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Afternoon market wrap: All Ordinaries end day on higher note

The All Ordinaries ended trading this afternoon gaining 9.2 points or a little less than a third of one per cent. Hong Kong stocks rose over a percent...

FirstMac prices $350 million MBS issue

Macquarie Bank Ltd has announced that the FirstMac Group has priced a $350 million mortgage backed securitisation issue under its FirstMac Bond Series Trust securitisation programme...

ABS releases latest business indicators data

The latest business indicators figures for Australia, compiled by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) disclosed today show that income from the sales of goods and services...

Adelaide company director jailed: ASIC

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said today that Christopher Beresford James, an Adelaide company director, was sentenced by the Adelaide District Court today...

Two heads better than one following AMP Henderson regional split

AMP Henderson has appointed Merv Peacock to the position of head of private capital and Michael Anderson head of Australian equities...

Morningstar appoints Justin Walsh as head of research for Australia

Morningstar has today announced that it had appointed Justin Walsh as head of research for its Australian business...

Building approvals rise 2.1% for July: ABS

Building approvals across Australia during the month of July was 15,029, a rise of 2.1 per cent from June’s figure and a rise of 3.7% for the year...

AMP refuses to name UK business buyers

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2003
AMP Ltd today remained tightlipped about whether it had lined up three potential buyers for its troubled British life insurance businesses...

Midday market wrap: Nikkei rises to highest level since July 2002

All ordinaries increased slightly in trading this morning, rising higher by 0.33 per cent almost mirroring the 0.44% rise in the US Dow Jones index over the weekend...

Midday market wrap: Local shares make further ground

The Australian share market opened strongly, only to see early gains erode as the morning session wore on.