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Saturday, November 21, 2009 1:13 PM

National Australia Bank Ltd

Type: Company

Name: National Australia Bank Ltd (National Australia Bank LTD)

Nationality: Australia

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for National Australia Bank LTD

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 20 hours ago - 10 Documents

Weak trading to finish the week

AUSTRALIAN stocks ended the week lower with falls across the board following losses on Wall Street and commodity markets.The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed down 63.4 points, or 1.33 per cent, at 4685.8 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ... [Herald Sun - 20 hours ago]

Entities: BARAKA PETROLEUM LIMITED, MACQUARIE RADIO NETWORK LIMITED, Jamie Spiteri

First Reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 2 Documents (in Energy)

Woodside boss slams ETS

WOODSIDE chairman Michael Chaney remains steadfastly opposed to the early adoption of an emissions trading scheme.He said it will add up to $200 million in costs and destroy Australia's competitiveness.The company's call for relief gained added weight ... [West Australia Sunday Times - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Michael Chaney, Liquefied Natural Gas, National Australia Bank Ltd, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, Emission

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 4 Documents

L&G set to appoint John Stewart as chairman

The UK's third largest insurer is on the verge of appointing John Stewart, the former head of National Australia Bank, as its new chairman, pending FSA approval ... [FT.com - UK News - 11/20/2009]

Entities: John Stewart, National Australia Bank Ltd, United Kingdom

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 9 Documents

Lihir Gold LTD ADR

Local stocks lower at noon

The Australian stock market was more than one per cent lower at noon, with the major miners and financial sectors weaker.At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 61.6 points lower, or by 1.3 per cent, at 4,687.6, while the broader All Ordinaries ... [Sydney Morning Herald - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Insurance Australia Group Ltd, Lihir Gold LTD ADR, Oil Search Limited, Woodside Petroleum Ltd, Sydney Futures Exchange

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 3 Documents

Barclays PLC

L&G gets banking chairman

Former Barclays boss tipped to be L&G chairmanLegal & General (L&G) is to hire John Stewart, the former deputy chief executive of Barclays, as its chairman to replace Rob Margetts, The Times reports.Advertisement Stewart ran the Woolwich building society ... [Insurancetimes.co.uk - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Barclays PLC, John Stewart, Rob Margetts, David Walker

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

Profit Taking, Weak US Cues Drag Australian Market Lower

Asian Economic News(RTTNews) - The Australian market ended in negative territory on Friday, following weak cues from Wall Street where the major averages ended in negative territory on concerns about sustaining the recovery momentum. Drop in commodity ... [RTTNews.com - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Sustainment, Commodity Price, Declination

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Market News)

Reserve clears banks to lift interest rates

THE Reserve Bank has given banks a green light to increase mortgage rates, saying that their margins ''have actually declined a little over the past two years''.The assessment by the Reserve Bank assistant governor, Guy Debelle, delivered to a banking ... [Sydney Morning Herald - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Mortgages, Wayne Swan, Treasurer

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Seven banks face Moody's review

Moody's Investment Services Ltd review of $24 billion worth of hybrid securities extends to seven Australian banks and some subsidiaries, including $9.5 billion issued by Commonwealth Bank of Australia.The global ratings agency said the actions taken ... [Nine MSN Money - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Moody's Corporation, ANZ National Bank Limited, ANZ Banking Group Limited

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

ANZ appoints CIO

Source: News BitesAustralia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd appointed Anne Weatherston as chief information officer effective early 2010.David Cartwright will continue to lead ANZ?s operations and shared services functions,including Property and the ... [Business Spectator - 11/19/2009]

Entities: ANZ Banking Group Limited, Turnover, Gaz de France SA

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)

Gold Eases on Firm Dollar, Investment Demand Supports

Gold eased on Friday as the dollar's rise prompted investors to book profits after priceshit record highs above $1,150 earlier in the week, but bullion's appeal as an alternative asset kept support firm.At current market levels, gold was set for a weekly ... [CNBC - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Ben Westmore, Recycling, John Paulson, STRIKE PRICE

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Market News)

Australian Market Ends In Positive Territory; Resource Stocks Gain

(RTTNews) - The Australian market ended in positive territory on Thursday, lifted by resource stocks in late trading session on higher commodity prices. Weak closing in Wall Street in the previous session and cautious trading amid lack of buying interest ... [RTTNews.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: ILUKA RESOURCES LIMITED, GINDALBIE METALS LTD, Foreign Exchange Transactions, SINO GOLD LIMITED, JB HI-FI LIMITED

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Drunk banker uses Michael Jackson defence

Thomas Kiiza Kakwana today appeared in The Downing Centre court on mid range drink driving offence. Picture: Cameron Richardson Source: A UGANDAN-born banker who crashed his BMW while drunk told a court he was troubled by vitiligo the same skin-whitening ... [Daily Telegraph Australia - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Michael Jackson, Vitiligo, Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Cameron Richardson, Anzac

Quotes

In a statement, the company, said: "The new group has the right capital structure to tackle both an anticipated slow recovery in residential housing markets and to fund growth as markets recover. 'The group's UK banking syndicate, Lloyds Banking Group and National Australia Bank, has written off Â£21m, nearly 40 per cent, of the group's debt, in return for a major shareholding in the new group. This will significantly reduce future interest payments.' The chairman of the new group is Roger Boyes with Graham Menzies, Steve Rogers and Mike McTighe as non-executive directors."

Heywood Williams completes restructuring [Yorkshire Post - 23 hours ago]

...'It's not surprising the market is down given the American market was down and commodity prices were also in the red,' Mr Heffernan said. "We weren't going to be starting off with great gusto. 'There's only one of the top 20 stocks which is actually up so far, so it's a day where you pause to take a breath. 'It's nothing to be concerned about, because you can't keep going up at one per cent for ever. It's a healthy breather.' All the major banks opened lower, with Commonwealth Bank down 63 cents, or 1.19 per cent, at $52.45, National Australia Bank falling 39 cents, or 1.35 per cent, to $28.53 and Westpac down 43 cents, or 1.82 per cent, to $24.25."

ASX: Stocks open almost 2pc lower [West Australia Sunday Times - 11/20/2009]

...'Underlying sentiment remains good in the gold market,' said Ben Westmore, commodity economist at National Australia Bank. "The financial crisis has caused a structural shift in investment behaviour, with market participants now holding a greater preference for less opaque assets where the underlying"

Gold Eases on Firm Dollar, Investment Demand Supports [CNBC - 11/20/2009]

More Content

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Woodside boss slams ETS [West Australia Sunday Times - 1 hour ago]
Insurance: AMP to expand in China [West Australia Sunday Times - 1 hour ago]
Costs will soar: Woodside boss slams ETS [West Australia Sunday Times - 1 hour ago]
PRESS DIGEST - Financial Times - Nov 21 [Reuters India - 9 hours ago]
Aust stocks inch down 0.4% for the week [Business Spectator - 10 hours ago]
Search for L&G chairman ends [FT.com - Companies Asia-Pacific - 11 hours ago]
Weak trading to finish the week [Herald Sun - 20 hours ago]
Botched tax raid will cost us [The Australian - 21 hours ago]
Heywood Williams completes restructuring [Yorkshire Post - 23 hours ago]
Low stocks: Weak trading to finish the week [Herald Sun - 11/20/2009]
L&G set to appoint John Stewart as chairman [FT.com - UK News - 11/20/2009]
L&G set to appoint John Stewart as chairman [FT.com - Financials - 11/20/2009]
L&G set to appoint John Stewart as chairman [FT.com - Companies UK - 11/20/2009]
L&G set to appoint John Stewart as chairman [Financial Times - UK Homepage - 11/20/2009]
Seven banks face Moody's review [Nine MSN Money - 11/20/2009]
Stocks end week 1.3pc in the red [The Australian - 11/20/2009]
Profit Taking, Weak US Cues Drag Australian Mar... [RTTNews.com - 11/20/2009]
Aussie stocks close lower after Wall St fall [New Zealand Herald - 11/20/2009]
L&G gets banking chairman [Insurancetimes.co.uk - 11/20/2009]
More SAS Global entities in receivership [WA Business News - 11/20/2009]
Market 1% lower mid-morning [WA Business News - 11/20/2009]
Market opens nearly 2% lower [WA Business News - 11/20/2009]
Falls across the board [Brisbane Courier-Mail - 11/20/2009]
Miners and banks weigh on market [Herald Sun - 11/20/2009]
Shares slump as mood turns sour [Sydney Morning Herald - 11/20/2009]
Market ends week lower (The West Australian) [Yahoo! News Australia - 11/20/2009]
AvSuper reviews custody and insurance mandates [Financial Standard - 11/20/2009]
ASX: Stocks open almost 2pc lower [West Australia Sunday Times - 11/20/2009]
Gold Eases on Firm Dollar, Investment Demand Su... [CNBC - 11/20/2009]
Halifax firm writes off £21m debt [Yorkshire Forward - 11/20/2009]

Blogs

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Drumbeat: October 28, 2009 [The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our ... - 10/28/2009] Byron King: Peak Oil – The Risks A couple weeks ago, I attended the 2009 international conference of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas (ASPO), out ...
Stocks Tank In Asia And Europe, SAP Cuts Foreca... [Clusterstock - 10/28/2009] While you were sleeping, they were selling in Asia and Europe. The MSCI World Index fell for the seventh straight day, with Japan down 1.3%, Hong Kong off 1.5%, ...
U.S. Dollar Slowly Firming Against Japanese Yen... [The Market Oracle - 10/26/2009] The National Australia Bank (NAB) will publish its Quarterly Business Confidence report tomorrow (OCT 27). The report measures the current business conditions ...
October 14 2009: Chris Martenson, Stoneleigh an... [The Automatic Earth - 10/14/2009] René Magritte The Treachery of Images 1928 Ilargi: Before I get to the actual intro piece which is sort of (you’ll understand when you see it) written by ...
ING Sheds Australia Wealth JV For $1.6 bln [VCCircle Feeds - 09/25/2009] ING is to sell its 51 percent stake in a wealth management joint venture to partner Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd for $1.6 billion as the Dutch group ...

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