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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... takeover bid from US-based Peabody Energy. In the majors, BHP Billiton was up 38 cents, or 0.87 per cent, at $43.97, while Rio Tinto had added $1.14, or 1.45 per cent, to $79.54.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... 6.33 points, or 0.26 per cent, at 2,410.69 points. Locally, resources giant BHP Billiton fell 15 cents to $44.26, while Rio Tinto added 49 cents or 0.62 per cent to $79.74.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... backfoot and industrials are a bit mixed." Resources giant BHP Billiton gained 57 cents, or 1.31 per cent, to $43.95, while Rio Tinto added 87 cents or 1.11 per cent to $79.26. In news on Tuesday, BHP Billiton is seen to have had a "significant win" ...

Kill chicken, scare monkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... is conducted.'' I refer to the trial and subsequent conviction of Chinese-born Australian citizen Stern Hu (head of Rio Tinto's Shanghai office) and three of his Rio Tinto colleagues. Yes, the world watched... and watched... and watched. The world watched ...

Clime doubles cash holding

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... these stocks benefit from a high local currency and a strong economy. The portfolio also invests in BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, despite murmurings of a Chinese bubble. He said he would rather have a growth bubble, which China might be in, than a debt ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... the group's building products and aluminium operations due to its potential impact on asbestos disease compensation. Rio Tinto Ltd executive Stern Hu is expected to know his fate at about 1700 AEDT on Monday, when a Shanghai court is due to rule on bribery ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
... was up at 1200 AEDT. Among the miners at 1218 AEDT, BHP Billiton was down 59 cents, or 1.36 per cent, at $42.73, while Rio Tinto fell $1.54, or 1.96 per cent, to $77.08. Fortescue Metals was off four cents, or 0.84 per cent, at $4.74.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
... and gold," Mr Taylor said. At 1206 AEDT, shares in resources giant BHP Billiton were down 13 cents at $43.23, while Rio Tinto had gained 45 cents to $77.65.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... Mr Heffernan said. The world's largest miner, BHP Billiton, had gained 46 cents, or 1.07 per cent, to $43.52, while Rio Tinto had added $1.48, or 1.95 per cent, at $77.20. Wall Street posted fresh 18-month highs on Tuesday, as the Dow Jones industrial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... Financial Management conducts a tender for $500 million of March 2019 Treasury bonds. In equities news, the trial of Rio Tinto Ltd employees continues in China, and the examination by the liquidator of Allco Finance Group Ltd continues in the Supreme ...