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New Hope invites suitors to place bids

Cashed-up thermal coal miner New Hope Corporation has invited formal takeover bids after receiving several preliminary offers, with one analyst tipping Xstrata as a potential suitor.New Hope on Wednes..

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ASX closes slightly lower

The Australian share market closed 0.6 per cent lower, with investors starting to hope that the central bank would cut interest rates for the first time in a year next month.The local bourse opened al..

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Aussie trade surplus grows

Australia's trade surplus widened in August, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said. The balance on goods and services was a surplus of $3.100 billion in August, seasonally adjusted, compar..

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Building approvals up 11.4%

Australian residential building approvals rose 11.4 per cent to 13,800 units in August, seasonally adjusted.This compares to an upwardly revised 12,384 units in July.In the year to August, building ap..

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US, European stocks sell off

A roundup of trading on major world markets: NEW YORK - Wall Street suffered another slump on Monday as concerns about the economy, contagion from the European debt crisis and rumours of an America..

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Stocks to watch on Tuesday

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange early on Tuesday:ABY - ABITYA BIRLA MINERALS LTD - down 6.5 cents, or 7.47 per cent, at 80.5 centsCopper miner Aditya Birla has been fined by a Queensl..

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