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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
... reporting season continues with first half results expected from the Seven Network, NIB Holdings, Australian Vintage, Macarthur Coal, Worley Parsons, MFS Living and Leisure Group and Henderson Group Plc. Annual results are expected from Westfield Group ...

BCA call to freeze Budget gets cold shoulder

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
The Business Council of Australia (BCA) wants the government to freeze budget expenditure for three years but doesn't believe executive salaries should follow suit. In its Budget submission, the BCA said the Federal Budget should "Set a target of zero ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
... first half fall in net profit after tax to $397 million. ResMed Inc also is due to release second quarter results. Xstrata Coal's hostile bid for Resource Pacific Holdings Ltd closes. The Australian share market closed down slightly on the back of inflation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
... interim results, as does Woolworths Ltd. In resources, Lihir Gold Ltd shows four quarter production figures and Centennial Coal Co Ltd reveals its second quarter production figures. Biodiesel producer Jatoil Limited lists on the Australian stock exchange ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
... and Lion Nathan Ltd release full year results and SP AusNet Ltd releases its first half result. Sims Group Ltd, Macarthur Coal Ltd, Pattie Foods Ltd, Mount Gibson Iron Ltd and Cabcharge Australia Ltd hold their annual general meetings. The Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
... update and resources companies BHP Billiton Ltd, Newcrest Mining Ltd, Oxiana Ltd, Oil Search Ltd, Perilya Ltd and Gloucester Coal Ltd all release quarterly production reports Futuris Ltd, Pacific Brands Ltd, Cochlear Ltd and Stockland Ltd hold their ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
... Ltd hold annual general meetings. Australian shares ended down for a fourth straight session yesterday, after disappointing coal production figures from miner Rio Tinto and profit-taking in the oil sector. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 11.9 ...

Money can't buy confidence

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2007
Consumer confidence has bounced back, after an 8.1 per cent fall last month, to 14.3 per cent above last year's levels and 13.9 per cent above the 20-year average. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute (W-MI) Index of Consumer Sentiment rose by 4.2 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
... Index was down 24.29 points, or 0.92 per cent, at 2,605.95. BHP Billiton hopes to sell its flagship Optimum South African coal mine by the end of June 2008, behind its own target to dispose of it by the end of the second quarter of this year. In Australia ...

Sydney on $24 million a day

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... showering facilities on offer, some protesters are already enjoying free accommodation after getting creative on the side of a coal ship in Newcastle. On Tuesday morning, 12 Greenpeace activists rowed little inflatable boats into the world's biggest ...