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Midday market wrap: All Ordinaries dips slightly

The All Ordinaries dipped by 16.8 points or 0.55 per cent in morning trading as the majority of the major share prices also fell between 0.1% and 0.4%...

Standard & Poor's announces additions to S&P/ASX Indices

Standard & Poor’s has announced that after the close of business on June 30 2003 several constituent additions will take place in the S&P/ASX 100...

QIC deputy announces retirement

QIC deputy chief executive and Australian equities executive general manager Peter Forbes has announced his intention to retire from full time employment in order...

AMP announces details of its Share Purchase Plan

AMP has announced details of its Share Purchase Plan (SPP), part of the capital raising for the proposed demerger of the company...

Qantas raises US$450 million (A$681.81m) senior unsecured debt

Qantas Airways Ltd has successfully raised US$450 million (A$681.81 million) of senior unsecured debt, it has announced...

Business confidence on upswing: ACCI and Westpac industrial survey

General business confidence is on a high in the wake of the 2003-04 Federal Budget and the Australian economy has continued...

Morning market wrap: US stocks extend gains

US equity markets continued to push higher overnight...

New boutique funds management group launched by outgoing BT/Sagitta executives

A new boutique funds management group has been launched by four recently departed BT/Sagitta investment executives to specialise in small caps and listed property securities...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares sink on profit-taking

The Australian equity market ended a nine-day winning streak...

OECD enhances international consumer protection activities

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has announced that consumers across the world will enjoy greater...