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Aussie stocks close lower

The Australian sharemarket has closed weaker for the fifth consecutive day at a seven-week low with investors staying away or moving their money to safer assets. At the close on Thursday, the bench..

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Westpac splits into two

Westpac has overhauled its management structure and hired a potential chief executive successor as it pushes to be the country's leading financial company. The country's second largest lender behin..

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Murchison assets dwindling

Murchison Metals will be left with just a few exploration tenements and little funds if it pays shareholders with cash received from the sale of key assets to Mitsubishi. Murchison accepted $325 mi..

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David Jones tips profit drop

David Jones shares slumped to an eight-week low after the retailer reported that first quarter sales fell more than 10 per cent and confirmed expectations of a hefty drop in first half profit. Whil..

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Stocks to watch on Thursday

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange on Thursday: AVM - ANVIL MINING LTD - down eight cents, or 1.1 per cent, at $7.15 Minmetals' $C1.3 billion ($A1.28 billion) takeover bid for Demo..

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