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Regional recovery under way: report

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2004
... Regional Economic Report Summer 2004, the regional consumer sentiment index rose to 167 in January - close to a nine and half year high - and almost back to the level reached prior to the lift in interest rates by the Reserve Bank of Australia. During ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2004
... 0.7726/31. The local dollar reached a high of $US0.7795 in overnight trade, retracing much of its decline from the six and a half year high of 78.13, set on January 14. The share market may move higher, but any gains are likely to be muted after mixed ...

Foxtel to roll out digital services

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2004
Foxtel will roll out its digital Pay TV service over the next two and a half years by which time it will offer more than 130 channels and a range of interactive services, the company said today. From its current base of just over one million customers ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2004
The Australian dollar opened weaker today, retreating from a fresh six and a half year high overnight, as the United States dollar gained strength from comments made by Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2004
... The Australian dollar opened broadly unchanged, after it continued its upward trend overnight to hit a fresh six and a half year high. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7775/80 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7777/82. The local ...

IAG to sell ClearView businesses to MBF

Insurance Australia Group (IAG) has announced it has agreed to sell its ClearView businesses to MBF for approximately $220 million plus up to $50 million in earn-out, subject to business performance. Under the sale agreement, MBF will pay IAG an upfront ...

Melbourne director handed suspended jail sentence

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2003
A company director from Melbourne has been served a suspended sentence in the County Court to serve two and a half years jail, after earlier being found guilty on 19 counts of obtaining a financial advantage by deception. The director, Leon Theoharopoulos ...

Macquarie Bank says H2 significantly up on prior H2

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2003
... below the first half due to the timing of performance fees." The company reported a $242 million net profit for the half year to September 2003, up 32 per cent on the previous corresponding period. A 90 per cent franked interim dividend of 52 cents was ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian stocks close lower

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2003
... Cross Broadcasting bucked the trend to leap 49 cents to $11.05 after forecasting strong earnings growth for the current half year. Among other blue chips on the slide today was Telstra, which dropped one cent to $4.74, while Lend Lease fell 19 cents ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar sinks below $US0.7000

The Australian dollar sank below $US0.7000 overnight as the United States dollar swept to strength on the back of a resurgent US manufacturing sector. The Australian dollar slumped by nearly a full US cent in New York following manufacturing data at ...