Whitehaven continues to make progress at its Narrabri longwall operation
Australia's lottery market is worth $3.6bn a year but only 4% of punters play online. Manaccom is well established to take advantage of inevitable growth.
Graeme Hunt, chief executive of Lihir Gold, says it is still possible to better the cash bid worth $9.7 billion by Newcrest Mining.
Graeme Hunt, chief executive of Lihir Gold, says it is still possible to better the cash bid worth $9.7 billion by Newcrest Mining.
Overnight, US stocks retreated on the back of a disappointing earnings report from Dow component Boeing and the latest Beige Book report which suggested several districts were experiencing softening growth.
US durable goods orders fell by 1.0pct in June after a 0.8pct fall in May and 2.9pct rise in April. Economists had tipped a 1.0pct rise in orders.
The US stock market edged lower Wednesday on news that orders for big ticket items sank in June. The Dow fell 39.81 points (0.38%) to 10,497.88 in final trades, after a four day winning streak.
The Australian dollar has opened lower this morning following a bout of risk aversion trading overnight.
The Aussie's three-week ascent towards US90.50 came to an abrupt halt yesterday immediately after the release of the much-anticipated June quarter inflation data.
The pressure is off interest rates and the Reserve Bank can take a bow for getting its inflation forecast right.Its fo...
As well as local inflation and the health of Europe, the Reserve Bank has also been concerned that China's attempts to ...
As expected, Sydney-based industrial products group, Alesco Corporation has reported another annual net loss and says it...
Macarthur Coal has confirmed that it achieved a sales record for the June 2010 financial year, despite a lagging perfor...
Having stalled on Tuesday, Wall Street could only drift off last night with little positive impetus ahead of Friday's GDP release. Dow down 39. (Locked for subscribers until 10:00 AEST)
The Australian share market is set to start weaker today after a plunge on Wall Street overnight.
Lihir Gold says June quarterly production is in line with guidance and up 6% on the march quarter, but off 17% from the ...
The Australian share market managed a turnaround in afternoon trade to rack up a fourth successive win. Financial stocks drove the gains while the big miners also received support despite a shaky start.
The Australian share market finished firmer for the fourth consecutive trading day, closing at its strongest level for more than a month. Sentiment on th local bourse was boosted by the release of lower than expected inflation figures for the June quarter.
Strong close to the market as Asian markets spark a rally
The Australian share market has put in a U-shaped performance today, rallying initially, selling off after the release of CPI data and then rallying back to positive territory.
A snapshot of economist responses to today's CPI release.
Spot uranium recorded a big price spike this week.
The Australian Dollar has opened little changed and is still starts with a "9" as global markets "seem" to be becoming cautiously optimistic about the economy in the latter half of calendar 2010.
Overnight, US markets were mixed but little changed as investors took a breather after several strong days of gains.
The chances of QBE buying rival Australian general insurer, Insurance Australia Group continue to fade.QBE's surprise 40...
Mixed earnings reports and economic data left Wall Street poised at a point of indecision last night. Dow up 12. (Locked for subscribers until 10:00 AEST)
It was a mixed first half result from Rio Tinto's NSW coal mining subsidiary, Coal & Allied, with sales and earnings do...
US consumer confidence fell from 54.3 to 50.4 in July, just below forecasts centred on a result near 51.0.
U.S. stocks were mixed Tuesday as a weak consumer-confidence reading offset the latest round of strong corporate earnings. Stocks traded in a narrow range throughout the day.
Some misleading reports on the half year profit performance of Singapore -controlled property group, Australand, as some...
