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Market to open lower

AAP | MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015

... cent and 1.3 per cent respectively, while offshore driller Transocean lost 2.0 per cent. Pharmaceuticals were also weak. Merck lost 1.8 per cent, while biotech companies Amgen and Biogen both fell 1.2 per cent. In the tech sector, Intel lost 1.7 per ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP | TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014

... cent to 4,442.55 compared with Friday's close. Frankfurt's DAX 30 index had initially been lifted by the announcement that Merck KGaA is to buy US speciality chemicals firm Sigma-Aldrich for 13.1 billion euros ($A18 billion), but closed down 0.51 per ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP | FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014

... shares. AT&T picked up 1.8 per cent amid signs that DirecTV might be open to a takeover by the telecom giant. Drug maker Merck meanwhile sank 1.8 per cent, continuing its fall since announcing a deal to sell its consumer-care business to Bayer for $US14.2 ...

Market Wrap

AAP | THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013

... blue-chip companies in the Dow recorded gains. The biggest winners were General Electric (+2.2 per cent), Intel (+2.4 per cent), Merck (+2.9 per cent), Pfizer (+2.8 per cent) and Microsoft (+2.3 per cent). Top Nasdaq companies also scored. Apple was ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011

... pushed higher by the announcement of US, British and Canadian sanctions against Iran's central bank and petrochemical sector. Merck fell nearly one per cent after the Justice Department said the firm would pay a fine of nearly $US1 billion ($A1.02 billion) ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011

... industrial conglomerate widely seen as an economic bellwether, gained 2.0 per cent for the day, while pharmaceuticals giant Merck was down 2.2 per cent. LONDON - Financial markets went into sharp reverse as doubts grew over a last-minute US debt deal ...

Plum time for corporate super outsourcing

ELISE BURGESS | WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011

... for tax consolidation and transfers. Plum have signed up seven new large mandates in the last two years including RACV and Merck Sharpe Dohme, taking its funds under administration up by $4.4 billion over the period to around $14.5 billion this year. ...

Plum wins BP super mandate

PLUM UPDATE | TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010

... corporate super funds that have joined Plum in the past year, including the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria Limited (RACV) and Merck Sharp & Dohme (Australia). To date, Plum has more than 45,000 new members and oversees more than $4.7 billion in funds ...

Happy days are back

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010

... that it doubled its net profits in 2009, lifted by investment banking and the sale of its Barclays Global Investors unit. Merck & Co, Kraft Foods and Abercrombie & Fitch also reported earnings that topped analysts' expectations. Now we're talking! According ...

Plum wins mandates

COMPANY RELEASE | THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009

... has won mandates to administer the super arrangements of the Victorian Organisation Royal Automobile Club of Victoria and Merck Sharp & Dohme (Australia). The deals will see Plum administer services to the two funds which have a combined $340 million ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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