St George is back, with a new plan of attack

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St. George Bank merged with Advance Bank in 1998. The new bank will attempt to retain St. George's image for customer service and Advance's image for innovation. The $2.65 billion acquisition has decreased St. George's market share of the home loans and deposits markets. Portfolio is a new product the bank introduced to attract new customers and encourage current customers to purchase more bank products.

Commercial Banks, Commercial Banking, Banking industry, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, St. George Bank Ltd., Advance Bank Australia Ltd.

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A break with tradition puts some boom in the bubbly trade

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Champagne producers are entering into serious marketing. Remy Cointreau has introduced a red label for its Piper-Heidsieck champagne and has seen a 14.5% increase in sales worldwide. Remy is also trying innovative ways of marketing Krug. It has a Krug Room in Chifley Tower in Sydney in an arrangement with Forty One. It is trying to sell Krug as a luxury item.

Marketing, Champagne (Wine), Remy Cointreau

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Gates' grand internet plan

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Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates discusses the introduction of Microsoft.Net. as the company's new development for the internet. The company is currently undertaking an appeal against a court ruling which called for the break up of Microsoft.

Planning, Computer software industry, Software industry, Microsoft Corp., Cover Story, Gates, Bill, Executives, MSFT

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