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Morning Market Wrap: Market likely to follow weak offshore indices

... share price index was six points lower at 3226 on a volume of 546 contracts by 0649 AEDT. In the news today, shares in Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd are expected to take off when the airline debuts on the Australian Stock exchange, with analysts predicting ...

ACCC to discontinue Qantas airlines matter

... Federal Court litigation concerning allegations that Qantas misused its market power on the Brisbane-Adelaide route after Virgin Blue Airlines Pty Ltd's entry in December 2000. "The ACCC will discontinue the action, following further legal advice and ...

Midday market wrap: Shares, bonds both ease on stronger US data

... parent Singapore Telecommunications was steady at $1.47. Shares in Qantas lost five cents to $3.40, while discount carrier Virgin Blue lodged the prospectus today for its $2 billion float which is likely to take place before the end of the year. Healthcare ...

US energy group AES to make bid for Loy Yang - report

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2003
United States energy company AES Corporation has reportedly joined the race to buy Victoria's biggest electricity producer, Loy Yang, with a $3.1 billion bid. The bid aims to trump an offer from Australian Gas Light, which has faced delays in getting ...

NZCC blocks AirNZ/Qantas alliance

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2003
... competitive detriment likely to arise from the proposal." She said the competition provided by Australian discount carrier Virgin Blue, which planned to enter the Tasman and New Zealand domestic markets, and other international airlines on the Tasman ...

Corporate fund earns top rating

... said. In less than 12 months Sunsuper Corporate has been taken up by a large number of companies including Rothschild, Virgin Blue, Mackay Sugar and Buderim Ginger. The AAA rating also follows new research from industry consultant Rainmaker Information ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks trail higher

The All Ordinaries is expected to take the lead from the markets in the US, with the Dow Jones having gained 1.17 per cent overnight and the Nasdaq reaching higher by 1.38%. London's FTSE-100 reached higher by 21.70 points or 0.5% to 4314.70. Meanwhile ...

Virgin Blue responds to watchdog air alliance decision

Virgin Blue said today the Australian competition watchdog's decision to deny approval for an alliance of its two major Trans-Tasman competitors helped clarify its future plans. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) today said there ...

ACCC to announce Qantas-Air NZ fate tomorrow

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2003
... and Air New Zealand had to make significant concessions for the alliance to be approved. The watchdog raised the concern Virgin Blue was unlikely to compete against a combined Air New Zealand Qantas, handing the alliance a virtual monopoly. In May, Qantas ...

NZCC submission further support for proposed air-alliance

... the "vulnerable" situation that Air New Zealand faces if it goes head to head with Qantas and a budget carrier such as Virgin Blue, in domestic NZ routes. "One airline will ultimately have to give ground," Air NZ said. "The most vulnerable in such a ...