Westpac has appointed St George Bank chairman John Curtis as deputy chairman of Westpac, and St George directors Peter Hawkins and Graham Reaney as directors.Westpac chairman, Ted Evans, said on Monday that the appointments would take effect on December 1, subject to St George shareholders approving its takeover of...
SYDNEY -- Westpac Banking Corporation Westpac has filed its Annual Financial Report on Form 20-F with the US Securities and Exchange Commission SEC for the financial year ended 30 September 2008. Westpac has also lodged the following with the Australian Securities Exchange, Sydney: * 2008 Notice...
Commonwealth Bank and ANZ have come under fire from consumer groups who say the banks should stop slugging low-income earners with unfair penalty fees on concession accounts. "People on low and fixed incomes are hit hard by unfair bank penalty fees, which can quickly swallow a large chunk...
It seems the public's calls for banks to explain their actions when deciding not to pass on in full official interest rate cuts has not gone unheeded. When announcing earlier this month it would reduce its standard variable rate by 80 basis points--instead of the full 100 basis points--NAB complemented...
Hot on the heels of its award-winning carboNZero programme, Landcare Research has launched a carbon footprinting programme dubbed CEMARS. The new Certified Emissions Measurement And Reduction Scheme CEMARS focuses solely on the measurement and management of an organisation's carbon footprint or greenhouse gas emissions profile. ...
InterOil Corporation (TSX: IOL)(AMEX: IOC)(POMSoX:IOC), today announced that it has secured a 150 million Kina (US$57.5 million) revolving working capital facility for its wholesale and retail petroleum products distribution business in Papua New Guinea from two of that country's leading financial institutions, Bank of South Pacific Limited and Westpac Bank...
Standing at the base of a B-25 Mitchell, retired Air Force officer Bob Chaplin described how the stately bombers descended on Tokyo in the first American bombing raid on Japan during World War II before rattling off the kill records of famous fighter aces. Elsewhere in the...
The girl's got rhythm and business nous, Patricia Moore meets Marguerite Howell, Manukau City's young business person of the year. When the winners of the Westpac Manukau Business Excellence Awards were announced in early September, the young business person of the year practically danced on stage to...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] HSBC has announced the establishment of alternative fund services operations in Australia. The new business will provide local fund accounting, investor servicing and financial reporting to hedge fund managers, fund of hedge fund managers, absolute return fund managers as well as private equity partners....
A big tick to a couple of Australia's major banks following the release last month of research undertaken by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. The Bribery & Corruption Report, conducted by the ACCA, assessed the extent to which Australia's 50 largest publicly-listed corporations have implemented and reported on anti-corruption...
AAP Sports News Australia09-18-2008Net: Medhurst ready to return: Plummer By Samantha Broun CHRISTCHURCH, NZ, Sept 18 AAP - Sidelined Australian shooter Natalie Medhurst has declaredherself fit to play in Saturday's second netball Test in Auckland if she's required. The news came as a welcome...
AAP Sports News Australia09-18-2008Net: Stitched up Williams will play: Aitken By Samantha Broun AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Sept 18 AAP - Silver Ferns defender Casey Williams will playin Saturday's second netball Test against Australia albeit sporting stitches from lastnight's bloody head-clash. Debutante Australian shooter Kate...
AAP Sports News Australia09-17-2008Net: Silver Ferns seek revenge in first Test: von Bertouch By Samantha Broun CHRISTCHURCH, NZ, Sept 17 AAP - Stand-in Australian captain Natalie von Bertouch expectsa spiteful New Zealand to seek revenge for their world championship loss when the twosides meet in the...
AAP Sports News Australia09-17-2008Net: Silver Ferns will be seeking revenge: von Bertouch Stand-in Australian captain NATALIE VON BERTOUCH expects to face a spiteful New Zealandside seeking revenge when the two sides meet in the first netball Test tonight. The newly-dubbed Netball Diamonds face their Kiwi arch-rivals,...
AAP Sports News Australia09-17-2008Net: Australia 53 bt New Zealand 51 FULLTIME AUSTRALIA 53 (Susan Pratley 28, Kate Beveridge 25) bt NEW ZEALAND 51 (Irene van Dyk25, Maria Tutaia 26) at Westpac Arena in Christchurch, New Zealand. AAP slb/gc KEYWORD: NETBALL AUST FULLTIME DETAILS 2008...
AAP Sports News Australia09-17-2008Net: Australia pips New Zealand again By Samantha Broun CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, Sept 17 AAP - Australia has come from behind in the finalquarter to beat New Zealand 53-51 in the netball Test at Westpac Arena tonight. As has become the...
AAP Sports News Australia09-17-2008Net: Beveridge in stunning debut as Australia pips Kiwis again By Samantha Broun CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, Sept 17 AAP - Sharp shooter Kate Beveridge has made a stunningdebut for the Australian netball team, bagging 25 goals as the visitors edged New Zealand53-51 in...
AAP Sports News Australia09-17-2008Net: Australia pips New Zealand again Australia has come from behind in the final quarter to beat New Zealand 53-51 in thenetball Test at Westpac Arena in Christchurch. Two key intercepts late in the final period proved decisive as Australia went from49-all to...
AAP Sports News Australia09-17-2008Net: Fulltime Aus 74 bt NZ 35 in under-21sFULLTIME AUSTRALIA 74 (Caitlin Bassett 46 Ashlee Howard 13 Chelsea Pitman 9 Jasmine Keene 6)bt NEW ZEALAND 35 (Te Amo Amaru-Tibble 13 Alana Cassidy 10 Grace Rasmussen 7 Susan Tagicakibau5) Under-21 international at Westpac Arena, Christchurch. ...
AAP Sports News Australia09-17-2008Net: Aussie under-21s hand Kiwis a thrashing By Samantha Broun CHRISTCHURCH, NZ, Sept 17 AAP - Shooter Caitlin Bassett led the Australian under-21sto a 39-goal thrashing of New Zealand in the curtain raiser to tonight's trans-TasmanTest at Westpac Arena. The West...
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