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HLB growth leads to senior appointments

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... building and construction industries. Stewart joined the Perth firm in 2005 and he previously worked with an international mining company and a not-for-profit organisation. In Melbourne, Darryl Smith has become partner in the business services area and ...

Australian economy "professionally managed": World Bank

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... makers must remain calm about a weakening domestic currency if the economy is to manage its transition away from a focus on mining. Addressing delegates at The Bellweather Series, an annual finance forum in Sydney from The Economist's intelligence unit ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... Australia's two biggest miners. IG Markets strategist Stan Shamu said investors on Wednesday would focus on the release of strong mining production reports. "The market's flat, but I think some of these strong reports from the miners will help the market ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... Institute Leading Indexes of Economic Activity is also due out. In equities news, BHP Billiton, Gindalbie Metals, Perseus Mining and Iluka Resources are slated to post quarterly reports. In Australia, the market on Tuesday closed slightly higher, boosted ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... lead after Wall Street edged up to new record highs. More sectors on the Australia bourse were making gains, but gold and mining stocks were the exception, pulled down by a fall in the precious metal's price and a rise in the US dollar. The positive ...

Peace, be still

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... rose). See? Told you the A$ weakness was more a US dollar story than the "Australia is headed for a recession" because "mining is no longer booming" because "commodity prices are falling" because "China is slowing" and the "RBA would cut the official ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... we saw the Aussie dollar rally and at the same time commodity prices came back to life and they have really lifted the mining space today," he said. The local market is around one per cent higher on Thursday morning, following two days of gains. But ...

Two-fifths of Australians upping overseas exposure

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... silly not to have access to the other 98%" he said. Mowll added that concerns over the domestic economy, particularly the mining sector, was beginning to have an impact on people's investment decisions. The research found Australian investors are looking ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... force data for June. The NAB June quarter Australian residential property survey is also due out. In equities news, Arrium mining and minerals chief executive Andrew Roberts is scheduled to speak at a Melbourne Mining Club lunch while CSR has its annual ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
Australian shares are higher, with mining giants and mid-sized financial companies leading the gains. A better than expected consumer sentiment reading also gave the market a small boost. CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said rising ...