Australia and New Zealand Banking Group News

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., the third-largest bank in Australia, plans to eliminate about 1,000 jobs and reiterated a pay freeze for most senior executives as it combats a slump in lending growth.

Please find attached Rabobank's latest Agribusiness Review for Australia and New Zealand .

The presence of a French military aircraft over western Fiji surveying the damage from the recent widespread flooding has again highlighted the close ties between France and the government of the Fijian dictator, Voreqe Bainimarama.

WITH a momentous decision imminent on whether Australia will become home to the world's biggest telescope, the federal government has stepped up its last-minute lobbying.

Australia's Westpac Banking Corp and the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group said on Friday they would both raise mortgage rates to relieve funding costs, even though the country's central bank kept policy rates unchanged this week.

Ivan Colhoun, head of Australian economics and property research at Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., talks about the nation's economy and central bank monetary policy.

Mark Lanegan Band return for their first tour of Australia and New Zealand in 8 years, presented by The Frontier Touring Company.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Alibaba is working with bankers on a loan to buy back most of the 40 percent stake held by Yahoo .

With the release of Computop Paygate 5.0, Computop offers the support of two new bank data centers to ensure 100% availability and faster processing time for businesses' payment transactions.

Dynamic packaging specialist Traveltek has beefed up its overseas management team by recruiting the former founder and managing director of Australian firm Cruise Factory.

Pop superstar Lady Gaga has revealed plans to play 110 shows worldwide in 2012 and 2013 on her new tour, dubbed the "Born This Way Ball." Along with Gaga's tour announcement came confirmation of the tour's first 11 shows, beginning with an April 27 gig in Seoul, South Korea.

Indie folk-rockers Bon Iver will make several festival stops along with a handful of auditorium shows this spring in continued support of last summer's "Bon Iver, Bon Iver." The Wisconsin-based band, founded by frontman Justin Vernon, will first complete a round of dates throughout Australia and New Zealand in February and March before beginning ... (more)

Among the arrangers for the facility are Australia and New Zealand Banking Group , Bank of America Corp , Bank of China , Citigroup , Deutsche Bank and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China , the people said on condition of anonymity.

Medivir AB , the research-based specialty pharmaceutical company focused on infectious diseases, announces that its unique cold sore product Xerclear, which Medivir developed in-house, is now being launched for over-the-counter use by its partner GlaxoSmithKline in Europe.

Lawmakers in South Korea voted to impose greenhouse-gas limits on its largest companies, making it the third Asia-Pacific nation to set targets opposed by industry.

Katie Dean, head of Australian economics at Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., talks about the nation's economy and central bank monetary policy.

A new Defence relationship between Australia and New Zealand has been announced by the Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith.

Cotton growers in Australia are bracing for further rain, potentially extending the flooding which may damage up to 10% of the national crop of the fibre, besides sugar cane, soybeans and sorghum.

Ex Libris welcomed two more universities to the Australia and New Zealand early-adopter program for the Alma library management service.

MELBOURNE Feb. 6, 2012-Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today that it had assigned its 'A' issuer credit rating to Suncorp Group Ltd.