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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
... gainers were sold after a tumble on Wall Street. The benchmark Nikkei average fell 159.22 points to 13,943.26, a day after booking its highest close in four months. HONG KONG - Stocks fell 0.63 per cent in thin trade, tracking overseas markets, with ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2007
... session's three-week high close. The Nikkei fell 12.99 points to 17,656.84. HONG KONG - Blue chips fell with investors booking gains, despite a flurry of activity in the afternoon, as bidding began in a government land auction at a West Kowloon site. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2007
... encouraged investors to book profits on exporters such as TDK. The Nikkei closed down 79.07 points at 17,664.69, after booking its highest close since February on Monday. HONG KONG - Stocks rose 0.68 per cent on overseas gains and as the H-share index ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2006
... ahead of its earnings results. The Nikkei fell 72.14 points to 16,091.73. On the week the Nikkei ended down 20.7 points, booking its third straight weekly loss. HONG KONG - The benchmark Hang Seng index added 28.64 points to end at 19,182.71, a gain ...

NAB trims UK workforce by 1,700

... next 12 to 18 months as the bank moves to 'rebuild, revitalise and grow' its banking operation in the UK. The bank is booking a provision of $266 million to cover the cost of the reductions in the 2005 half year financial accounts. "We have made it clear ...

CBA lures top-end cardholders with free flights

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2004
... top-end credit card by offering free business and first class flights. Australia\'s second biggest bank said travellers booking business or first class flights using their platinum credit card on either Japan Airlines or Air Tahiti Nui would receive ...

Promina announce $200-$300 million capital raising for growth

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2004
Trans-Tasman insurer Promina Group has revealed plans to raise $250-$300 million for future growth after booking a full year net profit that topped its own prospectus forecast by more than $100 million. Promina managing director and CEO Michael Wilkins ...

Midday market wrap: Airline stocks take off

The All Ordinaries index overturned yesterday's losses in the morning session, buoyed by stronger numbers overnight on Wall Street and an easing of the SARS crisis. Qantas and Air New Zealand both received some welcome support after falling yesterday. ...

Air New Zealand reduces earnings estimate, cancels services

Air New Zealand has announced a further downward revision to its earnings estimate for the financial year ending 2003, reducing it to NZ$200 million (A$180.95 million) as it continues to struggle with the fallout of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ...

ACCC to block Qantas-Air New Zealand deal

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued a draft decision denying Qantas' proposed acquisition of 22.5 per cent of Air New Zealand, describing it as "very anti-competitive and not in the public interest." If the proposed ...