Gordon Davis ... 'restore market confidence'
Mergers tipped as AWB scraps dual share structure
By Kathy Swan
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Wheat exporter Australian Wheat Board (AWB) says it is now free to compete equally in the new world of deregulated wheat marketing, after finally winning shareholder approval to scrap its complex dual share structure.
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