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BOQ to post first bank loss in 20 years

Bank of Queensland (BoQ) is poised to post the first full year loss by an Australian bank in 20 years because of its exposure to the struggling south-east Queensland property market. The regional l..

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Village Roadshow invests in Vegas

Village Roadshow has taken a majority stake in a $US32 million ($A31.39 million) Las Vegas water park currently under construction. Village Roadshow has taken a 51 per cent in the park, which will ..

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Stocks to watch early on Friday

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange on Friday, October 5: ACN - ACER ENERGY LTD - up seven cents, or 36 per cent, at 26.5 cents DLS - DRILLSEARCH ENERGY LTD - down three cents, or t..

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ANZ cagey on if it will cut rates

ANZ has given little hope to its mortgage customers that they will feel the full benefit of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) latest interest rate cut. The four major banks on Thursday largely ..

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ANZ pumping $1.5bn into technology

ANZ will plough up to $1.5 billion into improving branches and mobile banking products as it edges towards dumping PIN codes for futuristic facial and fingerprint scanning. However the move might n..

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Qantas sells London via Dubai tickets

Qantas Airways is preparing for its proposed 10-year alliance with Emirates after dropping plans to seek interim authorisation from the competition regulator. While interim approval would have enab..

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Stocks to watch early on Thursday

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange on Thursday, October 4: ANZ - ANZ BANKING GROUP - up six cents at $25.05 CBA - COMMONWEALTH BANK - up down four cents at $56.00 NAB - NATIONAL..

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Katie Lahey joins the Echo board

Casino operator Echo Entertainment has appointed former Business Council of Australia (BCA) head Katie Lahey to its board. Ms Lahey's appointment as a non-executive director follows several major d..

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Fortescue most at risk, says S&P

Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest's Fortescue Metals is the most vulnerable iron ore miner in the world to lower commodities prices, Standard and Poor's Ratings Services (S&P) says. The credit agency war..

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Stocks to watch early on Wednesday

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange on Wednesday, October 3: ANZ - ANZ BANKING GROUP - up 20 cents at $24.99 CBA - COMMONWEALTH BANK - up 19 cents at $56.04 NAB - NATIONAL AUSTRA..

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US stocks end mixed in bumpy trade

US stocks have closed mixed after a day of bumpy trade, with the Nasdaq gaining ground while the Dow blue chips bowed to selling pressure. Hints that a rescue plan for Spain was imminent gave share..

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