AAP Canadian gold miner Olympus Pacific Minerals has made a solid debut on the
Australian Stock Exchange. Shares in the company, which is also listed on the
Toronto Stock Exchange, closed at 23 cents, up one cent from its 22 cent at the
open. Olympus Pacific issued 119.78 million
By Washington correspondent Kim Landers The lawsuit says Bank of America and
its former chief executive, Ken Lewis, misled investors about its acquisition
of Merril Lynch at the height of the financial crisis. New York's
Attorney-General Andrew Cuomo says Bank of America failed to disclose
New York state officials have filed a lawsuit against Bank of America and its
former top executives alleging they defrauded taxpayers and shareholders in the
takeover of Merrill Lynch. Andrew Cuomo, the New York state attorney-general,
announced the lawsuit against the bank and former
Andrew Cuomo, the New York state attorney-general, announced the lawsuit
against the bank and former chief executive, Kenneth Lewis, and former chief
financial officer, Joseph Price, "for duping shareholders and the federal
government in order to complete a merger with Merrill Lynch". "This
Andrew Cuomo, the New York state attorney-general, announced the lawsuit
against the bank and former chief executive, Kenneth Lewis, and former chief
financial officer, Joseph Price, "for duping shareholders and the federal
government in order to complete a merger with Merrill
Cuomo's office, which has been aggressively pursuing an investigation into the
merger and subsequent bonuses paid to former Merrill employees, said it was
charging Lewis and Bank of America's chief financial officer Joe Price, who was
recently appointed to lead the firm's consumer banking
The CSR ruling should prompt government to unearth old proposals for reform of
the Corporations Act. BURIED deep in the federal government's too hard basket
is some unfinished business from the James Hardie asbestos furore in 2004.
Years ago the government received two proposals for
DIRECTORS of CSR will meet as early as Monday to patch together their
splintered business strategy following this week's decision by the Federal
Court to block the conglomerate's demerger. Meanwhile, the Chinese suitor
Bright Foods continues to stalk the company's sugar assets with a $1.5
Buried deep in the federal government's too hard basket is some unfinished
business from the James Hardie asbestos furore in 2004. Years ago the
government received two proposals for changing the Corporations Act to ensure
the scandal would not be repeated. After Wednesday's Federal
DEPARTMENT store owner Myer will use better than expected earnings in the first
half to fund a prolonged campaign of the discounting and in-store promotions
that marked the lead-up to Christmas, as it strives to win customers from
arch-rival David Jones and other retailers. The decision to
By Washington correspondent Kim Landers The lawsuit says Bank of America and
its former chief executive, Ken Lewis, misled investors about its acquisition
of Merril Lynch at the height of the financial crisis. New York's
Attorney-General Andrew Cuomo says Bank of America failed to disclose
