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Government offers industry the simple life

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
... takeovers, the bill also removes the need to record and store all phone conversations with retail shareholders during takeover bids, while paperwork related to charges will go online. Commenting on the new legislation, Parliamentary Secretary to the ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
... at 6239. In company news, Babcock & Brown Ltd holds its annual general meeting and APN Ltd shareholders will vote on a takeover scheme of arrangement. Oil and gas explorer Sapex Ltd lists on Australian stock exchange. At yesterday's stockmarket close ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2007
... overnight as a warning about Chinese stocks by former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan erased gains fueled by takeover talk in the aluminum sector. Greenspan said he feared a "dramatic contraction" in Chinese stocks after the recent boom, adding ...

Private equity redefines mum-and-dad investing

... invest in Coles because the company had weak fundamentals missed out on gaining an extra one per cent return after the takeover announcement. "How does one respond to a fundamentally-based manager which did not hold Coles in August 2006 on the (correct) ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
... at 6338.8, while the all ordinaries lost 22.3 points to 6350.2 but touched a new intraday high of 6390.3. NEW YORK - Takeover news and speculation drove the Nasdaq to its highest close in more than six years on Tuesday, with casino and technology stocks ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2007
... Citigroup raised its price target on the stock, lifting the Nasdaq, while technology stocks benefited from a $US25 billion takeover deal for mobile phone company Alltel Corp. The Dow Jones industrial average declined 13.65 points, or 0.10 per cent, to ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2007
... on Friday giving the Dow and the S&P 500 seven straight weeks of gains and pushing the Dow to a record close, as more takeover activity and consumer sentiment data improved the outlook for equities. A gauge of consumer sentiment rose more than expected ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2007
... retailer, Coles Group, reported a small rise in third quarter sales and says its earnings guidance remains unchanged. The takeover target reported a rise of 0.6 per cent to $8.4 billion for the 13 weeks ended April 29. Mr Chatterton said there had been ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2007
... Peptech. AMP Ltd, Petsec Energy, and Iluka Resources Ltd hold their AGMs today. Australia's second largest retailer and takeover target, Coles Group Ltd, will release third quarter sales results, with market players hoping to get a review of the ownership ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
With takeover talk still running through global equity markets and a positive lead from New York, the local market is likely to open higher today. At 0806 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was down 36 points to ...