REX's share price shot up six cents, or 5.45 per cent, to $1.16, while Virgin Blue found two cents to $1.66 and national carrier Qantas leaped nine cents to $3.62. Elsewhere, electronics retailer Harvey ...

Aussies spend $8.7bn on celebrity makeover

... Financial planners may well need to start asking their clients the question "Who is your favourite celebrity?" after a Virgin Money study found that Australians have racked up an annual $8.7 billion credit card bill to look like their movie idols. The ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
... companies reporting annual results, including BHP Billiton Ltd, Brambles Industries Ltd, Transurban Group, CSL Ltd and Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd. Adelaide Brighton Ltd and Macquarie Airports will also announce first half profits. The Australian share ...

Careless spending wastes $25bn

... food and trashy magazines, with the unusual discovery that men are actually the bigger 'careless spenders' than women. Virgin Money has commissioned Galaxy Research to poll 600 Australians aged 18 to 49 on their spending habits in the company's latest ...

Virgin motors on with new chief

Virgin Money has appointed NRMA's David Wakeley as its new chief executive officer two months after the resignation of founding chief Rohan Gamble. "We were somewhat overwhelmed by the number of applications we had to wade through for the role and in ...

Flexibility but at a great price - the Virgin Mortgages way

Virgin Mortgages is targeting Gen X and Y consumers who want a good value deal with well priced but useful features rather than just the cheapest product. Interim CEO David Baxby said that the loan's appeal is all "in the detail" as Virgin is not competing ...

Virgin home loan spices up mortgage lending

Competition is about to heat up in the home loan market after Virgin Money launched its much-anticipated home loan product which promises a low 6.59 per cent variable interest rate, a 'repayment holiday' option and savings of over $25,000. Virgin Money ...

Virgin Money on the hunt for new CEO

Virgin Money is on the lookout for a new CEO after it announced that its founding managing director Rohan Gamble has resigned. The news comes only a few days before Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson arrives to launch Virgin's third financial offering ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2006
... eight points firmer at 4,890. On the day GWA, Primary Health Care, Centro and Hills all release first half earnings while Virgin Blue fronts shareholders in Brisbane. NEW YORK - US blue-chip stocks eked out a slim gain as a brokerage upgrade helped lift ...

Macquarie leads in project finance

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2006
... Competition and Consumer Commission in December for "misusing" its monopoly powers at Sydney Airport, following complaints by Virgin Blue.