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Australian shares close weaker

The Australian share market has closed slightly weaker as investors sold off defensive and high yielding financial stocks after a couple of days of gains. CommSec market analyst Steve Daghlian desc..

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Adani offers more room for Aussie coal

India's Adani is confident of providing an extra 10 million tonnes a year of coal capacity for virtually no cost at Queensland's Abbott Point coal port to douse worries about infrastructure bottleneck..

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Stocks to watch at noon on Wednesday

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange at noon on Wednesday: BBG - BILLABONG - down 19 cents, or 26 per cent, to 54 cents Shares in troubled surfwear retailer Billabong have dived to r..

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Santos seeks NSW support for CSG

Energy company Santos believes it will win community support for coal seam gas in NSW with a plan to supply a quarter of the state's gas needs from new wells in the remote Pilliga state forest.Santos ..

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RBA fairly upbeat on Aust economy

The RBA is painting a positive outlook for Australia's economy, despite the end of the mining investment boom nearing and the high dollar weighing on growth. RBA assistant governor of economics Dr ..

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