AAP General News (Australia)
08-22-2006
NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers =4
THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW:
Page 1: Telstra has eased the way for the federal government to launch a retail share
offer to sell part of its $22.7 billion stake in the company. Corporate customers are
not very interested in Microsoft's $US5 billion Vista operating system. Woolworths has
capped off a landmark year by reporting a net profit in excess of $1 billion for 2006.
The Coles Myer board is set to formally rebuff a demand by a United States syndicate for
exclusive access to its books.
Page 3: The Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Melbourne
in November will push world oil producers for reforms.
WORLD: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is being urged by companies to secure
uranium mining rights when he visits Kazakhstan.
MARKETS: Encouraging profit results and higher oil prices secured a positive session
on the sharemarket yesterday.
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