Luxury department store David Jones says it may increase dividends as profits
improve. Chief executive Mark McInnes told journalists the business was in
‘‘terrific shape’’. ‘‘Our gross margins are good, our costs are good, our
inventories are clean, our debt is low,’’ he
AAP At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 43.9 points, or
0.97 per cent, at 4,477.5 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had
fallen 43.5 points, or 0.96 per cent, to 4,495.3 points. On the Sydney Futures
Exchange, the March share price index contract was 31 points
At 12pm AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 43.9 points, or 0.97
per cent, at 4477.5 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen
43.5 points, or 0.96 per cent, to 4495.3 points. EL & C Baillieu
Stockbroking director Richard Morrow said the market had a firm
Filings lodged with the corporate regulator show Dimbulu paid a $14.6 million
dividend in 2009 to its only shareholder, a private company controlled by Ian
Norman and his wife Shirley. Mr Norman, who remains a non-executive director of
Harvey Norman and its second largest shareholder with a
Filings lodged with the corporate regulator show Dimbulu paid a $14.6 million
dividend in 2009 to its only shareholder, a private company controlled by Ian
Norman and his wife Shirley. Mr Norman, who remains a non-executive director of
Harvey Norman and its second-largest shareholder with a
IAN Norman, the reclusive cofounder of the Harvey Norman retail chain with
Gerry Harvey, paid himself nearly $15 million in dividends from his private
company Dimbulu last year. Filings lodged with the corporate regulator show
Dimbulu paid a $14.6 million dividend in 2009 to its only
Net income rose to $101.9 million, or adjusted earnings of 42 cents a share, in
the period, from $88.7 million, or 37 cents, a year earlier, New York-based
Moody’s said today in a statement distributed by Business Wire. The average
estimate of six analysts surveyed by Bloomberg was for 41
Net income rose to 2.2 billion euros ($3.1 billion) from 1.94 billion euros a
year earlier, the Santander-based lender said in a statement today. That beat
the 2.12 billion-euro median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of 10 analysts.
Santander, with a 1 trillion-euro asset base that’s as big as
The New York-based parent company of CNNMoney.com and Fortune said its net
income rose to $627 million, or 53 cents per share, in the quarter ended Dec.
31, compared with a $16 billion loss in the year-earlier quarter. Excluding a
charge of 2 cents per share, Time Warner said it earned 55
PNC expects to finance the deal by selling $3 billion of common stock, $1.5
billion to $2 billion of senior notes, and the bank’s investment servicing
unit, according to a statement today from the Pittsburgh-based lender. The
unit’s $2.31 billion sale to Bank of New York Mellon Corp. was
AAP At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 43.9 points, or
0.97 per cent, at 4,477.5 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had
fallen 43.5 points, or 0.96 per cent, to 4,495.3 points. On the Sydney Futures
Exchange, the March share price index contract was 31 points
