The stock market reached a seven-week high thanks to surges in CSL and bank stocks,despite a risk-off sentiment dominating markets in recent days.
Australia's largest private hospital operator grew patient numbers and was boosted by easier access to mental health care.
Health insurers Medibank Private and NIB said they are still under pressure to keep a lid on premiums despite the market adding more than a billion dollars to their collective market value after the Coalition's election victory removed the threat of a cap on premium increases as promised by Labor.
The deal was secured not long after the centre signed a five-year lease on its Macquarie Street headquarters.
Ramsay Health Care shares continued to rise strongly after the global health care provider reported strong growth from its Australian operations and stuck to its earnings guidance for the full year.
Carile Alisa Ramsay,the alleged granddaughter of Ramsay Health Care founder Paul Ramsay,was empatically rejected as a board member at its shareholder meeting on Wednesday.
Ramsay Health Care shareholder meetings are usually very staid affairs,but that is set to change next month with a mysterious interloper making her bid for the health care provider’s blue chip boardroom.
Chancellor Gareth Evans reveals more detail about the failed multi-million dollar deal with the Howard-headed centre to create a degree in Western Civilisation.
The chief executive of private hospital operator Ramsay Health Care Craig McNally says federal election uncertainty could further dent growth.
More than one quarter of ASX100 companies don’t have a remuneration policy that explicitly covers gender pay equity,a new report says.
Obstetricians say unless changes are made to the Medicare rebate the incidence of women ditching private cover could increase.