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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... firmer. Mr Spooner said buyers were finding good value in resources stocks as well as high yielding stocks such as the big banks and Telstra. At 1200 AEDT, Rio Tinto was 52 cents, or 0.86 per cent, higher at $61.26 after the global miner announced that ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
The share market has improved from a weak start but remains lower due to price falls for the big banks and supermarket giants. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said high yielding stocks were being sold by investors. "The banks particularly continue to ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... which have offset some losses among the major banks on Wednesday, he added. "The stimulus is expected to help the five big banks in China lend to home buyers to increase consumption," he said. "The major banks are mixed today while the major miners are ...

Liberalise economy or prepare for war, warns economist

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
Governments must slash corporate, income and capital gains tax, wind back environmental reforms and break up the big banks if they want to recover from the "global depression", bestselling author and economist James G. Rickards has told superannuation ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... figures from China," he said. The data from Australia's largest trade partner is due for release later on Monday. The big banks and the healthcare sector were the biggest weights on the market. Westpac was down 23.5 cents at $34.525, National Australia ...

Advertising won't grow membership, super funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
... fund taking the top two spots. She did not disclose which funds they were. Meanwhile, the survey also found that the big banks are not yet capitalising on their cross-selling potential. It found that ANZ has the highest proportion of banking customers ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... than expected and it said the worst was behind it. Its shares were up 8.75 cents, or seven per cent, to $1.3825. The big banks were all lower, with NAB falling the most, down 13.5 cents to $34.665.

Government tables FoFA bill in House of Reps

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... legislation "is aimed at locking into law the dodgy deal that they [the Coalition] have done with Clive Palmer to back the big banks over consumers." "Choice, Industry Super Australia, ASIC and the Government's own hand-picked chair of the Financial ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... Fortescue Metals dipped 1.5 cents to $4.325, while Atlas Iron gained 0.25 cents to $59.75. In other company news, the big banks were all up, with Commonwealth Bank gaining 15 cents to $80.66, ANZ rising eight cents to $33.30, Westpac up eight cents to ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... to $38.57, while Rio Tinto had gained $1.04 to $67.79 and Fortescue Metals had lifted eight cents to $4.62. Among the big banks, Westpac was up 25 cents at $33.22, ANZ had lifted 29 cents to $32.73, NAB had picked up 27 cents to $34.19 and Commonwealth ...