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Travel hits Myer’s earnings

Australia's love affair with overseas travel is harming big department stores. Myer chief executive Bernie Brookes fears the high Australian dollar is hitting his and other department stores as lar..

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Miners bracing for Cyclone

Resources companies in Western Australia's north are bracing for Tropical Cyclone Lua, which is expected to intensify as it approaches the Pilbara coast. Forecasters believe Lua could cause floodin..

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Stocks to watch on Thursday

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange early on Thursday: AAX - AUSENCO LTD - up 14 cent at $4.55 BSE - BASE RESOURCES LTD - up two cents at 47.5 cents Engineering firm Ausenco has ..

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Wall Street closes mixed

Stocks have ended pretty much where they started on Wall Street, a day after the market had its biggest gain of the year. The Dow Jones industrial average on Wednesday eked out an increase of 16.42..

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Stockland extends buyback

Property developer Stockland Group has expanded its on-market buyback of its securities to up to 10 per cent of issued capital. The previous target for the buyback, announced in August 2011, was fi..

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