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Resourceful Events [Excellence in Oil and Gas] - Richard Cottee receives the Legend Oil and Gas Award 2009 APR 8, 2009 09:01 - Article Views: 4,709 Queensland Gas Company's former Managing Director, Richard Cottee, has been recognised as a 'legend' of the Australian oil and gas industry after being awarded the title at the Legends in Oil and Gas awards function held in Sydney. |
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Australian Market Report of February 2: Awaiting Further Rate Cut FEB 2, 2009 13:00 - Article Views: 8,240 On Friday, the Australian shares reversed an early fall despite the negative leads overnight on overseas markets. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed up 14.5 points, or 0.41 per cent, at 3,540.7, while the broader All Ordinaries index had gained 16.8 points, or 0.49 per cent, to 3,478.1. This week traders are awaiting RBA's aggressive rate cut which is expected to announced when its board meets on Tuesday. |
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Australian Market Report of December 19: Pre-Christmas Not Really Quiet DEC 19, 2008 13:00 - Article Views: 7,677 Yesterday the Australian shares ended flat as weaker Commonwealth Bank and energy stocks weighed on the market. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 10.6 points, or 0.3 per cent, at 3,581.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index gained 6.7 points, or 0.19 per cent, to 3,521.7. It could be fairly quiet during the pre-Christmas sessions. But the local market may be hit by the dropping commodities prices and the fears on US auto industry as US government has admitted that orderly bankruptcy can be one of the options for the troubled automakers. |
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Queensland Gas Company Limited (ASX:QGC) BG Group To Proceed To Compulsory Acquisition Of QGC DEC 5, 2008 11:23 - Article Views: 6,421 BG Group plc ("BG Group")(LON:BG) today announced that on Monday 8 December its wholly-owned subsidiary BG International (AUS) Investments Pty Limited ("BG AUS") intends to commence the compulsory acquisition of the remaining shares in Queensland Gas Company Limited ("QGC")(ASX:QGC) which it does not already own. |
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BG Group (LON:BG) Acquires Over 90% Of Queensland Gas Limited (ASX:QGC) NOV 17, 2008 09:28 - Article Views: 4,789 BG Group plc (LON:BG) announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary BG International (AUS) Investments Pty Limited ("BG AUS") has at the close of trading on the Australian Securities Exchange on Friday, 14 November acquired a relevant interest in more than 90 per cent of Queensland Gas Company Limited (ASX:QGC), under its unconditional on-market takeover bid for QGC. |
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Queensland Gas Company Limited (ASX:QGC) 52% of Share Capital Acquired By BG Group NOV 5, 2008 09:10 - Article Views: 5,292 BG Group plc ("BG Group")(LON:BG) and Queensland Gas Company Limited (ASX:QGC)(PINK:QGSCF) announced that, in the course of an ongoing recommended on-market takeover bid for QGC, BG Group had obtained majority control of QGC, with a relevant interest* in 495 million shares representing 52.06 per cent of the issued share capital of the Company. |
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Australia Market Report of October 29: Relief Period Comes after Rally OCT 29, 2008 13:00 - Article Views: 4,428 This morning shortly after open the Australia market has joined the rally with S&P/ASX200 up 4.3%, or 162.7 points, to 3957.3 points. Yesterday Australian shares suffered their fifth consecutive day of losses, hitting fresh four-year lows, as falls by the big banks eclipsed gains by miners. At the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 share index was down 14.6 points, or 0.4%, to 3794.6, recovering from an earlier drop of as much as 2.2%. Analysts expected the next few weeks ahead a relief period. |
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Australia Market Report of October 27: Improvement Not Expected Ahead OCT 27, 2008 13:00 - Article Views: 5,375 Australia market gained total over 8% on last Monday and Tuesday but eroded by sell-offs in the rest of the week. Investors were selling the stocks they can sell. Australian shares have ended the week with another day of losses on fears that a possible global recession may hammer earnings for local companies. Analysts foresee a tough week and expect it will not improve until the credit market gets some sustained improvement. |
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Australia Market Report of October 13: Confidence Buoyed After Black Friday OCT 13, 2008 13:00 - Article Views: 6,884 The Australian share market ended a horror week on Friday, down more than 8% in a session that wiped A$106 billion from the value of stocks on the bourse. Last Friday the S&P/ASX200 index fell 8.3% in mid-afternoon trading, losing 360.2 points to plunge to 3960.7, the biggest one-day loss for the ASX200 index. Its affiliate, the All Ordinaries index, had its worst day since the October 1987 crash, losing 8.2%, or 351.9 points, to 3939.4. The ASX200 lost almost 16% for the week, about three times the amount it lost in the week after the September 11 attacks in 2001. |
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