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Australians need another $130,000 for retirement: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... most significant offsetting price falls this quarter are domestic holiday travel and accommodation (-5.4%) and pharmaceutical products (-1.8%).

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... to 11,211.85. Trading was lifted by positive corporate results across Europe, including encouraging numbers from pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, Barclays bank and French companies Peugeot and Total. HONG KONG - Shanghai stocks recovered after plunging ...

Blue Sky acquires majority stake in HPS

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
... Partners Group to acquire a majority stake in hospital pharmacy services business HPS. Founded in 1975, HPS provides pharmaceutical products and services to private and public hospitals, oncology facilities, IVF clinics and prisons. It employs 430 staff ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower after US and European markets fell on Friday amid fears over a Greek debt default. The June share price index futures contract was down six points at 5,528. On Friday, US and European stocks fell ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... points. NEW YORK - The Dow Jones and S&P 500 indexes have closed at fresh highs, following acquisitions in the pharmaceutical and apparel sectors and a rise in Dow member Apple. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 26.32 points (0.14 per cent) to 18,298.88 ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... has raised its stake in the boutique that markets to mothers and features daily deals. Alibaba shed 0.4 per cent. Pharmaceutical company Actavis rose 3.1 per cent as first-quarter earnings excluding the Allergan acquisition and other one-time costs translated ...

Henderson launches dividend-seeker fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
Henderson Global Investors has launched in Australia its Global Equity Income Fund, which seeks to invest in dividend paying stocks. The fund is managed by Henderson's global equity income team, led by head of global equity income Alex Crooke, and it ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... equities news, Newcrest, BC Iron and Sandfire Resources March are expected to release quarterly results, Australian Pharmaceutical Industries post half year results, while Telstra has an investor day. Mitsui & Co Australia's chief executive Yasushi Takahashi ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street surged more than one per cent following the Federal Reserve's statement on interest rates. At 0815 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up 27 points at 5,880. ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... have snapped a two-day losing streak, finishing higher on news of European monetary stimulus and a $21 billion pharmaceutical merger. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 18,135.72, up 38.82 points (0.21 per cent). The broad-based S&P 500 rose ...