Wesfarmers

Wesfarmers appoints insurance arm manager

Business Spectator (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

Van Rhoon to lead corporate wing of insurance broker. 22 Jul 2008 1:23 PM

Wesfarmers Insurance Division and Subsidiary Lumley General Insurance New Zealand Select Guidewire

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008

AUCKLAND, New Zealand & SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wesfarmers Insurance Division, its underwriting subsidiary Lumley General Insurance (New Zealand) Ltd. (Lumley NZ), and Guidewire

Retailers deny driving up cost of groceries

News.com.au (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008

WESFARMERS boss Richard Goyder blames red tape in food production and middle class demand for driving up grocery prices rather than greedy retailers.

Grocery greed denied

Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008

WESFARMERS boss Richard Goyder blames red tape in food production and middle class demand for driving up grocery prices rather than greedy retailers.

Wesfarmers sees 5-year Coles overhaul

Business Spectator (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008

Conglomerate expects it will take five years to overhaul struggling supermarket chain. 14 Jul 2008 1:10 PM

ACCC to up supermarket competition

Business Spectator (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008

Wacthdog to challenge Wesfarmers, Woolworths duopoly. 14 Jul 2008 11:44 AM

Coal fuels Wesfarmers' hope

The Australian (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008

Higher coal returns will make up for lower retail earnings

Coles takeover not hardest: Eastwood

The Australian (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008

OUTGOING Wesfarmers chairman Trevor Eastwood says the takeover of retail giant Coles last year was a snap compared with past upheavals at the company where he began his career 45 years ago.

Wesfarmers chairman to step down

Business Spectator (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008

Trevor Eastwood to make way after six years in the role. 4 Jul 2008 12:28 AM

Wesfarmers chairman to step down

News.com.au (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008

WESFARMERS'chairman Trevor Eastwood will step down from the post in November to be succeeded by current deputy chairman Bob Every.

Wesfarmers shares hit

News.com.au (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008

SHARES in conglomerate Wesfarmers slumped yesterday after it revealed that the West Australian gas crisis would erode its second-half earnings.

• Wesfarmers shares hit - Courrier Mail
• Wesfarmers leaks $20m a month - News.com.au

New Coles chief's five-year repair job

The Australian (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008

THE Scottish retailer hired to turn around Wesfarmers' underperforming Coles supermarkets division says it is going to take up to five years to fix things.

Wesfarmers offer raises $2.5b

News.com.au (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008

PERTH-based conglomerate Wesfarmers has completed the final phase of a rights offer, raising a total of about $2.5 billion.

Australia's Wesfarmers to raise A$1.6 billion

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 05/21/2008

SYDNEY, May 21 (Reuters) - Australian conglomerate Wesfarmers Ltd said on Wednesday it will raise around A$1.6 billion

Wesfarmers now attractive to investors

The Australian (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008

THE big discount on offer should attract a strong subscription.