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The Australian share market closed higher on Wednesday, boosted by encouraging economic data from Japan and South Korea and slightly stronger retail sales data in Australia. The S&P/ASX200 inde..
Shares in QBE Insurance Group have risen after the insurance giant raised $450 million from institutional investors and sought to raise another $150 million from retail investors. QBE's stock on th..
Analysts are expected to downgrade full year forecasts for WorleyParsons after the engineering company's first half result missed expectations. WorleyParsons on Wednesday delivered an 18 per cent r..
By Garry Shilson-Josling, AAP Economist Construction work and retail trade figures confirm the economy has plenty of weak patches amid the areas of strength from the mining boom. Retail turnover..
Seven Group Holdings shares were stronger at noon after the diversified investments company forecast buoyant full year earnings. Seven Group chief executive Peter Gammell on Wednesday flagged the c..
Shares in consumer goods retailer Harvey Norman fell more than six per cent after the company reported worse than expected sales in an uncertain retail environment. Harvey Norman said net profit af..
Global toll road owner Macquarie Atlas Roads has posted another full-year loss, but says it expects to pay dividends to its shareholders in 2013. The company has interests in six toll roads in the ..
The Dow Jones industrial average on Tuesday finally reclaimed the ground it held before the carnage of the Great Recession - bailouts bank failures layoffs by the million and a stock market panic that..
The Australian share market closed flat after a directionless trading session in the absence of firm leads from offshore markets. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 4.7 points, or 0.11 per..
Goodman Fielder, one of Australia's largest listed food companies, may be on the verge of a takeover bid from Asian agribusiness giant Wilmar International. Goodman Fielder, the company behind food..
James Hardie shares have fallen after a strong rise in underlying profit still failed to meet market expectations. The fibre-cement maker posted a small rise in sales in its United States and Europ..
QBE Insurance Group's annual net profit plunged 45 per cent during what it described as one of the worst years for catastrophic events. QBE on Tuesday reported a statutory net profit of $US704 mill..
Telstra's participation in the national broadband network (NBN) has cleared the final hurdle after the competition regulator said it had accepted the telco's structural separation undertakings (SSU). ..
Southern Cross Media has almost tripled its net profit after acquiring the Austereo radio group. Now called Southern Cross Austereo, the rebranded company has assets across regional television, reg..
Leighton Holdings subsidiary Habtoor Leighton Group has been awarded a $A480 million property redevelopment contract in Dubai in the Middle East. The contract forms part of the $A3 billion Jewel of..
Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange early on Tuesday: BPT - BEACH ENERGY LTD - down 9.5 cents at $1.67 Oil and gas producer Beach Energy has returned to first half profitability des..
The Australian share market closed lower on Monday, partly pulled back by market giant BHP Billiton, which paid its interim dividend; the big banks, three of which had a ratings downgrade on Friday; a..
The Australian dollar has fallen more than a quarter of a US cent as demand rises for European currencies. At 1700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at 106.89, down from 107.17 on Friday. E..
Telstra Corporation will start selling internet plans to be delivered over the national broadband network (NBN) from Tuesday. The move comes after the nation's largest telco signed a wholesale serv..
Caltex Australia says the it expects the recent deterioration of its refining business to be sustained for a prolonged period. The company, which earlier this month flagged the possible closure of ..
Woodchipper Gunns says the future value of the company relies upon the completion of its controversial $2.5 billion pulp mill at Bell Bay in Tasmania. Gunns on Monday posted a $173.3 million loss f..
Wealth manager SFG Australia Ltd is ready for more transformational mergers and acquisitions after its friendly merger with Shadforth Financial Group helped boost interim profit by 84 per cent. For..
Oil and gas producer ROC Oil Company has booked its first annual profit since 2005, partly as a result of the higher oil price. ROC on Monday announced a net profit of $US27.7 million for the 12 mo..
Oil and gas producer Beach Energy has returned to first half profitability despite a small fall in production. Beach on Monday posted a net profit of $56 million for the six months to December 31, ..
Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange early on Monday: AGK - AGL ENERGY LTD - down 67 cents at $13.67 MELBOURNE, Feb 24 AAP - AGL Energy says it is confident of getting regulatory app..
