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Manufacturing's Gerry Harvey moment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... Gerry Harvey, who previously vowed never to do online sales, now does and is now even hooked up to social media. Bluescope Steel this month announced the shedding of 1,000 manufacturing jobs, blaming high costs due the appreciating Australian dollar ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... Tuesday, Macarthur Coal advised its shareholders to accept a revised, $4.8 billion joint takeover offer by the world's largest steel maker ArcelorMittal and US coal miner Peabody Energy. The miner was up eight cents at $15.88. Among the big miners, BHP ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
... have shown they do have the capacity to still deliver profitable returns, despite the weaker global outlook." BlueScope Steel shares had lost half a cent to 78.5 cents after the company confirmed the closure of two of its production facilities and 1,000 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... closed up 24.876 points, or 0.781 per cent, at 3,208.617 after opening down 1.77 per cent. Strong profits from Mainfreight, Steel & Tube, ANZ Office Trust and Telstra on top of strong bank results earlier in the week helped sentiment.

CFSGAM appoints soft commodities specialist

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... agricultural sectors as a research vice president. Maia previously worked as a research associate, working across metals, steel and building materials and has covered resources, energy and materials for a boutique brokerage firm. "His appointment further ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... $US1,624.97 at close on Tuesday. Gold miner Newcrest was up 56 cents, or 1.4 per cent, at $40.59. At 1030 AEST, BlueScope Steel was the worst performer in the top 100, shedding 6.5 cents, around six per cent, to $1.045. National turnover at 1045 AEST ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... stock was up 55 cents, or 3.86 per cent, at $14.81. Mr Muller said there were some winners in the resources sector with steel, oil and gold stocks outperforming. "The steel sector is recovering on the back of the sell off on that sector in the lead up ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... mining giant Peabody Energy made a $4.7 billion takeover bid for the Queensland company in tandem with the world's largest steel maker, ArcelorMittal. Whitehaven Coal added 14 cents to $6.24, New Hope Corporation rose 11 cents to $5.26 and Gloucester ...

Carbon blast from the GST past

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... doing our part. And the financial markets' verdict? The All Ordinaries Index fell by 1.5% with share prices of coal makers, steel manufacturers and airlines bearing the brunt. But this isn't all carbon tax-related selling. Part is due to the disappointing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... BHP Billiton down 73 cents, or 1.62 per cent, to $44.22 and Rio Tinto off $1.17, or 1.39 per cent, to $83.18. BlueScope Steel fell 4.5 cents, or 3.33 per cent, to $1.305 and OneSteel lost eight cents, or 3.94 per cent, to $1.95. The big four banks each ...