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US stocks mostly lower in choppy trade

US stocks closed mostly lower on Friday after a three-day rally, with shares of BlackBerry hammered as the struggling phone maker reported a surprise quarterly loss. The Dow Jones Industrial Averag..

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Market rally comes to an end

Australian shares fell flat on the last day of trade in the financial year as cautious investors sold mining and insurance stocks. Australia's share market gained 17 per cent over the past year, bu..

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SunRice profits rise as drought eases

Australia's biggest rice company has announced a 5.5 per cent profit increase as drought conditions ease. SunRice's net profit in the year to April 30 rose to $35.8 million, up from $33.9 million. ..

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WesTrac cuts 350 jobs

Heavy machinery dealer WesTrac is cutting 350 jobs as part of a restructure.The company provides Caterpillar machinery such as bulldozers and trucks to miners and builders.It is a division of Seven Gr..

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Kingsgate shares slump on $300m charge

Kingsgate Consolidated shares have slumped after the gold miner announced job cuts and a $300 million impairment charge caused by weak gold prices.Kingsgate said it would reduce staff as it undertakes..

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Caltex profit drop hits shares

Caltex shares have hit six month lows after the oil refiner and distributor blamed the falling dollar and a pipeline outage for a predicted cut to first half profit.Caltex has forecast a net profit of..

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US stocks open lower after 3-day rally

US stocks fell in opening trade on Friday after a three-day rally, with shares of Blackberry leading the way as the struggling phone maker reported a surprise quarterly loss.Five minutes into trade, t..

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Market rally continues

Australian shares have closed significantly higher for a second straight day as investors grew more confident about China's financial system. A positive lead from Wall Street also helped local shar..

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Tinkler pays $12m bill on time

Former billionaire Nathan Tinkler has paid a $12 million bill to coal explorer Blackwood allowing him to avoid moves to freeze his assets. Blackwood released a statement on Thursday saying that Mr ..

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Job vacancies fall 7.3%

The number of job vacancies in Australia fell by 7.3 per cent, official statistics show. The total number of vacancies in May 2013 was 138,900, in seasonally-adjusted terms, compared with 149,800 i..

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GrainCorp rises as ACCC backs takeover

The competition regulator says it won't oppose the $3 billion-plus takeover of Australia's largest grain-handler GrainCorp by American food giant Archer Daniels Midland.Australian Competition and Cons..

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Toll Holdings warns of job cuts

Transport and logistics group Toll Holdings has warned it will cut jobs due to the poor performance of its global freight services business.The comments came as the company announced a $200 million wr..

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Carriers want crimp on Telstra power

An alliance of telecommunications companies has demanded the federal government and competition watchdog review Telstra's sector dominance to boost competition in the phone and internet market. The..

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News Ltd set for a name change

Rupert Murdoch's News Limited will be no more from next week - in name anyway. The newspaper business will be re-named News Corp Australia on July 1 as Mr Murdoch's global media empire News Corp sp..

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Softbank bid for Sprint gets thumbs-up

Investors in Tokyo have welcomed news that shareholders in US mobile carrier Sprint had approved a $US21.6 billion ($A23.46 billion) takeover by SoftBank, paving the way for the biggest-ever overseas ..

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Barrick Gold slashes 65 jobs in WA

The world's largest gold mining company Barrick has slashed 65 jobs in Western Australia due to increasing costs and a weaker gold price. Barrick said 32 positions at its Perth office had been made..

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Paladin shares fall as deal delayed

Paladin Energy shares fell by nearly seven per cent after it delayed until August a deal to sell a stake in an African uranium mine. A deal with two nuclear parties for a minority equity position i..

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Aquila delays Eagle Downs construction

Aquila Resources has delayed construction of its Eagle Downs coal project in Queensland due to weak coal prices.The minerals explorer on Wednesday said its joint venture project in the Bowen Basin wou..

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