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Federal Government to stay out of Telstra share buyback

The Federal Government will not participate in Telstra's $1 billion share buyback, Finance Minister Nick Minchin said today...

Australian service industries pick up pace of activity: survey

Australian service industries have picked up the pace of activity, according to an inaugural survey published...

Domestic wines sales rise 5.1% for the year: ABS

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has announced that the quantity of domestic wine sales had increased 5.1 per cent for the year, and 0.8% from June to July to 34.6 million litres...

Morning market wrap: US shares build on earlier gains

The Nasdaq composite index raced to a new 17-month high, and the Dow Jones industrial average and S&P 500 advanced to new 14-month highs overnight...

ASFA conference to host Coonan and Latham

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has announced today that the ASFA National Conference 2003 SuperScorecard...

Perennial announces ownership, management changes

Perennial Investment Partners today announced a capital injection from major shareholder IOOF, and a restructuring of the board to enable a greater representation of Perennial executives.

Afternoon market wrap: All Ordinaries rise 0.45%

The All Ordinaries rose 0.45 per cent value in trading at close this afternoon as the ABS said that the housing price index has surged by 5.1% for the June quarter...

Westpac tops global sustainability index for second year running

Westpac leads the global banking community on corporate sustainability, according to the 2003-04 Dow Jones Sustainability Index, released this afternoon...

Morningstar awards three stars to Perpetual and Macquarie international equities

Morningstar has given a three star rating for Perpetual Investment Management’s international equities management citing that the company’s competitive advantage...

ASIC gives clean bill to ASX, commends its high integrity

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has today released the results of its first assessment of the Australian Stock Exchange’s (ASX) market supervisions role...