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BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... especially as consumers account for 70 per cent of the US economy. But dig deeper, take out auto sales and gasoline sales (oil prices dipped during the month), and underlying retail spending would show a rebound of 0.1 per cent in the month, a sharp ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... the US economy is on track. London found support as British energy major BP reported progress in taming the Gulf of Mexico oil spill even as the company's clean-up costs soared past $US3.5 billion ($A3.99 billion). Chinese trade figures showing a massive ...

Maritime and Auscoal Super in merger talks

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... established as a result of the merger between the Coalsuper Retirement Income Fund (COALSUPER) and the Queensland Coal and Oil Shale Mining Industry Superannuation Fund (QCOS).

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... turnover of 14,863 contracts. Cameron Securities client adviser Adrian Leppinus said the market had gone "quite flat" at noon. Oil and gas producer Santos had been the "big winner" of the day, Mr Leppinus said. Santos has confirmed it is continuing talks ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... Australian market is likely to open higher after another surge on overseas markets overnight. Key indices were higher, as was oil and copper, although silver and gold were lower. At 0728 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
... overnight trading offshore, with all three key US indices and European markets all recording strong gains. Key commodities -- oil and metals -- also were higher. At 0735 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was ...

SG survives mining tax deal

ALEX DUNNIN, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... profits below $50 million per year will not have an MRRT liability. In addition, the tax will only affect iron ore, coal, oil and gas companies, reducing the number of affected companies from 2,500 to approximately only 320 miners. While the draft legislation ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... will apply to iron ore and coal projects, and the petroleum resource rent tax will be extended to all onshore and offshore oil and gas projects, including coal seam gas. Major resources stocks were up as a result of the announcement. Rio Tinto was up ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... strongly negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with key Wall Street indices all closing lower again, and metals and oil also all down. Some boost may be expected if the market responds favourably to a compromise between the Federal Government ...

SEC hunts BP oil spill scammers

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
Looking to make a quick buck out of the US' Gulf of Mexico oil spill debacle? Think again - the SEC is cracking down on oil spill stock scams targeting investors to chip money into false cleanup strategies. The oil spill in the US has heralded more ...