Australian bank group reports record profit
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SYDNEY Australia &amp; New Zealand Banking Group said Tuesday that second-half profit rose 17 percent to a record after it bought New Zealand&#39;s biggest bank and raised lending to businesses as they increased investment.
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BHP Billiton has delivered the biggest profit ever achieved by an Australian company - a $US3.38billion ($4.73billion) whopper, up 78 per cent on last year.
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Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Insurance Australia Group Ltd., the nation&#39;s largest auto and home insurer, increased second-half profit fourfold after acquisitions boosted policy sales and higher stock markets fueled income from investments.
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Australia&#39;s biggest retailer Coles Myer has posted a record net profit of Aust. $576.5 million ($403 million) and says it is on track to achieve its 2006 target of A$800 million.
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Dutch banking group ABN Amro reported that it had increased net profit last year by 30 percent with a big boost from exceptional items and mainly a halving of provisions.
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National Australia Bank ended a tumultuous year by reporting a 19.7 percent drop in net profit in the aftermath of a foreign exchange trading scandal that rocked the country's biggest lender.
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Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the nation&#39;s second-largest lender, reiterated its forecast for compound annual growth in per-share operating profit of at least 10 percent in the next two years.
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AFTER 7 years of operation, Australian online media heavyweight ninemsn has recorded its first annual profit of $14.4 million. The result compares with a net loss of $800,000 in 2003, which excluded the company&#39;s
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Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto posts a 42% jump in full year profits in 2006 to a record $7.4bn.
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Goldman Sachs reported profit of $3.2 billion, setting a record amid growing concern over falling stock prices and an imploding subprime mortgage market.
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The investment bank run by Bruce Wasserstein said that strength in its merger-advisory business helped lift profit to a record $85.8 million.
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SYDNEY, Australia -- Australian stocks are trading at a fresh record Thursday, defying a negative lead on Wall Street. Market heavyweight News Corp, leading airline Qantas and the top four banks are all higher.
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ANZ reported a record rise in post tax operating profit today, announcing a 20 per cent jump to $2.8 billion for the year ending September 2004.
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Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- AMP Ltd., Australia&#39;s largest life insurer, turned to aA$378 million ($271 million) first-half profit after it reduced debt, cut costs and sold more investment products as stock markets gained.
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Global mining giant BHP Billiton posted the biggest net profit in Australian corporate history as soaring commodities prices and strong demand from China pushed net profit up 83 percent to 3.51 billion US dollars.
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Westpac Banking Corp., Australia&#39;s fourth-largest bank, has posted a 16 percent rise in full-year net profit on stronger housing and business lending, and forecast 2005 earnings growth near the top of the sector.
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A painting that hung for several years in a bank cafeteria has set a new record price for Australian aboriginal artwork, auctioneers Sotheby's said on Wednesday, confirming the ongoing boom for the genre.