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	<title>Crikey &#187; Wesfarmers</title>
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		<title>Woolworths v Wesfarmers: good corporate citizens or irresponsible pokies pariahs</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/18/woolworths-v-wesfarmers-good-corporate-citizens-or-irresponsible-pokies-pariahs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/18/woolworths-v-wesfarmers-good-corporate-citizens-or-irresponsible-pokies-pariahs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 02:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Mayne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruce Mathieson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wesfarmers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Woolworths]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pressure is mounting on the blue-blood directors of Woolworths to decide whether they are pillars of the community or pariahs.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Profit-rich mining companies get $100m NSW budget handout</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/07/profit-rich-mining-companies-get-100m-nsw-budget-handout/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/07/profit-rich-mining-companies-get-100m-nsw-budget-handout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 02:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry O'Farrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BHP Billiton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mining industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[newcrest mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peabody coal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio Tinto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wesfarmers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The generosity of politicians towards the mining industry knows no bounds, whether it is the wobbling Gillard mob in Canberra or the smug lot led by suave Barry O'Farrell in Sydney.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bartholomeusz: Woolworths&#8217; executive exodus</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/05/bartholomeusz-woolworths-executive-exodus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/05/bartholomeusz-woolworths-executive-exodus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bartholomeusz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grant o'brien]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greg foran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[james strong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael luscombe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roger corbett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wesfarmers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Woolworths]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Where once Woolworths dictated terms to Coles, it now finds itself in the unaccustomed position of being forced to react to Coles’ initiatives.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/05/bartholomeusz-woolworths-executive-exodus/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wesfarmers transparency sets example on contract disclosures</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/14/wesfarmers-transparency-sets-example-on-contract-disclosures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/14/wesfarmers-transparency-sets-example-on-contract-disclosures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 02:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BHP Billiton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iron ore price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio Tinto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wesfarmers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=178307</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It can be argued that ASIC and the ASX are allowing the likes of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto to trade in an uninformed market because of a failure to update the market on quarterly iron ore and coal contract prices.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/14/wesfarmers-transparency-sets-example-on-contract-disclosures/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Productivity Commission strikes out on curbing runaway exec pay</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/11/productivity-commission-strikes-out-on-curbing-runaway-exec-pay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/11/productivity-commission-strikes-out-on-curbing-runaway-exec-pay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BHP Billiton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Productivity Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wesfarmers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=108800</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While the Productivity Commission report was not without merit, when it comes to actually curbing runaway pay, it will be of little or no effect, writes <b>Adam Schwab</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>From WA premier to Wesfarmers lobbyist?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/30/crikey-says-119/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/30/crikey-says-119/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Carpenter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brian burke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Goyder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wesfarmers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/30/crikey-says-119/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Former WA premier Alan Carpenter joining Wesfarmers as its chief spinner and lobbyist is, in a word, a disgrace.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/30/crikey-says-119/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Grocery retail dominance is a threat to public health</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/grocery-retail-dominance-is-a-threat-to-public-health/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/grocery-retail-dominance-is-a-threat-to-public-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grocery prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grocery sector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthy eating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wesfarmers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Woolworths]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is easy to bash the grocery heavies, but to really address the issue of healthy eating, a multi-faceted approach is required -- one that looks at social and health factors as much as economic ones, writes <b>Jon Wardle</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Corporates clear the ASX trash on Grand Final Eve</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/28/corporates-clear-the-asx-trash-on-grand-final-eve/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/28/corporates-clear-the-asx-trash-on-grand-final-eve/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Mayne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Babcock and Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consolidated Media Holdings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fortescue Metals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[professor allan fels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seven Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toll Holdings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wesfarmers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Woolworths]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/28/corporates-clear-the-asx-trash-on-grand-final-eve/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From Computershare to Macquarie, the time-honoured practice of dropping bad news when no-one is looking was on display again last Friday. So here's what you may have missed...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/28/corporates-clear-the-asx-trash-on-grand-final-eve/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wayne Swan rings hollow on executive pay</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/28/swan-ringing-hollow-on-executive-pay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/28/swan-ringing-hollow-on-executive-pay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[APRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[executive remuneration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wesfarmers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/28/swan-ringing-hollow-on-executive-pay/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Treasurer Wayne Swan and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd certainly know how to make the right noises about excessive executive pay. But will we see more than talk on the issue?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/28/swan-ringing-hollow-on-executive-pay/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Coles folds on pokies, will Woolies be next?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/11/coles-folds-on-pokies-will-woolies-be-next/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/11/coles-folds-on-pokies-will-woolies-be-next/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Xenophon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wesfarmers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Woolworths]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/11/coles-folds-on-pokies-will-woolies-be-next/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Those nice men from Wesfarmers, sitting in pokies-free Perth, have wilted in the face of a strong campaign over kids in venues and committed to spend millions cleaning up their gambling venues, writes <b>Stephen Mayne</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Two supermarkets, one leader</title>
		<link>http://business.smh.com.au/business/coles-is-not-in-same-class-as-woolies--yet-20090827-f19o.html</link>
		<comments>http://business.smh.com.au/business/coles-is-not-in-same-class-as-woolies--yet-20090827-f19o.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wesfarmers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Woolworths]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=82662</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Woolworths is in another class from Coles, says <b>Malcolm Maiden</b>. With Woolies lifting food and liquor sales by 7.4% in the last year, Coles is left to hope: surely they can't keep this up.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Market down this morning</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/27/morning-market-report-83/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/27/morning-market-report-83/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Morning Market Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wesfarmers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Woolworths]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The market is down 7, but Wall St gained slightly overnight. Also, Woolworths is up, but the focus is on the Hardware roll-out, which will probably not reflect well on Wesfarmers (Bunnings).]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lowes hardware just the beginning for Woolworths</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/25/lowes-hardware-just-the-beginning-for-woolworths/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/25/lowes-hardware-just-the-beginning-for-woolworths/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bunnings warehouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Danks Holdings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Timber and Hardware]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lowes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thrifty-Link]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wesfarmers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Woolworths]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/25/lowes-hardware-just-the-beginning-for-woolworths/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Retail giant Woolworths is moving into hardware to take on Wesfarmers's key business, Bunnings Warehouse, making a takeover bid for Danks Holdings, which operates Home Timber and Hardware, Thrifty-Link and Plants Plus Garden Centres. 
]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wall St down</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/29/morning-market-report-42/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/29/morning-market-report-42/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Padley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Morning Market Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gunns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin Blue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wesfarmers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/29/morning-market-report-42/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wall St was down 34 on Friday, with metals and oil struggling.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Crikey cure for outlandish executive pay</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/a-crikey-cure-for-outlandish-executive-pay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/a-crikey-cure-for-outlandish-executive-pay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[executive remuneration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Productivity Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Goyder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wesfarmers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/a-crikey-cure-for-outlandish-executive-pay/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Submissions continue at the Productivity Commission's inquiry into executive pay. <b>Adam Schwab</b> cuts to the chase.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wesfarmers pulls up short on executive pay</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/28/wesfarmers-pulls-up-short-on-executive-pay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/28/wesfarmers-pulls-up-short-on-executive-pay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 04:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[executive salaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Goyder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wesfarmers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=62049</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The sorry state of executive pay has been exemplified by the press coverage allocated to Wesfarmers' decision to freeze the pay and cut the bonuses of its top executives, writes <b>Adam Schwab</b>.

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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Resources damage market</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/20/resources-damage-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/20/resources-damage-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Padley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Morning Market Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OneSteel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio Tinto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wesfarmers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=52166</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The market took a hit from the resource sector, down 41 with BHP and RIO down 2.3% and 4.1% respectively.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>BEN gets crushed</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/06/morning-market-report-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/06/morning-market-report-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Morning Market Report]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bendigo and Adelaide Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BHP Billiton]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (BEN) getting smashed after releasing its Trading Update.]]></description>
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		<title>Wesfarmers hit with enormous cash deluge</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/24/wesfarmers-hit-with-enormous-cash-deluge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/24/wesfarmers-hit-with-enormous-cash-deluge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rights issue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wesfarmers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wesfarmers has just been hit by the biggest cash deluge a secondary market capital raising has ever delivered in Australia, writes <b>Stephen Mayne</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Wesfarmers&#8217; big issue</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/22/wesfarmers-big-issue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/22/wesfarmers-big-issue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rights issue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wesfarmers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nine months is a long time in the context of the global financial crisis, writes <b>Stephen Bartholomeusz</b>, and Westfarmers was forced into corner.]]></description>
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		<title>Merrill Lynch says sell Wesfarmers, risk &#8220;too high&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/22/merrill-lynch-says-sell-wesfarmers-risk-too-high/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/22/merrill-lynch-says-sell-wesfarmers-risk-too-high/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy business]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[merril lynch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch has issued a very strong "sell" recommendation for Wesfarmers following the company's $2.5 billion rights issue to help fund its $18 billion aquisition of Coles, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Briefly Business: Wesfarmers, Macarthur Coal and Chris Murphy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/21/briefly-business-wesfarmers-macarthur-coal-and-chris-murphy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/21/briefly-business-wesfarmers-macarthur-coal-and-chris-murphy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chris murphy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hedge funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[macarthur coal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wesfarmers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wesfarmers rights issue ... Macarthur Coal takeover?... hedge fund managers ... Austock ... Chris Murphy wants his fruit back.]]></description>
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		<title>Tips and rumours</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/10/tips-and-rumours/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/10/tips-and-rumours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bronwyn Bishop]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lotus Notes vs. Microsoft. Re. &#8220;Tips and rumours&#8221; (Friday, item 8). &#8221;FAHCSIA is in the middle of a transition from a prehistoric Lotus Notes platform to MS Office, which is not going anywhere near as smoothly or as cheaply as expected.&#8221; Yet again another Commonwealth Department has been wooed from an established, industrial strength and modern [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Coles makes profit, not many killed</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/20/coles-makes-profit-not-many-killed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/20/coles-makes-profit-not-many-killed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ebit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mix and match]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shareholders]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just when it seemed like the fiasco at the Coles Group had drawn to a close, the AFR revealed today that the merged retailer just “produced its best first quarter profit figure in five years,” writes Adam Schwab. ]]></description>
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		<title>Some (gratuitous) advice for Wesfarmers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/08/some-gratuitous-advice-for-wesfarmers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/08/some-gratuitous-advice-for-wesfarmers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Coles]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[john fletcher]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In spite of some recent nervousness about the shareholder vote, the deal is done, and Wesfarmers will get the Coles' door keys and the safe combinations on 23 November, writes Rob Lake.]]></description>
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