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Morning market wrap: US stocks, bonds modestly higher

US share and bond markets were modestly higher in overnight trade, although the US dollar weakened on renewed uncertainty over the strength of the US recovery

ACCC not to intervene in Westfield's takeover of AMP Shopping Centre Trust

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will not intervene in the Westfield Trust’s takeover for units in the AMP Shopping Centre Trust...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares end marginally higher

The Australian share market managed to eke out further modest gains Thursday afternoon...

Morningstar offers proprietary research on US stocks to the Australian market

Morningstar has announced today that it is offering sophisticated proprietary research on US stocks to the Australian market...

Overseas visitor arrivals dips 3% in May, primarily due to SARS: ABS

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today that the number of overseas visitor arrivals was three per cent less in May 2003, as compared with the figure for April...

ASA sets up committee to look at managed funds

The Australian Shareholders Association has announced the establishment of a steering committee to investigate the needs of individual investors in managed funds...

PSS/CSS and Catholic Super call on companies to improve energy governance

Two leading Australian superannuation funds have called on companies to improve the governance and reporting of energy use, including greenhouse gas emissions...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares follow US markets higher

The Australian share market regained lost ground in early trade, following a stronger tone to offshore markets overnight...

Lowest quarterly consumer price movement in four years: ABS

The latest figures on the Australian consumer price index (CPI) for the June quarter revealed the lowest quarterly movement since the March quarter of 1999...

ASIC acts on conflicts of interest

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced the results of its program of reviewing related party disclosure documents sent to shareholders by public companies...