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Profit warnings for ASX-listed companies on the decline

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2004
The number of profit warnings from Australian businesses fell by nearly one third in 2003/04, with the volatile Australian dollar the major trigger, an Ernst & Young study said on Tuesday. The downward trend in profit warnings was expected to continue ...

Lend Lease suspends controversial share buy back

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2004
... release of the results,\" Lend Lease said in a statement. The buyback will re-commence on 20 August. The move is required by ASX listing rules. The share buyback was announced on 24 May at the same time that Lend Lease announced its $10 billion merger ...

News Corp exit will not hurt ASX, says Humphry

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2004
... there had been comment that News Corp, which is joining the New York Stock Exchange, would take seven to eight per cent of the ASX activity when it relists in the United States. \"That\'s simply not going to be the case,\" Humphry said. \"A very worst ...

ASX expects momentum to continue into FY05 after record FY04

... driven by new listings and strong trading volumes, with the robust momentum expected to continue this financial year. The ASX reported net earnings for the year to June 30, 2004, of $82.69 million, a strong 43.2 per cent rise on the previous year. Shares ...

ASX ceo says local market will cope without News Corp

Australian Stock Exchange chief executive Richard Humphry today said he believed the local market was strong enough to cope with the possible loss of News Corp. The media giant is relocating its headquarters to the United States and is considering moving ...

S&P begins consultation on management of News index move

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2004
Equity index provider Standard & Poor\'s on Tuesday reassured anxious investors any change in News Corp listing on key Australian stock indices will occur proportionally. Responding to concerns News Corp\'s likely removal from benchmark indices would ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2004
... price index contract - an indicator of activity ahead - was 16 points firmer at 3503 with 763 contracts traded. On the day the ASX will provide its full year earnings to the market while Lend Lease will provide an update to the market on its takeover ...

Burswood unanimously recommends acceptance of PBL offer

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2004
... night unanimously recommended acceptance of Publishing and Broadcasting (PBL) takeover offer. In a joint announcement to the ASX, Burswood and PBL said the two companies had committed to working towards achieving PBL\'s 90% acceptance condition and $1.36 ...

ASX launches internal review after website glitch

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2004
... view the details of other user's watchlists. The problem took place at about 1000 (AEST) this morning on the website\'s \"My ASX\" section. ASX spokesman Gervase Green said about 12 users were able to see another person\'s watchlist, which is the group ...

Babcock & Brown to relocate HQ to Sydney before ASX listing

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2004
... $550 million in new capital through an initial public offering (IPO). \"Globally, all executives agree that a listing on the ASX is the most logical and appropriate course as the group seeks to expand its capital base,\" group executive chairman Jim ...