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Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... 15.5 cents to $34.325, ANZ edged 18.5 cents lower to $33.015, while National Australia Bank dropped 10 cents to $33.49. Mining giant BHP Billiton gained 10 cents to $38.36, Rio Tinto lost 15 three cents to $62.66, and Fortescue Metals eased half a cent ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... negative for gross domestic production growth moving forward." A rise in commodity prices overnight helped buffer some mining stocks, he said. At 1020 AEST, BHP Billiton was nine cents higher at $38.39 while Rio Tinto had shed seven cents to $62.71. ...

International media question Australia's "austerity budget"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... that Australia has "one of the lowest levels of debt in the world," even if deficit has increased following the fall in mining investment. "This is low when compared with other developed states. But in a country blessed with 22 years of consecutive growth ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... update and CSR is expected to release its full year results. In Australia, the market on Tuesday closed higher, led by big mining stocks, after markets in the United States lifted and investment bank JP Morgan expressed confidence in the resources sector. ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
... update and CSR is expected to release its full year results. In Australia, the market on Tuesday closed higher, led by big mining stocks, after markets in the United States lifted and investment bank JP Morgan expressed confidence in the resources sector. ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

... tax by 1.5 percentage points for around 800,000 businesses. We are abolishing the carbon tax and we are abolishing the mining tax. We are removing $1 billion a year in red tape because regulation means more staff doing paperwork and fewer staff helping ...

Hunter Hall appoints head of retail sales

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... for cosmetics, activities that give rise to human rights violations, unremediated destruction of the environment, uranium mining and nuclear reactors." In one of its funds it also positively screens "enterprises which are deemed to make a positive impact ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
Mining stocks have rallied, lifting the Australian share market after investment bank JP Morgan gave the sector a big confidence vote. JP Morgan has raised its rating on the sector to "overweight" from "underweight" and has pointed to signs of a rebound ...

Timely market surge for a tough budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... Worst Week Since June. German Stocks Rise to 11-Week High; Sky Deutschland Gains. U.K. Stocks Climb to 11-Week High as Mining Shares Rally. Indian Stocks Climb to a Record Before Exit Polls. Ibovespa Gains Most in Americas as Commodity Rally Drives Vale. ...

Cbus answers CFMEU leak allegations

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... certain circumstances, followingA reports that it improperly supplied members' contact details to the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU). However, Cbus did not directly address the veracity of the allegations presented in an article ...