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4 weeks ago St George's John Curtis to be Westpac's deputy chairman
ST GEORGE Bank chairman John Curtis has been appointed deputy chairman of Westpac ahead of the merger.Westpac also roped in St George directors Peter Hawkins and Graham Reaney as directors.Westpac ...
News Ltd Analysis - 10:21 a.m. Monday 3rd November 2008
Allco shares in trading halt
SHARES in troubled financier Allco Finance Group have gone into a trading halt pending an announcement by the company.The trading will remain until Wednesday, November 5, or when the announcement ...
News Ltd Analysis - 10:08 a.m. Monday 3rd November 2008
Wotif.com plans to expand to 365-day reservation window,
WHAT happens when a successful company makes a key change that appears to undercut one of the core premises upon which the business was founded ?Has it broken faith with ...
News Ltd Analysis - 12:12 a.m. Monday 3rd November 2008
4 weeks, 1 day ago Wotif.com extends forward travel bookings to a year
WHAT happens when a successful company makes a key change that appears to undercut one of the core premises upon which the business was founded ?Has it broken faith with ...
News Ltd Analysis - 11:13 p.m. Sunday 2nd November 2008
1 month ago Westpac outshines its big bank rivals
WESTPAC yesterday outshone its big bank rivals by reporting a 12 per cent rise in net annual profit in a result that completed the Australian banking industry's worst reporting season ...
News Ltd Analysis - 7:50 a.m. Friday 31st October 2008
Westpac's Gail Kelly on taking on Commonwealth Bank
WESTPAC has set itself up to challenge the Commonwealth Bank as the country's biggest bank after increasing cash earnings by 6 per cent on strong loan and deposits growth.But Australia's ...
News Ltd Analysis - 12:07 a.m. Friday 31st October 2008
Westpac promises to retain Victorain St George network
WESTPAC chief Gail Kelly yesterday promised Victorians that the bank would retain the St George branch network across the state.In an interview with BusinessDaily after she announced a 12 per ...
News Ltd Analysis - 12:04 a.m. Friday 31st October 2008
1 month ago Emissions trading scheme will hit Queensland mining
QUEENSLAND'S booming mining towns like Gladstone and northern coal towns will be robbed of billions of dollars under a federal plan to slash carbon emissions.The most comprehensive Treasury modelling ...
News Ltd Analysis - 11:01 p.m. Thursday 30th October 2008
1 month ago Net filter an assault on freedom that just won't work
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has said the proposed mandatory internet filtering will have two tiers - one level of mandatory filtering for ...
News Ltd Analysis - 11:23 p.m. Wednesday 29th October 2008
BHP Billiton says falling nickel prices to hit suppliers
BHP Billiton says falling prices and rising production costs will pressure marginal suppliers of nickel.Stephen Williams, BHP's marketing director for stainless steel materials, said yesterday ...
News Ltd Analysis - 12:14 a.m. Wednesday 29th October 2008
1 month ago New internet filter imposed on all web surfers
AUSTRALIAN internet users will be subjected to the new nationwide World Wide Web filter, whether they want to participate in the scheme or not.
News Ltd Analysis - 10:44 p.m. Tuesday 28th October 2008
Brisbane Telstra building hit by 20cm flood in basement
FIRE crews are in Brisbane's Elizabeth Street pumping 20cm of water out of the Telstra Building after a burst water pipe inundated part of the property.An emergency services spokeswoman said ...
News Ltd Analysis - 9:16 a.m. Tuesday 28th October 2008
BHP, Rio Tinto forced to share rail links with rivals
THE Federal Government will force BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto to share rail lines to their valuable WA iron - ore mines with their rivals.In a significant development for BHP ...
News Ltd Analysis - 6:39 a.m. Tuesday 28th October 2008
BHP Billiton, Rio Rinto angry on open Pilbara rail line
ANGRY mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto may go to the Australian Competition Tribunal to block third - party use of their Pilbara rail networks, after Treasurer Wayne Swan ...
News Ltd Analysis - 6:38 a.m. Tuesday 28th October 2008
CVC Asia Pacific's Andrew Cummins into PBL Media battle
ANDREW Cummins might not know media but he knows cost control, which is why he has been appointed as one of two new directors at PBL Media.Cummins is one of ...
News Ltd Analysis - 12:12 a.m. Tuesday 28th October 2008

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