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RBA says $A is still too high

The head of the Reserve Bank says the Australian dollar is still too high. "I personally would continue to think that a lower currency would be helpful in rebalancing the growth of the economy," RB..

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China’s third-quarter GDP grows 7.8pc

China's gross domestic product expanded 7.8 per cent year-on-year in July-September, the government says, snapping two quarters of slowing growth in the world's second-largest economy. Friday's fig..

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Santos warns on oil and gas production

Santos' Australian gas customers paid a record $5.98 a gigajoule in the September quarter in a worrying signal for businesses fearing unaffordable price rises. The price is almost at export parity ..

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Philip Morris 3Q profit up

Philip Morris International says its third-quarter profit rose five per cent as higher prices helped offset the decline in the number of cigarettes it sold. The seller of Marlboro and other cigaret..

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Cockatoo Coal raises $408m for growth

Cockatoo Coal plans to raise $408 million to expand its Baralaba mine in Queensland, repay debt and fund a takeover offer for Blackwood Corporation.The central Queensland coal producer will issue new ..

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Crown wants to develop Sri Lanka casino

James Packer's Crown is in talks to develop a "must see" $US400 million ($A416.17 million) casino resort in the Sri Lanka capital Colombo.Crown says it is in talks with the Sri Lankan government and p..

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Local dairy giant joins takeover fight

Murray Goulburn has stepped up the takeover battle for Warrnambool Cheese and Butter, targeting the company's farmer shareholders with a $420 million offer it says will help turn around Australia's de..

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S&P 500 rockets to new record

US investors have powered the S&P 500 to an all-time high, one day after Washington politicians reached a deal to reopen the government and avert a feared debt default.The S&P 500, the broadest of the..

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Aussie stocks up after US vote

The Australian sharemarket has lifted after US politicians voted to raise the debt ceiling of the world's biggest economy and reopen the government. But the gains were muted as the market had mostl..

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QBE finance chief delays retirement

QBE Insurance's outgoing finance chief will stay on for another 12 months after his successor decided to retire. Chief financial officer Neil Drabsch was to retire in February 2014, and be replaced..

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Fortescue ready to pay off debt

Fortescue Metals says it's massive expansion project is all but complete, and the iron ore miner is ready to start paying off its $12 billion debt.The massive debt pile has peaked and the news would a..

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Australian shares open higher

The Australian share market has opened nearly half a per cent higher. At 1013 AEDT on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 24.5 points, or 0.46 per cent, at 5,287.4, while the broade..

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Newcrest delivers some good news

Embattled Newcrest Mining has given its investors some much-needed good news by beating its own expectations on quarterly gold production and costs.However the positive numbers were offset by the news..

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Australian shares edge higher

The share market recovered from opening losses to close slightly higher on cautious optimism US politicians will agree on a temporary deal to raise its debt ceiling. IG market strategist Stan Shamu..

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Times get tough for Iluka again

The economic green shoots that boosted Iluka Resources' hopes of a recovering mineral sands market earlier this year have shrivelled. The miner's sales revenue of $147 million in the three months t..

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Fitch puts US debt rating on watch

Rating agency Fitch has put the United States on warning for a downgrade after Congress failed to reach a deal on raising the country's debt ceiling. Fitch on Tuesday placed the United States's top..

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Australian shares slightly higher

The Australian sharemarket is slightly higher, as strong demand for resources stocks offsets concerns about the US debt ceiling debate. Invast chief market analyst Peter Esho said a positive produc..

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