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The Australian dollar is slightly higher, as the market continues to speculate about a rate cut at the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) October board meeting and interest rate decision. At 1700 AE..
A media analyst and commentator is standing for election to the board of Fairfax Media in an effort to help it improve its flagging financial performance. A notice of Fairfax's annual general meeti..
Whitehaven shareholders could be the big losers from Nathan Tinkler's financial problems as speculation mounts he will have to dump his stock in the coal miner. A second Tinkler-owned company is fa..
Suncorp Group will raise about $350 million by issuing new preference shares. The insurance and banking group said the sale proceeds would strengthen its capital position and be used for general co..
Leighton Holdings is looking to sell its phone and internet infrastructure assets. Leighton owns three telecommunications companies that have their own cable and data networks - Nextgen Networks, M..
The International Monetary Fund is likely to lower its growth estimates for the global economy when they are published next month, IMF chief Christine Lagarde says. "We continue to project a gradua..
Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange on Tuesday, September 25 NPX - NUPLEX INDUSTRIES LTD - down 22 cents, or 8.84 per cent, at $2.27 Resins maker Nuplex Industries will close four f..
A sharp fall by Facebook and weakness in Apple's shares despite the strong iPhone 5 launch have helped pull US markets lower. But Google's push higher to a new record just above $US750 a share limi..
Australian shares started the week lower with weaker commodity prices contributing to big falls in mining stocks. At the close of trade on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 22.8 p..
Consolidated Media Holdings (CMH) shareholders will get to vote on a $1.94 billion takeover bid by Rupert Murdoch's News Limited at a special meeting in October. CMH on Monday issued a 188-page boo..
The good times appear over for Australian mining services companies with NRW Holdings losing up to $80 million in revenue due to BHP Billiton slashing a port project. NRW on Monday said it would lo..
National Australia Bank has joined its rival ANZ in bringing forward to November its prediction of when the Reserve Bank will next cut the cash rate. NAB on Monday revealed it believes the central ..
Shareholders in PMP are unlikely to get a dividend in the short term as the printing and publishing business restructures and pays down debt. PMP chairman Ian Fraser says the company is dealing wit..
Agricultural chemical producer Nufarm has returned to full year profitability but disappointed shareholders with its dividend payout. Nufarm made a net profit of $72.6 million in the year to July 3..
Suncorp boss Patrick Snowball received a 50 per cent pay rise in the 2011/12 financial year to $8.27 million. It makes Mr Snowball, an Oxford graduate who joined Suncorp in 2009, one of the highest..
New home construction in the United States rebounded in August from a July decline as the distressed housing market slowly continues to stabilise, government data shows. Housing starts rose 2.3 per..
US stocks have pared early gains and closed barely changed, with little concrete news for investors to grab onto. At the close of trade on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 17.46 po..
Australian shares have closed firmer, with gains underpinned by strength in the financial sector. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed up 11.1 points, or 0.25 per cent, at 4,408.3 points on Th..
Australian bond futures prices have fallen on profit-taking, with low volumes accentuating the drop. CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said the fall was surprising, given the lac..
The head of Australia's biggest electricity retailer has received a pay rise, taking his remuneration package nine per cent higher to above $8 million. Origin Energy's chief executive Grant King, o..
DuluxGroup is poised to take control of reluctant takeover target Alesco Corporation. The paint maker on Friday said its holding in Alesco had leapt to 50.2 per cent, just three days after the take..
ANZ Banking Group has sold its wholesale mortgage distribution business as it continues to strengthen its capital position. ANZ's Origin Mortgage Management Services provides funding for about $2.2..
Retail brand owner Premier Investments says it is enjoying great success from its shops in Singapore and plans to push into other Asian markets. Premier Investments, which owns retailers including ..
China has struck a sour note at the start of its summit with the European Union, raising longstanding complaints over its treatment by the bloc even as both sides lauded the relationship. Premier W..
Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange today AMC - AMCOR LTD - steady at $7.58 Amcor's chief executive Ken MacKenzie enjoyed a $1 million pay rise in 2011/12. BBG - BILLABONG INTERN..
