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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... announcing a maiden iron ore reserve estimate of 716 million tonnes for the first stage of its Solomon Hub project in Western Australia. Among energy stocks, Woodside was up 33 cents at $45.73, Santos had shed 14 cents to $14.34 and Oil Search had gained ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... Holdings improved six cents to $2.68 as it was awarded a $158 million 12-month contract in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Regional pay-tv provider Austar lifted 9.5 cents to $1.32 after it confirmed reports that it has entered talks with Foxtel ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... Corporation reports first quarter results. In Perth, Kagara Ltd executive chairman Kim Robinson addresses a Western Australia Mining Club luncheon. The Electricity Price & Markets Dynamic Review conference begins in Sydney. On Wednesday, the Australian ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... $250 million contract with Fortescue Metals Group to provide engineering services to expand port facilities in Western Australia. Rare earths developer Lynas Corporation fell 21 cents to $2.24 as it postponed an extraordinary general meeting to consider ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... awarded a $71 million contract to Decmil Group Ltd to install permanent accommodation at the Warrawandu Village in Western Australia's Pilbara region. Decmil's shares firmed four cents, or 1.21 per cent, to $3.35. Newcrest Mining fell 19 cents, or 0.49 ...

WA director joins AustralianSuper board

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
AustralianSuper has improved its nationwide representation with the appointment of Simone McGurk, the first West Australian-based director on its trustee board. McGurk, who replaces the retiring Cath Bowtell, is a director of Westscheme, which is set ...

C'mon, Aussie, c'mon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... one. Perhaps they didn't see back then that the Australian Liberal National Coalition would win government in Western Australia, Victoria and more recently New South Wales. Their victory and what it implied - no carbon tax, no mining tax - are now the ...

Record NSW election loss could slow federal reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... populous states NSW and Victoria that have just turned conservative following the export earning powerhouse of Western Australia doing the same in 2008. The federal government, in co-operation with the Greens, will nonetheless take control of the Senate ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... would spend nearly $US10 billion to expand iron ore operations and energy and metallurgical coal projects in Western Australia. "I think part of the (selloff) is to do with this rumour," Mr Leppinus said. "A lot of analysts have gone out there and put ...

Countplus buys super law firm

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
Countplus increases its presence in Western Australia with the acquisition of Perth-based legal business SuperGeneration by its WA subsidiary McDonald Pynt Lawyers (MPL). SuperGeneration will receive 533,600 Countplus shares, priced at $1.50 each, and ...