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Vanguard supports removal of News Corp

Going against the tide of many high-profile voices, Vanguard Investments said it supported the removal of News Corp from the domestic Standard & Poor's share price indices saying the media giant was essentially a US company anyway and its removal from ...

AMP shares up nearly 3% on prospect of higher dividends

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2004
Shares in AMP jumped nearly 3% today as investors gave a tick of approval to the financial services group's accelerated debt reduction and the prospect of higher dividends in the future. AMP announced before the market opened that it had repurchased ...

S&P affirms Tower ratings, upgrades outlook.

Ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) have upgraded its outlook guidance on all rated Tower entities to stable from negative, S&P said today. "Tower's outlook change reflects the return to profitability in the past two halves and the steady progress ...

ATO to review deductions for commercial property: report

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2004
Investors in listed property trusts could reportedly be hit by changes to the tax deductions allowed for shopping centres, office towers, hotels and industrial facilities. The Australian Financial Review reports the tax office has signalled a review ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2004
The Australian market is likely to open slightly firmer, although it could slip into the red over the course of the day as weaker oil, gold and base metal prices impact resource stocks. US markets nudged ahead overnight as other offshore stockmarkets ...

AMP to reduce debt by $700 mln via offshore bond buy back

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2004
Financial services and insurance group AMP took another step towards recapturing an A credit rating on Monday, announcing it would slash offshore debt by $700 million. The plan to repurchase offshore bonds should cut AMP's debt to its stated target ...

Macquarie ProLogis settles on seven US properties

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2004
Industrial property investor Macquarie ProLogis Trust has settled the $US95.5 million ($A137.1 million) acquisition of seven United States properties. Macquarie ProLogis said it made the initial settlement on Friday, in the deal to buy the properties ...

Market wrap

Global equity markets rose as one overnight, with European, Asian and US markets all higher after world oil prices slid back below the US$40 a barrel mark. Solid US GDP data, printing at an annualised 4.4% for the quarter, up from 4.3% previously, also ...

Business urged to take advantage of Aust-Thai FTA

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2004
Australian businesses that moved quickly to take advantage of the free trade agreement with Thailand would be the most successful, Austrade said today. The agreement, the first Thailand has negotiated with a developed country, was expected to be signed ...

Superannuation changes will spark salary review: Mercer

Proposed changes to the Federal Government's superannuation regime and income tax threshold's will make current salary packaging less effective financially due the reduction in tax effectiveness for pre-tax contributions and the increase in attractiveness ...