Margin Squeeze Chokes Perth Construction Arm
Byline: Jonathan Barrett Oct 17, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Southern Cross Constructions' Western Australian arm has blamed cash flow problems for its failure to pay...
View ArticleAlceon Founder Hunts for Deals
Byline: Matthew Cranston Oct 17, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian venture capital and advisory group Alceon is not short of potential new deals. Founder Trevor...
View ArticleCoopers Shouts the Bar with 17pc Lift
Byline: Blair Speedy Oct 17, 2012 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Privately-owned Coopers Brewery has posted a 2011-12 net profit of $A26.3m, compared with $A22.4m previously. Revenue of $A186.3m...
View ArticleReject Shop Eyes Rival's Stores
Byline: Blair Speedy Oct 17, 2012 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Reject Shop has a target of 254 stores by the end of the 2012-13 financial year. Speaking at the group's AGM, CEO Chris Bryce...
View ArticleDon't Let Next Train Pass Us By
Byline: Matthew Stevens Oct 17, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- BHP Billiton CEO Marius Kloppers addressed the Brisbane Mining Club and claimed Australia could miss out on...
View ArticleBig Investors Put More into 'Real Assets'
Byline: Robert Harley Oct 17, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Large investors are raising their allocations to property. Ben Hunter, of Jones Lang LaSalle, said that...
View ArticleFysh Faces Four Insider Trading Charges
Byline: Hannah Low Oct 17, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- A former executive of BG Group has pleaded not guilty to four counts of insider trading. On 17 October 2012, the...
View ArticlePrime Time for the Valley
Byline: Matthew Cranston Oct 17, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- South Australian-based Prime Space Projects will enter the Brisbane office market. In 2011, it bought a site...
View ArticleCredit Rating Risk for Developer
Byline: Gretchen Friemann Oct 17, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- CEO Matthew Quinn at the 17 October 2012 AGM of Stockland warned of a reduced profit. New projects in...
View ArticleRoxon's Ashby Call Stokes Labor Ire
Byline: Marcus Priest and Hannah Low Oct 17, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Government's decision to withdraw all legal support from embattled MP Peter...
View ArticleCall for Industry Policy Overhaul
Byline: Clancy Yeates Oct 17, 2012 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The National Press Club in Canberra was on 17 October 2012 addressed by Dow Chemical Company president Andrew...
View ArticleNine Lives on as Lenders Take Control
Byline: Colin Kruger and Michael Idato Oct 17, 2012 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Nine Entertainment chair Peter Bush and CEO David Gyngell have announced the successful conclusion...
View ArticleCarbon Tax Contributes to Emissions Drop
Byline: Lenore Taylor Oct 17, 2012 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Climate Change Minister Greg Combet has highlighted new data issued by the Australian Energy Market Operator, and...
View ArticleNine Again the One after Deal
Byline: Colin Kruger and Michael Idato Oct 17, 2012 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Nine Entertainment chair Peter Bush and CEO David Gyngell have announced the successful conclusion of negotiations...
View ArticleEfficiency Crucial: Kloppers
Byline: Jamie Freed and Matthew Cranston Oct 17, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- BHP Billiton CEO Marius Kloppers addressed the Brisbane Mining Club on 17 October 2012. He...
View ArticleGrants Hit by Budget Review
Byline: Joanna Mather and James Massola Oct 17, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research Minister Chris Evans says a...
View ArticleOrders to Clean Up the House
Byline: Verona Burgess Oct 17, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Estimates hearings have been held in the Australian parliament in mid-October 2012. Among those to face...
View ArticleGoing for Green Interiors
Byline: Ainslie Chandler Oct 17, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) has a new rating tool to evaluate the sustainability of...
View ArticleDefence Takes a New Look at $20Bn Cuts
Byline: John Kerin Oct 17, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Department of Defence's acting secretary, Simon Lewis, advised a Defence budget estimates committee hearing...
View ArticleNBN Rollout Rate Queried
Byline: David Ramli Oct 17, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- NBN Co will have to increase its connection rate from 1,650 homes per month to 30,000 within eight months if it...
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