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Stocks to watch at close on Tuesday

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange at noon on Tuesday: BLY - BOART LONGYEAR - up 3.00 cents, or 6.82 per cent, at 47 cents Drilling company Boart Longyear has appointed Rio Tinto e..

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Boart Longyear appoints new CFO

Drilling company Boart Longyear has appointed Rio Tinto executive Jeffrey Olsen as its new finance chief. Mr Olsen, who is currently the chief commercial officer of Rio's titanium business, will jo..

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Woodside partners sign Israel gas deal

Woodside Petroleum's partners in the Leviathan gas project in Israel have signed a deal to sell $1.2 billion worth of gas to the Palestine Power Generation Company (PPGC) for 20 years. The Leviatha..

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Stocks to watch at noon on Tuesday

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange at noon on Tuesday: WPL - WOODSIDE PETROLEUM - up nine cents, or 0.24 per cent, at $37.79 A Palestine power company has been confirmed as first b..

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Australian shares open higher

The Australian stock market has opened stronger as local investor confidence offset negative leads from global markets. CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said the move higher at ..

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Dexus-CPPIB offer alternative CPA bid

Office, industrial and retail property investor Dexus Property Group has added an alternative to its joint takeover offer for the Commonwealth Property Office Fund (CPA). Dexus and the Canada Pensi..

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Australian market set to slightly lower

The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower after a lacklustre performance on Wall Street overnight. At 0841 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was down six po..

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