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Morning market wrap: US stocks succumb to profit-taking

Broader US share market indexes moved lower Wednesday as investors sought to lock-in profits...

Perpetual announces FUM at $17.4 billion

Perpetual Investments has announced its funds under management (FUM), as at 30 June 2003, totalled $17.4 billion...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares up, Australian dollar down

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2003
The Australian share market strengthened modestly in afternoon trade...

APRA addresses reporting errors

APRA has found an “unacceptable” incidence of errors in quarterly returns from general insurers and has asked industry auditors to review the systems of their clients

Tower appoints new chief financial officer

Tower Australia Ltd has appointed John de Zwart to the position of chief financial officer, it has announced...

ASIC charges three Victorian men on 101 counts of deception, fraud

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced today that three Victorian men have been charged with a total of 101 charges of deception, false accounting and breach of duty...

AMP investors look set to pay less that $5 for shares

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2003
Retail investors taking part in AMP Ltd's latest $500 million capital raising look set to pick up their shares for less than $5.00 each...

Ban on Nicholas Whitlam lifted

A New South Wales Court of Appeal today overturned earlier findings made against Mr Whitlam, lifting a ban on his ability to become a company director...

Midday market wrap: Defensives drag local shares lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2003
The Australian share market moved lower in Wednesday morning trade as investors continued to exit bank stocks...

Worrying increase in Australian household debt: ALP

Alan Griffin, the shadow minister for consumer protection and health, has said that bankruptcy statistics released by Insolvency and Trustee Services Australia (ITSA) showed that while bankruptcies...