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Business conditions at three-year low

Business conditions have slumped to their lowest levels in three years - and things could get worse in the months ahead. However the gloomy outlook does not guarantee a pre-Christmas interest rate ..

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Stocks to watch early on Tuesday

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange on Tuesday, November 13 BCS - BRISCONNECTIONS - in a trading halt, last traded at 40 cents. BrisConnections, the operator of Brisbane's airport l..

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Orica shares punished as profit falls

Chemicals company Orica believes a new strategy of commercialising new products faster will lift profit despite a subdued outlook for the global mining industry. Investors punished the company's sh..

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BlueScope scraps US$300m note offer

BlueScope Steel has scrapped a previously announced offer of $US300 million ($A289.90 million) in notes to institutional investors. "The decision to not proceed was taken due to recent volatility i..

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Stocks to watch early on Monday

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange on Monday November 12 LYC - LYNAS CORPORATION - in trading halt, last traded at 80.5 cents Analysts remain unimpressed by rare earths miner Lynas..

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US stocks sink in see-saw election week

US stocks ended a roller-coaster week lower, hitting a big election-day rally Tuesday only to plunge after President Barack Obama defeated Republican challenger and Wall Street ally Mitt Romney. Wh..

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MacMahon receives first strike on pay

Shareholders have delivered MacMahon Holdings its "first strike" over executive pay amid widespread anger over a recent earnings downgrade and a forecast first-half loss. More than 28 per cent of s..

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Lynas seeks $200m for rare earths plant

Analysts remain unimpressed by rare earths miner Lynas's financial position despite this week's legal win that will allow it to operate a rare earths plant in Malaysia. Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan ..

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NAB class action settled for $115m

Big corporations should take note of a $115 million settlement of a class action against the National Australia Bank (NAB), law firm Maurice Blackburn says. About 15,000 NAB shareholders took legal..

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US stocks sink for a second day

US stocks have sunk in a second day of losses following President Barack Obama's re-election victory, trimming another one per cent after Wednesday's huge rout. The spectre of a bruising political ..

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Aussie stocks close lower on US falls

The Australian share market closed 0.7 per cent lower on Thursday following steep falls on Wall Street. At the close on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 32.7 points, or 0.72 pe..

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Lynas shares surge on court ruling

Shares in Lynas Corporation surged in late trade after a Malaysian court paved the way for the company to begin operating a controversial rare earths processing plant. The Kuantan High Court ruled ..

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