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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... Post, and taken full ownership of air freight business Australian air Express. Shortly after the market opened, the High Court ruled Qantas must pay $34 million in GST it had collected from passengers who booked tickets but didn't take their flights. ...

Banks take Bell Group case to High Court

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
The consortium of 20 banks involved in Australia's longest-running court case is seeking leave to appeal to the High Court. The banks, led by Westpac, lost an appeal in Western Australia's Supreme Court last month on a 2008 ruling that ordered them ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... quickly died out as soon as the first set of bad news trickled out of the region. The most recent one being Germany's high court still deliberating the constitutional legality of the European Support Mechanism (ESM) - the bailout fund that is the integral ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... Woolworths is expected to release third quarter sales figures while Sydney Airport March its traffic results while the High Court is due to hand down its judgment in iiNet v Roadshow appeal case. In Australia, the market on Thursday closed at a fresh ...

ASFA, FSC applaud passing of SG rise

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... would survive any possible legal challenge, with reports mining magnate Clive Palmer is planning to take it to the High Court.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... CANBERRA - Finance Minister Penny Wong says she is confident the government's newly passed mining tax will survive any High Court challenge the opposition might launch against itATHENS - Greece's struggling economy will contract by another 4.5 per cent ...

SG High Court challenge lost

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... challenge that questioned whether the Superannuation Guarantee Charge Act was valid under the constitution has lost in the High Court of Australia. The case, Roy Morgan Research Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation, ultimately found that the Superannuation ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... threatened to take similar action next week, saying management is not taking job security negotiations seriously. The High Court in New Zealand ordered Qantas to pay a $NZ6.5 million ($A4.82 million) penalty as part of a pre-trial settlement in the air ...

Super future hangs on High Court decision

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
Super funds will be keenly watching the outcome of a precedent making High Court case that has the potential to destroy a major plank of superannuation legislation, an industry body said today. Market research company Roy Morgan Research has challenged ...

KPMG challenges ASIC on Constitutional powers

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... breaches of Corporations Act were taking place within the Westpoint Group. The action was later transferred to the High Court in April this year with compensation claims of $200 million. ASIC's action could potentially benefit up to 80 per cent of investors ...