Foster's split gets nod
ELI GREENBLAT 1:27pm |
Foster's shareholders vote in favour of separating beer and wine businesses.
Macquarie ups dividend to win over investors
ERIC JOHNSTON 1:07pm |
Macquarie Group offers a sweeter dividend to help overcome a dull performance for the bank's return on equity.
Home prices in biggest drop in 12 years
CHRIS ZAPPONE 10:30am |
Capital city home prices continued their slide in March, as the market showed more signs of sagging demand.
'B team' left holding the carbon tax
MICHAEL PASCOE 11:48am |
The government's ineptitude in selling the carbon tax leaves one to wonder whether it's serious about pricing carbon at all.
Riding Vale's coat-tails
RICHARD HEMMING 12:18pm |
South American Ferro Metals' management must be doing something right. But so far, the only beneficiaries are themselves.
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- Shareholders reject Kinghorn buyback
- Registry takeover rests with regulators
- Analyst's assets frozen after lost $1m legal battle
- Bad Beach weather
- Metminco buys out deposit in Peru
- No views will be good news for SBS head
- Audience for regional free-to-air TV up 20%
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1:41PM Origin reports higher production, revenue
1:12PM Home prices record biggest slump in 12 yrs
12:47PM Macquarie expects better market in 2012
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Shares cap first losing month in five
4:21pm |
Australian shares post a broad retreat, led by sharp falls in resource stocks, capping the market's first monthly loss in five months.
- Dollar heads for best monthly gain this year
- Asian shares slip on weak US data
- Crude falls on lower demand fears
- Gold luring central bank buyers may extend record run
- Stocks flat as strong dollar starts to bite
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Store Wars strikes back
Insider Woolworths's Michael Luscombe and Coles's Ian McLeod can add another supplier notch to their belts this week in the supermarket wars.
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- Gillard ahead in one poll
- Business calendar April 25-29
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The week that was with Michael Pascoe
The end of a short but eventful week with the rise and rise of the 'super Aussie'. (04:15)
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Yuan hits 18-year high against greenback
5:38pm |
China's yuan strengthened beyond 6.5 per US dollar for the first time since 1993, supported by speculation the central bank will allow appreciation to tame inflation.
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'B team' left holding the carbon tax
MICHAEL PASCOE 11:48am |
The government's ineptitude in selling the carbon tax leaves one to wonder whether it's serious about pricing carbon at all.
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- Caroline Baum Fed gets open, but we're still asking
- Chris Byrne Haul awaits if shops can get social with customers
- Eric Ellis 'Sick man of Asia' looking a bit better
- William Pesek All in all, emerging markets just another BRIC in the wall
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The gender agenda at work
New research shows men and women in the workplace aren' just different; they're opposites.
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A nice little slice of royal wedding
Pizza makers are among those looking to cash in on royal appetites.
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New rules restrict planners
ERIC JOHNSTON |
Those Gold Coast conferences and boat cruises to exotic locations could be a thing of the past after a crackdown on so-called soft-dollar commissions.
It's OK to take a flutter sometimes
The small end of the sharemarket offers plenty of opportunities.
