Canberra to Beijing: Hands off ore price negotiations

Trade Minister Simon Crean today urged Beijing not to intervene in price negotiations between iron ore miners and Chinese steel mills.

MARKETS

No change seen at OPEC meet

OPEC member countries meet Wednesday night (Australian time) and no change is expected to the current 24.845 million barrels a day production quota.

COMPANIES

RBA undecided whether to regulate credit cards

Regulators of Australia's credit card payment system say it isn't clear yet whether more competition or direct regulation is needed to cut transaction fees, said central bank Assistant Governor Malcolm Edey.

MARKETS

Our confidence boom

This week we have seen the importance of confidence underlined as a very important (but hard to achieve) part of economic policy.

Gloomy outlook for debt

PROPERTY

Queensland unit and townhouse sales soften

Continuing a trend in Queensland's residential property market, the number of sales of units and townhouses reduced markedly during the tail end of 2009, according to the Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ).

TECHNOLOGY

Government's filter plan not feasible

Shadow treasurer Joe Hockey has slammed the Federal Government's proposal for mandatory ISP-level filtering.

IBT Features

Sony to launch 3D TV worldwide in June

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Growing Opposition to Telstra Sale

A major shareholder of Telstra today urged shareholders to reject the $43 billion sale of its fixed-line business to NBN, claiming they were being shortchanged. Full Story

Market Analyst

Australian Stock Market Report - Closing...

The Australian share market fell into the red in afternoon trade, as futures markets suggested that ...Read More

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