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NAB Or ANZ Offer For St George Too Hard: It would be hard for National Australia Bank or ANZ to launch a counterbid for St George Bank because the acquisition would take at least four years to pay off, a broker said.But analysts at Goldman Sachs JBWere believe the banks might still be willing to suffer to get...; Tags: Bank, Earnings Per Share, ANZ, NAB, Financial Services, Financial Accounting, Finance, AAP; News items 2008-05-14
ABC Learning Shares Jump After Budget: Shares in ABC Learning Centres Ltd jumped six per cent after investors digested child care initiatives announced in the federal budget.The government announced Tuesday night that the child care tax rebate would rise from 30 per cent to 50 per cent, to be paid quarterly.The baby bonus will rise...; Tags: Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., ABC Inc., Government, Investment, Taxes, Financial Services, Free Trade, Finance, Financial Planning, AAP; News items 2008-05-14
Lower Wages Growth to Keep Rates Steady: Lower than expected wages growth in the early part of 2008 would keep the Reserve Bank of Australia RBA from raising interest rates further, economists say.Overall wages growth in the March quarter was down marginally on the previous quarter.Total hourly rates of pay, excluding bonuses, rose 0.9 per cent...; Tags: Salary, Wages Growth, Benefits, Human Resources, AAP; News items 2008-05-14
CSR 2008 Net Profit Down 35% on 2007: Building products and sugar producer CSR Ltd has delivered net profit for the 2008 year down 35 per cent on the previous year, and says it could be 18 months before the full benefits are seen from internal improvements in the company.CSR posted net profit after significant items of...; Tags: Net Profit, Business, EBIT, Earnings, Glass Business, Financial Accounting, Finance, AAP; News items 2008-05-14
Singtel Net Profit Up 4.8% to $A3.1b: Singapore Telecommunications Ltd SingTel, the owner of Optus, has reported a 4.8 per cent lift in full year net profit to $S3.96 billion ($A3.1 billion) boosted by the stronger Australian dollar and strong growth in the Singapore business.For the full year ended March 31, 2008, revenue gained 11 per...; Tags: Revenue, Mobile, Australia, Optus, Net Profit, SingTel, Singapore, Advertising & Promotion, Operational Accounting, Marketing, Finance, AAP; News items 2008-05-14

Telstra Has Broadband Advantage: Libs: The Rudd government's rush to deliver its planned national fibre-to-the-node broadband network has given Telstra a clear advantage to win the contract to build it, the opposition says.The Senate is debating a government bill to force Telstra into sharing its network secrets with rival companies so they can effectively...; Tags: Telstra Corp., Network, Broadband, Rudd Government, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, AAP; News items 2008-05-14
SingTel Forecasts High Earnings Growth: Singapore Telecommunications Ltd SingTel, the owner of Optus, is forecasting double-digit underlying earnings growth in the medium term after posting a 4.8 per cent lift in full year net profit.SingTel said its full year NPAT result had been boosted by the stronger Australian dollar and strong growth in the...; Tags: Revenue, Mobile, Australia, Optus, SingTel, Broadband, Singapore, Earnings Growth, Advertising & Promotion, Operational Accounting, Telecommunications, Marketing, Finance, AAP; News items 2008-05-14
Condensate Exemption Hits Woodside Hard: Woodside Petroleum Ltd has slammed the federal government's budget decision to remove a 30-year old tax exemption on extracting light crude oil from natural gas, saying it wasn't consulted about the move.Woodside says the tax exemption has underpinned the viability of the $25 billion North West Shelf Venture in...; Tags: Exemption, Industry, Natural Gas, Government, Vertical Industries, Telecom & Utilities, Enterprise Software, Software, AAP; News items 2008-05-14
Leighton Secures Over $750m in Contracts: Leighton Holdings Ltd, Australia's biggest construction company, has secured more than $700 million of development contracts in Indonesia and Abu Dhabi.The company has been awarded a $US350 million ($A372.02 million) contract to expand an Indonesian coal mine, while Leighton's 45 per cent-owned Middle Eastern group has secured a $AED1.2...; Tags: Construction Company, Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., Coal, Indonesia, Leighton, Construction, Transportation, AAP; News items 2008-05-14
Federal Court Approves MBF, BUPA Merger: Health insurer MBF Australia Ltd and BUPA Australia Health Pty Ltd have received the green light from the Federal Court of Australia to combine their businesses.On Monday, MBF policyholders voted in favour of the $2.4 billion friendly takeover by BUPA Australia, the domestic arm of the British owned BUPA...; Tags: AAP, Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., Merger, Policyholder, Mergers & Acquisitions, Insurance, Benefits, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software; News items 2008-05-14
Lower Wages Growth May Keep Rates Steady: Slower wages growth has reduced the risk of an interest rate rise, but economists warn Wednesday's data may not paint the full picture of the labour market.The wage price index grew by 0.9 per cent in the three months to March, seasonally adjusted, the first result below one per...; Tags: Economist, Salary, Wages Growth, RBA, Benefits, Human Resources, AAP; News items 2008-05-14
Optus Sees Growth in Mobile, Wireless: Australia's second biggest telecommunications company Optus is forecasting single-digit growth in operating revenue next year, driven by its mobile and wireless broadband businesses, after increasing full-year underlying profit by 4.6 per cent."We're committing to growing our share of the mobile market," Optus chief executive Paul O'Sullivan said in a...; Tags: Mobile, Optus, SingTel, Wireless, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, AAP; News items 2008-05-14
Retailers Beware, Big Shop Days Are Over: Retailers beware - Australian families are giving the big weekly supermarket shop the chop, an independent retail expert says.And unless retailers adapt to new trends they'll be left behind, independent retail expert Phil Bonanno says.Routine pantry stocking trips to the supermarket had plummeted, from 55 per cent of people...; Tags: Retail Company, Retail, AAP; News items 2008-05-14
Fairfax Digital, Melbourne IT Link Up: Fairfax Media Ltd said its online arm had entered into a joint venture with Melbourne IT Ltd to give small businesses access to online marketing services as an alternative to traditional advertising.The Advantate joint venture between Fairfax Digital and Melbourne IT - an online service provider - will provide...; Tags: Advertisement, Small And Medium Enterprise, Fairfax Digital, Search Engine Marketing, Smb/Sme, Marketing Research, Search, Internet, Marketing, AAP; News items 2008-05-14
Economists Salute Swan's Budget: The federal government has delivered a record surplus for 2008/09 but its growth outlook may be too low because spending cuts are unlikely to take much heat out of the economy, economists said.The government is forecasting a larger than expected $21.7 billion underlying cash surplus for 2008/09, after it...; Tags: Interest Rate, Economist, Surplus, Inflation, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Finance, AAP; News items 2008-05-13
Arrow Energy Cops ASX Speeding Ticket: Coal seam gas producer Arrow Energy Ltd has responded to a query from the Australian stock exchange ASX about a surge in the company's share price.Arrow's shares jumped from a low of $3.02 on Monday to a high of $3.41 on Tuesday and had eased to $3.26 by 1508...; Tags: Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., Negotiation, Free Trade, Finance, AAP; News items 2008-05-13
Optus Mobile Phone Users Up 5.9%: Australia's second biggest telecommunications provider Optus increased mobile phone customers by 5.9 per cent in the past year.Optus added 400,000 mobile customers in the 12 months to March to a total 7.14 million, its parent Singapore Telecommunications Ltd said in a statement.In the three months to March, Optus added...; Tags: Phone, Mobile, Optus, Cell Phone, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, AAP; News items 2008-05-13
Farm Production Expected to Surge: Farm production is expected to dramatically increase in the next financial year as the drought eases.Farm production was forecast to grow by 20 per cent in 2008/09, well up from estimates of two per cent growth in 2007/08, the budget papers for the upcoming financial year said.The government said...; Tags: Financial, Production, Financial Accounting, Government, Finance, AAP; News items 2008-05-13
Govt to Up Intake of Skilled Migrants: The federal government will increase its intake of skilled migrants next financial year in a bid to address issues with a tight labour market driven by the resources boom.The federal government has pledged to increase its migration program by 37,500 places from 2008/09, taking the total intake to 190,300."The...; Tags: Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., Federal Government, Government, AAP; News items 2008-05-13
AGL Reiterates Earnings Guidance: Australia's largest power retailer, AGL Energy Ltd, has reconfirmed its full year guidance as the company continues to reassure the market of its outlook after a surprise earnings downgrade in October.The power retailer on Monday reiterated that its underlying net profit would be between $330 million to $360 million...; Tags: Retail Company, Earnings, AGL, Retail, Financial Accounting, Finance, AAP; News items 2008-05-12