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Morning market wrap: US stocks down on profit-taking

Major US share market indexes pulled back Friday, despite a positive sales forecast from Intel Corp.

Afternoon market wrap: Local shares end lower

After dipping in and out of positive territory, the All Ordinaries eventually closed almost six points lower at 3,175.0.

AMP announces two new appointments to its board

AMP has announced the appointment of two directors, Dr Nora Scheinkestel and Peter Mason to its board...

Investor Group announces record revenue levels for the year

Diversified business and financial services company Investor Group has today announced that a satisfactory full year result, with a net profit of $16.95 million or 23 percent increase...

Approach of ACCC unchanged: Samuel

Graeme Samuel, Chairman of the ACCC, re-iterated he would be as uncompromising as his predecessor in enforcing the Trade Practices Act.

Equity sentiment reaches extremely bullish levels: FSIU

The Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) today released the results of its market expectations survey for August 2003...

Costello admits full Telstra sale faces long road through Senate

Federal Treasurer Peter Costello admitted today it would be tough to pass legislation allowing the full sale of Telstra Corp through the Senate...

Telstra to host business forum series to foster trans-Tasman relations

Telstra has announced today that it is hosting series of business forums around the country in an attempt to foster closer economic relations between Australia and New Zealand...

Midday market wrap: Local shares push higher

The Australian share market continued to push higher in morning trade, supported by gains overnight in US markets and a slew of solid earnings reports

Australia's largest childcare centre manager in strong profits for the year

The directors of Peppercorn Management Group have today announced a full year net profit after tax of $3.05 million, an increase of 81.7 per cent on forecast and 309% on its 2001-02 result...