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Dreamliner touches down in Melbourne

After a five-year delay, Jetstar's first next-generation Boeing 787 Dreamliner has arrived in Melbourne.Victorian Premier Denis Napthine was at Melbourne Airport with about 150 Jetstar staff to greet ..

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M2 upgrade lifts Transurban revenue

Toll road owner Transurban's quarterly revenue has grown by 14 per cent, thanks in part to the end of upgrade work on Sydney's M2 Motorway.Statutory revenue for the September quarter was $222.6 millio..

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WorleyParsons says profit to fall in H1

Engineering and services group WorleyParsons has flagged a fall in first half profit due to a quiet order book.However contract awards had picked up in recent months, and the company still says it exp..

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Australian share market edges higher

The Australian share market lifted slightly on Wednesday as investors looked beyond the political impasse over the United States budget and the possibility of a debt default by the US government.IG ma..

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Optus, Virgin sign $60m comms deal

Optus has struck a $60 million deal to provide telecommunications and other services over five years to airline Virgin Australia. Optus said on Wednesday that the domestic and international telecom..

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US shutdown hits consumer confidence

The failure of the US government to pass a budget by the end of its financial year was a factor in a small fall in local consumer confidence in October.The Westpac/Melbourne Institute index of consume..

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Newcrest chairman and CEO to go

After a horror year in which it recorded a $5.8 billion loss and came under investigation for possible breaches of corporate law, Newcrest Mining's chairman and chief executive are leaving the company..

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Washington stalemate sinks US stocks

US stocks have sunk and short-term bond yields jumped as the stalemate in Washington over passing a budget and raising the debt ceiling takes a deeper toll on financial markets. Investors on Tuesda..

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