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  • Three directors quit Tassal Group board

    Tassal chairman Allan McCallum said David Groves, Gary Helou and Clive Hooke had resigned from Tassal's seven-person board.

  • Bunnings spends $1.5bn to ward off Masters

    A $1.5 billion expansion plan by hardware chain Bunnings will create 6,000 jobs in the next three years, plus another 11,500 during construction.

  • BlackBerry to focus on corporate customers

    New BlackBerry boss says the struggling company will stop trying to be "all things to all people" and will focus on its core business market.

  • Aust shares at noon higher

    The Aussie market seems to have swung around from an inclination to underperform against international benchmarks to outperforming them, an analyst says.

  • Stocks to watch at noon on Friday

    Stocks of interest on the Australian Securities Exchange at noon on Friday

  • Metcash profit set for a hit

    Franklins supermarket owner Metcash is set to announce impairment charges that will impact on its net profit.

  • Tabcorp welcomes Betfair decision

    Gambling firm Tabcorp says a legal victory by NSW racing authorities over Betfair and Sportsbet will ensure the viability of Australia's racing indistry.

  • Aust shares open

    The Australian share market at open on Friday

  • Chinese businessman joins Telstra board

    A senior telco executive from China joins Telstra's board.

  • Leighton shares hammered on downgrade

    Construction firm Leighton has cuts its profit forecast by $200 million due to problems with its Brisbane Airport Link and Victorian desalination plant.

  • PepsiCo's CEO pay flat from previous year

    PepsiCo CEO's remuneration remains relatively flat while remours escalate that he may be replaced as the company puts possible successors in place.

  • Rio gets offer for Euro alumina business

    Rio Tinto may sell its specialty aluminas business in Europe after receiving an offer from private investment firm HIG.

  • Stocks to watch early on Thursday

    Stocks of interest on the Australian Securities Exchange early on Thursday

  • International financial news

    Finance news in brief from around the world.

  • Commodities markets summary

    Commodities news from around the world




  • Older News

  • Lending rates: it's up to the banks

    A rise in funding costs among the major banks is only one factor in determining the rise in lending rates, the central bank says.

  • Aust stocks rally on US rates lead

    The Australian share market has rallied almost one per cent higher after taking a strong lead from the US which is expected to keep interest rates low

  • $A rallies against weaker greenback

    The Australian dollar has claimed 0.8 of a US cent against a weaker greenback

  • Stocks to watch at noon on Tuesday

    Stocks of interest on the Australian Securities Exchange at noon on Tuesday

  • Charter Hall buys Perth property stake

    Property owner Charter Hall Group has paid $61.5 million for a 50 per cent stake in a Perth distribution centre leased by grocery wholesaler Metcash.

  • Beach Energy to have $345m raising

    Oil and gas producer Beach Energy has announced a $345 million capital raising to fund future exploration and growth

  • Britain may sell RBS share to Abu Dhabi

    The British government is in talks with Abu Dhabi over the possible sale of the state-rescued bank of Scotland.

  • Google mulls Japan court order

    Google reviews a Japanese court order to modify its auto-complete feature to safeguard the reputation of a man who claims it falsely links him to crimes.

  • International financial news

    Finance news in brief from around the world.

  • Brazil's high growth to return

    Brazil is set to dust itself off and close out this year with robust growth of 5.6 per cent, but that could re-ignite high inflation, BNP Paribas predicts.

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