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Consumer prices rose in December after falling in November, as the cost of holidays and housing purchases increased. The TD Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge rose 0.5 per cent in Decem..
A roundup of trading on major world markets: NEW YORK - US stocks clawed back early sharp losses on S&P's downgrade of France, Spain, Austria and Italy and new worries over Greece Friday, but s..
America's retailers enjoyed a record 2011 and their first $US400 billion ($A389 billion) sales months ever. But the final month of the year was a dud. Sales eked out a 0.1 per cent increase in Dece..
Santos has confirmed it will develop the $490 million Fletcher Finucane oil project in the Carnarvon Basin off the northwest coast of Western Australia. First production was expected in the second ..
Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange on Friday: BHP - BHP BILLITON LTD - up 19 cents, or 0.53 per cent, at $36.37 FMG - FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LTD - down three cents, or 0.64 per cen..
Negotiators on Thursday reached an outline deal on a European pact to restore balanced budgets and Greece voiced hope it will secure a private debt write-down, as Italy and Spain sailed through their ..
US stocks have opened higher, tracking the rises in European markets while shrugging off some disappointing data on retail sales and jobless claims. Five minutes into trade on Thursday, the Dow Jon..
Australian shares finished slightly lower after a surprise profit warning from QBE Insurance and disappointing data from China weighed on prices. Shares in the insurance giant plummeted to eight ye..
A record year for natural disasters has caused insurance giant QBE to issue the year's first major profit downgrade, sending its shares to a near eight-year low. QBE's sizeable exposure to floods i..
Engineering giant WorleyParsons has won a contract for work in Alaska with ExxonMobil estimated to be worth $US115 million ($A111.80 million). WorleyParsons will provide project management and engi..
Mineral sands producer Iluka Resources' sales revenues in the December quarter were up 53 per cent, capping a year of strong growth in production and sales. Mineral sands, such as rutile, zircon an..
Australian bond futures have opened firmer after a record breaking US note auction overnight. During the offshore session, the US Treasury sold $US21 billion ($A20.42 billion) of 10-year notes at a..
As tough economic conditions left most retailers' coffers emptier than hoped, fashion chain Noni B has fared better. The company on Thursday announced it expected to lift its first-half profit by u..
The eurozone will tumble into a brief recession for two quarters at the end of 2011 and early 2012, according to forecasts published jointly on Wednesday by leading French, German and Italian economic..
A surprisingly big increase in US crude oil reserves hit oil prices already under pressure Wednesday from eurozone debt worries heightened by slowing growth in Germany. New York's main contract, We..
A summary of trading in key commodities markets overseas: PRECIOUS METALS Gold rose nearly one per cent to a one-month high, breaking ranks with the euro and equities, as evidence of strong physical..
A roundup of trading on major world markets: NEW YORK - US stocks opened lower on Wednesday a day after a burst of buying sent markets higher on the promising first results of the corporate earning..
Greece's public deficit for 2011, a key indicator of the country's economic recovery closely monitored by its creditors, reached 9.6 per cent of output, the development minister said on Wednesday. ..
While the market speculates about when Whitehaven Coal will bid for Coalworks, the likely takeover target says it will get on with developing its NSW coal assets in 2012. Massive international dema..
Australian shares posted their second straight day of gains after a rise offshore markets sparked hopes for a pickup in the world economy. Shares ended near their highest point in four weeks as a g..
Australia had its busiest ever period of online shopping over Christmas 2011. At the top of people's shopping lists were electronic goods, toys, sporting goods, clothes, and instore vouchers, onlin..
South African mining company Exxaro is set to buy African Iron, an Australian-listed company with iron ore operations in the Republic of Congo, for about $388 million. The news boosted African Iron..
A fall in job vacancies in the latter months of 2011 is a warning that the unemployment rate is likely to edge up in the months ahead. That positive side of that warning is an enhanced prospect of ..
Big miners have halted exports from the iron ore-rich Pilbara region as a category one cyclone moves toward the Western Australian coast. Tropical Cyclone Heidi is moving in a southerly direction t..
Australian shares gained more than one per cent as an upbeat start to the US earnings season and hopes of further monetary easing in China sparked a rally in global stocks. At 1200 AEDT on Tuesday ..
