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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2007
... higher to 6802 on a volume of 10,703 contracts. CommSec equities economist Martin Arnold said the market was abuzz with takeover talk after the board of Jubilee Mines NL unanimously recommended an all cash $3.1 billion bid by Swiss mining giant Xstrata ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
... New Zealand sharemarket dipped yesterday amid a lack of corporate news, with investors waiting for details on top-10 takeover targets, Sky City Entertainment and Auckland Airport. The NZSX-50 benchmark index closed down 8.7 points, or 0.2 per cent, at ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2007
... $45.26 on firmer base metals prices in London, while Rio Tinto gained $1.16 to $110.26. Murchison Metals Ltd today made a takeover offer for iron ore miner Midwest Corporation Ltd valuing the company at up to $986.33 million. Midwest shares were up $1.05 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
... BHP's railway lines in the Pilbara to other miners. In Perth, Toro Energy Ltd holds a shareholder meeting on its proposed takeover of Nova Energy Ltd, while Telstra holds the NSW Business Women's Awards Presentation in Sydney. The Australian sharemarket ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
... out of the US. The index was also boosted by the financial sector, with troubled bank Northern Rock at the centre of takeover speculation. The FTSE 100 closed 53.4 points or 0.83 per cent higher to 6,486.4. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended 49.64 points ...

CBA counting on NAB and Westpac

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... independent expert hired to provide an opinion to shareholders of IWL in connection with the proposed scheme for the takeover of IWL by CBA later this year. Lonergan Edwards wrote in their report, published on Friday, that "significant contract risks" ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... Friday, helped by the highs on Wall Street in the wake of the interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve. Rumours on a takeover offer linked to Northern Rock fuelled the financial sector and higher precious metal prices drove up the miners. The FTSE 100 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2007
... a hefty interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve lifted sentiment, but Northern Rock fell on speculation of a low takeover bid for the embattled bank. The FTSE 100 closed up 176.7 points to 6,460. FRANKFURT - The DAX index lifted 175.63 points to ...

Mariner taps into private equity

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
... at $68.7 million, and represents a premium of 25 per cent over the six month VWAP to 13 September 2007. The proposed takeover is subject to a 90 per cent minimum acceptance condition. If successful, the majority of the funding will come from three-year ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2007
... last quarter of calendar 2007 also is released. On the stock market, Symbion Health Ltd holds its scheme meeting on a takeover proposal from Healthscope Ltd, and an information meeting will be held for noteholders of failed property investment firm Australian ...