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Hockey defends budget backflip

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... partnerships with Japan, China and India to give Australia's small businesses the chance to export in the same way that iron ore miners have been able to export," he said.

Opposition welcomes SME package, slams Google tax

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... resist attacking Hockey for not showing the same restraint. "I've freely acknowledged that the international economy and iron ore prices will have impacts on budgets. I don't blame Joe Hockey for the iron ore price. He played that irresponsible game ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... shares. CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said the market is doing surprisingly well. "We have seen iron ore prices move higher and that does speak to some major players, even so, that strength is surprising," he said. Mr McCarthy ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... an interest rate cut in China, which is expected to support the country's property market and help increase demand for iron ore and other commodities. "That's seen as very supportive for commodity prices generally and that's one of the key reasons we ...

Dear mom, all's good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey in black and white. And it gets better, better, better. Commodity prices are picking up - iron ore's up 1.2%, oil's up 0.9% and copper's up 0.2%. This, because the PBOC did it again. The Chinese central bank announced a 25 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... heavy losses. The big miners and energy stocks are the only sectors to be slipping, following a dip in crude oil and iron ore prices. A moderate lead from Wall Street, where the broad-based S&P 500 rose 0.38 per cent, is helping the Australian share ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... to $89.28, and National Australia Bank added 30 cents, or 0.83%, to $36.59. The major miners were mixed with gains in iron ore, copper, oil and gas prices overnight and falls in precious metals, including gold. Diversified miner BHP Billiton was down ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
The share market is back in positive territory as iron ore production news boosts the big miners and revived expectations of an interest rate cut help the banks. The miners are the strongest performers after Brazilian giant Vale suggested it might take ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... at $32.04, Rio Tinto had lost 93 cents to $56.78 and Fortescue Metals had given up 18 cents, or 7.93%, to $2.09 after iron ore prices shed recent gains.

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... lower at $13.83. Mining giant BHP Billiton gained 25 cents to $32.67, but Rio Tinto dropped 24 cents to $58.55 while iron ore player Fortescue was down three cents to $2.42. Coles owner Wesfarmers has shed 26 cents to $42.89 after its quarterly earnings ...