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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... highs, pushed up by a fifth straight day of gains on Wall Street. The market has opened about 0.1 per cent higher, with mining stocks the best performers in early trade. CMC Markets chief strategist Michael McCarthy said it was hard to predict where ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
Australian stocks have opened firmer with mining companies leading the way. Burrell Stockbroking principal Richard Herring said the local market got a positive lead from Wall Street, where the Dow rallied to a new all-time high for a second day. However ...

Aussie billionaires ranked in Forbes richlist

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
Mining magnate Gina Rinehart is, once again, the Australian furthest up the annual Forbes list of wealthiest billionaires, coming in at number 36. Forbes estimated her wealth at $17 billion and suggested that lower iron ore prices may have knocked a ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... Australia, the market on Monday finished sharply weaker, dragged down by resources stocks that went ex-dividend, including mining heavyweight BHP Billiton. Every sector, except property, finished in the red as transport groups Brambles and Toll also ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... cent, at $10.565. The four big banks were slightly higher, with Commonwealth the best performer, up 51.5 cents at $65.985. Mining companies were relatively flat, with BHP Billiton up 23 cents at $36.58 and Rio Tinto up 23.5 cents at $65.805. National ...

Accountants in demand

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... occupations examined. Clarius Group chief executive Kym Quick said that as the economy transitions from growth led by the mining sector to growth from the non mining sector, movement across occupations and industries was likely to increase. She said ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... resources sector shares. "We don't know exactly what the source was, but it was credible enough to run through," Mr Shamu said. Mining giant BHP Billiton led the market lower, falling 2.9 per cent, or $1.12, to hit $37.53 at 1040 AEDT. Rival Rio Tinto ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... weak consumer spending and the high Australian dollar. Coca-Cola Amatil shares opened 26 cents higher at $13.89. Steel and mining group Arrium announced it made a first half loss of $447.2 million as the high Australian dollar and weak construction markets ...

Water scarcity a factor for resource fund managers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... Lourey said, commenting on a report about water scarcity released by Moody's last Friday. The report is entitled "Global Mining Industry: Water Scarcity to Raise Capex and Operating Costs, Heighten Operational Risks" and suggests that environmental factors ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... had been weighed down by news that Rio suffered a full year net loss of almost $US3 billion ($A2.91 billion) in 2012. The mining giant was dragged into the red after making $US14 million ($A13.59 million) of writedowns, while its underlying profit fell ...