By business editor Peter Ryan for The World Today The Bank of Queensland says
smaller banks will be further disadvantaged by losing the Government guarantee
(ABC TV News - file image) Audio: Business editor Peter Ryan discusses the bank
guarantee with Prof. Fariborz
“I might decide 24 hours before,” Gilkes, 69, said of the election, which
Blair’s successor, Gordon Brown , must call by June. “I have no wish to
publicly declare I am changing my allegiance, but I cannot endorse the current
leadership.” Gilkes’ hesitation to support the
Map: Southport 4215 The Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre at
Griffith University will close its doors at the end of June. The centre's CEO,
Ian Kean, says it has studied a broad range of issues over more than a decade,
but the Federal Government has decided not to
Westfield gets a lot of press for being one of the most successful investments
of the past 30 years, as it should. But there’s another homegrown success story
that’s done almost as well, using a completely different strategy, which gets
much less attention. Had you invested $10,000 in this
Thain, 54, becomes chairman and chief executive officer immediately, New
York-based CIT said today in a statement. The century-old lender had been led
by Jeffrey Peek , another former Merrill Lynch executive, from July 2004 until
Jan. 15, when Peek stepped down and board member Peter
The company's profit is 29 per cent higher than the same period a year earlier,
with a 23 per cent rise in revenue to $1.55 billion. Most of the company's
increase in revenue was due to opening 15 new stores, but sales in its
pre-existing stores were 10 per cent higher. The company's chief
JB Hi-Fi has reported strong sales growth for the year, and the December
period, despite recent ABS figures showing a drop in retail sales (Andrew
Robertson ) Electronics retailer JB Hi-Fi has defied the economic downturn,
posting a $76 million profit in the first half of the 2009-10
JB Hi-Fi boss Richard Uechtritz has achieved a rare feat among corporate chiefs
- choosing the timing of his own departure. Not forced out or dumped, nor asked
to leave by the board or angry shareholders, Mr Uechtritz plans to leave the
entertainment retailer at the top of his game and at
Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- SAP AG Chief Executive Officer Leo Apotheker unexpectedly
resigned after the world’s largest business-management software maker’s
supervisory board decided not to extend his mandate. Apotheker’s exit comes
less than a year after he took over in May 2009 as the
JB Hi-Fi booked net profit of $76 million for the six months to December 31,
2009, up from $59 million in the prior corresponding period. Sales were up 23
per cent to $1.554 billion, from $1.262 billion. "Comparable store sales growth
for the period was 9.9 per cent," the company said in a
By business editor Peter Ryan for The World Today The Bank of Queensland says
smaller banks will be further disadvantaged by losing the Government guarantee
(ABC TV News - file image) Audio: Business editor Peter Ryan discusses the bank
guarantee with Prof. Fariborz
