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KRudd comeback biting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
Now that Greece has again been relegated to a mere afterthought, the latest PMI update from Markit Economics reminded all and sundry that, Greece bailed out or not, a recession is still waiting in the wings in Europe. The Markit Economics preliminary ...

Cheque's not yet in the mail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
This Greek second bailout issue has become like that 'Pringles' ad - once you pop, you can't stop. Just when we thought that all was hunky-dory with regards to the Grecian circus, errr, crisis -- that the a,-130 billion bailout "hrimata" (money) was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
The Australian dollar has fallen back as traders remain concerned that a resolution for the Greece's debt woes will eventuate. At 0701 AEDT on Thursday, the Australian dollar was trading at 107.94 US cents, down from 108.18 cents on Wednesday afternoon. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
The Australian market looks set to open up after closing higher on Monday but following a dismay showing on Wall Street overnight. At 0824 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 15 points at 4,271. In economic news on Tuesday ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... million offer from suitor Pacific Equity Partners. Commodity-driven companies gained on the back of higher prices. Cockatoo Coal added eight per cent to 40.5 cents after it upped its estimate for its Hume project by 331 million tonnes to 446 million ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... pushed closer to the $100 a barrel market overnight and investors' appetite for riskier bets increased. News that Whitehaven Coal and Billionaire Nathan Tinkler's Aston Resources have inked an agreement for a $5.1 billion merger is renewing interest ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... 3.3 per cent, at $1.725 and Energy Resources was up 12.5 cents, or 8.7 per cent, at $1.555. Aston Resources and Whitehaven Coal have confirmed reports they are in talks regarding a potential merger, but say the discussions are incomplete and there is ...

Private sectors eyes NSW infrastructure deal

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... new privatisation plan by the government to sell off electricity development sites and lease out or sell off the Cobbora coal mine in western NSW. However the state's poles and wires, valued at $30 billion, will remain under the public hold. The legislation ...

SG rise through House of Representatives

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... package through the lower House, which paves the way for the Superannuation Guarantee hike from 9 to 12 %. The 30 % tax on coal and iron ore profits, which successfully made it through the House of Representatives in the early hours of this morning ...

Abbott: Coalition will not vote for SG but won't rescind it

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
Opposition leader, Tony Abbott, has made his position clear on the proposed rise in the superannuation guarantee to 12%. Abbott confirmed this morning at a Financial Services Council (FSC) breakfast in Sydney, that while his party will not vote in support ...