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Stocks to watch early on Friday

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange on Friday, July 27 ALZ - AUSTRALAND PROPERTY GROUP LTD - up 16 cents at $2.71 cents Australand is confident of delivering earnings growth in 2012..

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Hastings opens door to takeover talks

Takeover target Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund (HDF) has opened the doors to predator APA Group to discuss its sweetened $1.34 billion offer. Independent directors of HDF's responsible entity,..

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Oz Minerals reveals weaker numbers

The patience of Oz Minerals shareholders continues to be tested, with the company revealing a sharp quarterly jump in production costs and development of its new copper-gold project. The miner will..

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Stockland starts search for new boss

Stockland Group is on the hunt for a new boss after Matthew Quinn announced he was stepping down after 11 years at the global property developer's helm. Just three months after telling Stockland's ..

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Australian shares lower at midday

The Australian sharemarket has continued to lose ground following the release of weaker-than-expected inflation figures. At 1200 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 24.7 ..

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Weak CPI means RBA could cut

An inflation reading just below market expectations could prompt a cash rate cut from the central bank, but probably not at its next meeting, economists say. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.5..

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Stocks to watch on Wednesday

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange on Wednesday, July 25 ALS - ALESCO CORPORATION LTD - down two cents at $2.01 DLX - DULUXGROUP LTD - down three cents at $2.97 Building product..

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Aussie shares close marginally higher

The Australian sharemarket closed slightly higher, in a major turnaround from the day before, as cautious investors were encouraged by better Chinese manufacturing data. At the close on Tuesday, th..

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TPG makes second bid for Billabong

Troubled surfwear retailer Billabong could join the list of Aussie companies falling into foreign hands after it received a second takeover bid from US private equity firm TPG. Billabong received t..

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RBA rate cuts may be on hold for now

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has indicated that any more cuts to the cash rate may not be forthcoming for the time being. RBA governor Glenn Stevens said that monetary policy settings were c..

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