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Virgin Australia welcomes Singapore Airlines as investor, agrees to Tiger JV, Skywest buy

Virgin Australia welcomes Singapore Airlines as investor, agrees to Tiger JV, Skywest buy

Oct. 30 (BusinessDesk) - Virgin Australia, which competes with Qantas Airways in the Australian aviation market, will place 10 percent of its shares with Singapore Airlines for A$105 million, using most of the funds to buy a 60 percent stake in Tiger Airways and all of Skywest A...

30 Oct 2012
Australia's Lempriere pours cold water on selling WSI scouring assets in formal takeover bid

Australia's Lempriere pours cold water on selling WSI scouring assets in formal takeover bid

By Paul McBeth Oct. 30 (BusinessDesk) - Australian wool merchant Lempriere has ruled out selling New Zealand Wool Services International's scouring assets, according to its formal takeover document. The Melbourne-based company has locked up 75 percent of WSI's shares having b...

29 Oct 2012
NZ Oil  and  Gas has $162 million to add oil and gas reserves

NZ Oil and Gas has $162 million to add oil and gas reserves

Oct. 30 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand Oil & Gas, the nation’s largest listed oil explorer, says it has about $162 million in cash available to acquire more oil and gas reserves. “We have set an exploration target of 3-5 wells each year with an expected cost in the order of $35 m...

29 Oct 2012