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Australia shares climb 1.5 pct; BHP jumps
SYDNEY, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Australian stocks rose 1.5 percent on Wednesday, as a stronger than expected profit from BHP Billiton Ltd (ASX: BHP.ax) revived confidence in the mining sector after a...
- Reuters Finance News, Australia Wednesday February 10, 12:35 PM -
Alumina Restores Dividends, Promises More
Alcoa associate, Alumina, has reported a net loss for 2009, missing market expectations for a profit, thanks to a deeper impact from the global slump in aluminium demand last year. But despite...
- Australasian Investment Review Wednesday February 10, 10:18 AM -
Australia shares fall 0.4 percent; BHP stems slide
* S&P/ASX 200 down 16.3 points to 4,505.1 * Financials index .AXFJ down 1 percent * BHP up 0.6 percent ahead of first-half results (Updates to provisional close) By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE,...
- Reuters Finance News, Australia Tuesday February 9, 07:15 PM -
Australia shares fall, Macquarie bank hit hard
MELBOURNE, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Australian stocks fell 0.8 percent in morning trade on Tuesday, after a luke-warm trading update from Macquarie bank MQG.AX and wider investor concerns about sovereign...
- Reuters Finance News, Australia Tuesday February 9, 12:37 PM -
City Telecom to Celebrate 10 Years on NASDAQ
HONG KONG, Feb. 8, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- City Telecom (H.K.) Ltd. ("City Telecom") (HKSE:1137) (Nasdaq:CTEL) is looking forward to celebrating over 10 years listed on NASDAQ with a opening bell...
- Globe Newswire Tuesday February 9, 04:11 AM -
BHP/Rio Big Profit Week
BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto produce results next week that will once again confirm that they are riding the China boom for all they can get. Even though the profits will be lower than the...
- Australasian Investment Review Friday February 5, 10:04 AM -
Tabcorp Profit Underwhelms
The market was undecided about Tabcorp's interim profit. The shares eased 5c to $7 then rebounded to close unchanged at $7, about what the 2% fall in net earnings for the December half was...
- Australasian Investment Review Friday February 5, 10:04 AM -
CSR Split Denied
'Thanks James Hardie' might have been heard around the boardroom at CSR yesterday after the Federal Court stopped its $3 billion plan to split into two companies. The court blocked...
- Australasian Investment Review Thursday February 4, 10:37 AM -
News Corp Earnings, Dividend Up
Buried in the News Corp second quarter and first half result was yet another surprise. A higher dividend. Considerably higher, up 25%. The company, long sold by the Murdoch family as a growth...
- Australasian Investment Review Thursday February 4, 10:35 AM -
Australia shares up on miners;IAG, News Corp rise
(Adds analyst comments, stocks on the move) MELBOURNE, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Australian stocks gained 0.7 percent on Wednesday as miners rose for a second day, buoyed by results from key U.S....
- Reuters Finance News, Australia Wednesday February 3, 01:37 PM -
Rio/AMC, Westfield
Rio Tinto said yesterday it had completed the sale of Alcan's packaging, pharmaceuticals, tobacco and food divisions to Amcor for $US1.9 billion ($A2.1 billion). The sale, announced last...
- Australasian Investment Review Wednesday February 3, 10:51 AM -
City Telecom: eMBA and MBA Learning Reflections
HONG KONG, Feb. 2, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- City Telecom (H.K.) Ltd ("City Telecom") (HKEX:1137) (Nasdaq:CTEL) Under our "Mini-CEO" management structure, we empower our executives with a high...
- Globe Newswire Tuesday February 2, 09:35 PM -
BHP's Busy Week
Last week was a busy one for BHP: there was a board meeting to examine the interim results (due for release the week after next) several deals and spending plans for given the greenlight and two...
- Australasian Investment Review Monday February 1, 10:54 AM -
Fitch Solutions: Telecom Sector Drives European CDS Liquidity Surge
Fitch Solutions, a division of the Fitch Group, says its European CDS liquidity index has now exceeded levels seen during the week of the Lehman Brothers failure, with the telecom...
- Business Wire Thursday January 28, 10:31 PM -
Australia shares drop 1.5 pct; Woolworths slips
(Adds details) SYDNEY, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Australian shares fell 1.5 percent on Wednesday, as big miners were dragged down on China demand concerns, while Woolworths Ltd (ASX: WOW.ax) fell after...
- Reuters Finance News, Australia Wednesday January 27, 01:32 PM
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