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BHP, Wesfarmers results to set market...
Australian stocks are set for a volatile week ahead as investors digest a flurry of earnings reports and try to guess where interest rates are heading and the extent to which...
ASX high at noon as Wall St soars
The Australian stock market was up at noon as News Corporation Ltd reported robust fourth-quarter and full-year results.
08/06/08
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Australian stocks hit 32-month low
The Aussie stock market was languishing at a 32-month low at noon as fears of slowing global growth lowered commodity prices and hammered the resources sector.
Aussie stocks lower after resources fall
The Australian share market closed lower after losses from the resources sector amid sharply weaker commodity prices overnight and a poor lead from Wall Street.
Volatility may be coming to an end
THE Australian sharemarket closed the week higher as financial stocks returned to favour after a strong lead from Wall Street overnight.
Stocks end sharply down
Australian shares fell sharply on Monday to its lowest close in 18 months with around $27 billion wiped off the local bourse.
Stocks decline at noon
The Australian share market was down almost 1.5 per cent at noon, led by financial stocks weighed by problems in credit markets.
AXA Asia funds shrink by $10b
Axa Asia Pacific Holdings, a unit of Europe's second-biggest insurer, said funds under management fell 10% in the first quarter amid the decline in global financial markets.
Fairfax moves to unwind margin loan
THE Fairfax Media director John B. Fairfax has unwound a margin loan over 159 million of the publisher's shares, which was believed to have prompted short-sellers to target the stock over recent weeks.
AXA Asia Pacific gets new regional boss
AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd has appointed Michael Bishop, who headed Prudential Corporation Asia, to lead its Asian operations.
ASX high at noon as Wall St soars
The Australian stock market was up at noon as News Corporation Ltd reported robust fourth-quarter and full-year results.
08/06/08
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Axa's managed funds inflows down
Axa Asia Pacific says inflows into its managed funds fell in the first quarter of 2008 amid turmoil in global financial markets.
Babcock plunges further
Babcock & Brown, Australia's second-largest investment bank, plunged further, falling almost a third in early trading.
Red Wings reward Babcock for winning...
AP - Mike Babcock's new contract allows the oldest of his three children to graduate from the same high school she's attending. And if all goes well with the Detroit Red Wings...
Orica to demerge consumer products
Orica Ltd plans to demerge its consumer products business into a separate company and raise up to $900 million through an entitlement offer.
AXA to longer pursuing MAA acquisition
AXA Asia Pacific Holdings says it is no longer pursuing an acquisition of Malaysian Assurance Alliance Berhad (MAA) in Malaysia.
Banks lead way as shares climb
The Australian sharemarket closed higher yesterday as Westpac's proposed takeover of St George enlivened the banking and financial services sector.
Rio Tinto warns about David Tweed
Rio Tinto has warned its shareholders to be wary about potential unsolicited offers from sharemarket opportunist David Tweed.
Santos dodges takeover talk
Santos says it is in the early stages of considering "various strategic initiative", in response to a query from the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).
05/02/08
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