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Advice goes direct to retail shopfronts

... around 30 per cent," he said. Critics might suggest a 20-planner office may seem tokenistic given the size and scale of a company like AMP, but more than a non-committal gesture, the move is symbolic of the group's strategy to try a new approach, raise ...

AIA to list, names new chief

PRESS RELEASES  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... 1986 and was the group chief executive of Prudential plc from May 2005 to September 2009. "Mark Tucker has the public company experience, track record, relationships, judgement and leadership qualities that will help us accomplish our ambitious goals ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... Street on Monday, stocks made modest gains amid renewed concerns that the US economic recovery is stalling and as the company earnings season picked up steam. Investors shook off a disappointing reading on homebuilders' confidence and focused instead ...

Been there, done that

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
Wall Street's weekend may have done it some good. It left pondering the tug o' war between good company profit results and negative economic data. The Street didn't like what it saw. Investors sold... heavily. Wall Street returned last night, still ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... our cities and infrastructure challenges beyond 2010". The public examination into the collapse of financial services company Octavia Ltd, formerly known as MFS, continues in the NSW Supreme Court. A Melbourne Mining Club event will feature BCD Resources ...

Canadian pension fund bids for Intoll

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... no guarantee the pension fund will outline a formal binding proposal to buy Intoll's stapled securities, according to a company statement. "The directors of Intoll have not formed a view as to the adequacy of the proposal and accordingly recommend that ...

US pension funds get $800m from class action

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... certain types of insurance. The statement noted that AIG engaged in straightforward stock price manipulation, in which company executives ordered company traders to inflate AIG stock price.

Tower and IRESS launch Accelerate Connect

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
Tower Australia and IRESS Market Technology have launched Accelerate Connect -providing advisers with a straight through link from comparison to the application process on the same screen. Accelerate Connect allows advisers to launch the TOWER Australia ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... for June. In equities news, the public examination into the collapse of MFS/Octaviar resumes in Sydney, while investment company Djerriwarrh Investments releases full-year results. The Australian share market closed lower on Friday, led by losses in ...

Saved by BP and Goldman

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... and then markets worry about growth when Beijing implements restrictive policy. But back to the US. JP Morgan, energy company Nexen and healthcare products company Novartis all reported second quarter earnings last night. All beat market expectations. ...