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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
... business leaders and companies believe that more can be done by their local representatives to strengthen their economies. BHP has estimated that the lack of appropriate skills has cost their Ravensthorpe mining venture something of the order of $1 billion. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
... planning and the inefficiencies of government bureaucracy are forecast to cost the nation about $65 billion over the next decade. BHP has noted that the lack of skills for its Ravensthorpe mining operation in the south of Western Australia are likely ...

Citigroup puts a cost on climate change

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
... Property, Origin Energy and the Sims Group. The worst placed companies are RIO Tinto, OneSteel, Iluka, Caltex, Bluescope Steel and BHP.

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2006
... stronger, with positive job numbers in the US on Friday easing nerves. "However, gold stocks are a bit weaker, as were resources. BHP and Rio were down," she said. "Oil fell slightly, mostly due to weakness in price in the US overnight." On the oil front ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2006
... commodities front," Heffernan said. "All of the major banks are in positive territory and it is mainly the resources with BHP and Rio leading the way down." At 1200 AEDT, Rio Tinto was down 88 cents to $76.92 and mining rival BHP Billiton had fallen ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2006
... The Dow was up quite a bit with takeover speculation over there helping the market a bit," Mr Foulsham said. He added that BHP Billiton had also pushed up the local market on the back of some stronger commodity prices, but said oil stocks were weaker ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2006
... climbed 19.62 points to 2,432.23. Mixed commodity prices overnight had little impact on the resources sector, with mining giant BHP Billiton jumping 34 cents to $26.19. Rival Rio Tinto gained 57 cents to $74.45. But oil prices rose to a two-month high ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2006
... Exchange, the December share price index contract was 57 points higher at 5418, on a volume of 8,281 contracts. Mining giant BHP Billiton held its annual general meeting today, with chairman Don Argus telling shareholders that growth in north east Asia ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2006
... On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0816 AEDT, the December share price index contract was up 15 points at 5,376. AWB Ltd and BHP Billiton will hold separate media conferences on the Cole inquiry report. Telstra Ltd chief executive Sol Trujillo will address ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2006
... resources are suffering as a general reaction to the market and banks are taking a bit of pain. At 1202 AEDT mining giant BHP Billiton was 45 cents lower at $25.77, while rival Rio Tinto had slumped by $1.37 to $73.18. Banks were also trading in negative ...