Dominion Appoints New MD
Mineral explorer, Dominion Mining (DOM) has appointed a new managing director on Friday, prompting the stock in the company up by as much as 6%.
Read MoreMineral explorer, Dominion Mining (DOM) has appointed a new managing director on Friday, prompting the stock in the company up by as much as 6%.
Read MoreTravel services provider Flight Centre (FLT) said it is currently on track to exceed its previous profit target for the period of $85-$90 million before tax and now expected a half year result in the order of $92-$93 million, up about 75% on prior year.
Read MoreIt's no wonder the US Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate half a per cent to 3%, taking the cuts of the past week and a bit to a huge 1.25%.
Read MoreAcquisitions and strength in the home renovations market has helped industrial and building products group, Alesco Corporation ride out an essentially flat home building industry to report a 16.7% rise in first half profit, with expectations of more to come in the second half.
Read MoreAustralia's largest listed investment company, Australian Foundation investment Company is taking a very conservative approach to the market given the tremendous volatility seen over the past month.
Read MoreFinally 2007 is over for Lihir Gold.
Read MoreIt was a mixed first half sales report from the country's dominant retailer, Woolworths Ltd.
Read MoreIt's no wonder the US Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate half a per cent to 3%, taking the cuts of the past week and a bit to a huge 1.25%.
Read MoreAustralian alumina producer Alumina Ltd (AWC) reported a 15% fall in full year net profit on Thursday, due to higher operating costs and impact of a stronger Australian dollar.
Read MoreSpecialty retailer, JB Hi-Fi (JBH) said on Thursday it will open a second store in the Sydney CBD as well as computer store in Melbourne's CBD in a bid to increase its market share.
Read MoreAfter a volatile day on the markets, it was impossible to tell which way the stock would finish.
Read MoreShares in labour recruitment business Interstaff Recruitment (ITS) rose on their debut on the Australian Stock Exchange, rising by 10% from the offer price.
Read MoreDiversified manufacturer and importer GUD Holdings provided some reassurance for jittery investors yesterday.
Read MoreOil Search suffered a small sell off in yesterday's down day, despite revealing higher revenues for the year.
Read MoreAnother stablemate of the Australian Foundation Investment Company group has reported a solid result in the December half.
Read MoreAfter recommending a separate takeover offer just last week, the board of gold and base metals explorer, Herald Resources (HER) officially jumped ship on Wednesday after announcing its unanimous support for a new offer (worth $504.8 million) from Indonesia's Antam group and Zhongjin of China.
Read MoreShares in Commander Communications rose almost 20% during intraday trading on Wednesday after the company said it agreed to a new debt repayment deal with its bankers.
Read MoreShares in Lion Nathan rose by as much as 2.9% after the company said it had refinanced its existing debt facilities through securing $450 million of new debt funding.
Read MoreStrike Oil (STX) has made a gas discovery at its Rayburn project, in Texas USA which has been designated Cypress Eagle Field.
Read MoreGiven the damage done to confidence by the travails of Centro Properties, MFS and Allco, it's no surprise that the once staid property trust industry is on the nose with many local investors.,
Read MoreThe BHP Billiton board is due to meet this week in what could be the most important discussion so far in the meandering attempt to take over Rio Tinto in a $120 billion-plus deal.
Read MoreThe smarties in the financial markets are already punting on a further cut in US interest rates at the end of the Fed's two day meeting early Thursday morning, our time.
Read MoreUS stockmarkets perked up ahead of President Bush's last State of The Union speech later today and the start of the Fed's two day meeting in Washington.
Read MoreShares in Nylex (NLX), manufacturer and distributor of plastic products, fell by as much 22.5% after the takeover proposal from CHAMP Private Equity was withdrawn.
Read MoreIt's what every investor in a speculative company wants – a commodity discovery of decent proportions that will propel a stock to new heights and in the process give investors a nice little earner.
Read MoreUranium hopeful, Uranio listed on the Australian stock exchange today after the initial public offer closed heavily oversubscribed.
Read MoreAustralian stock market posted negative results across the board, despite the much anticipated push upwards by the upbeat US markets.
Read MoreA tough week for sharemarkets with the big falls on Monday and Tuesday stampeding the US Federal reserve into a bigger than expected 0.75% rate cut which seems to have steadied sentiment and allowed investors some respite.
Read MoreIn contrast to the experience of Newcrest, zinc and lead miner, Zinifex has reported a solid increase in the production of its two key minerals in the first half of the current financial year.
Read MoreJust as the smaller Kagara Ltd suffered on Wednesday and again yesterday from reporting unexpectedly poor profit figures in a quarterly report, major gold miner, Newcrest Mining saw its shares pounded after revealing more cost problems at its huge Telfer in Western Australia.
Read MoreAustralia's third biggest oil and gas producer, Santos survived a slight drop in annual output and an easing world oil price to post a modest 23c gain to close at $12.31 yesterday.
Read MoreFollowing solid gains in the US markets overnight, the Australian stock market made further gains on Friday – gaining 4% by the end of the day.
Read MoreShares in Pilbara iron ore developer Aurox Resources (AXO) rose as much as 10.8% on Friday as the company said it has moved towards construction at its Balla Balla iron ore project in the West Pilbara.
Read MoreDespite news of rain impacting production, shares in coal company Macarthur Coal rose as much as 14.6% to $9.73.
Read MoreRio Tinto has signed a joint venture agreement with Chilean firm CODELCO for copper exploration in Chile.
Read MoreThose who sold out in Tuesday's panic, are most likely kicking themselves right now in light of the gains posted by the Australian share market in the last two days, with the All Ordinaries finishing 2.9% higher at 5605.08.
Read MoreShares in Zinifex (ZFX) rose 10.5% to $9.88 on Thursday after it reported favourable second quarter results – an increase of 8% in production compared to the same period last year.
Read MoreGold mining company Newcrest (NCM) was another miner to release a quarterly report today – with its gold production 2% higher on the previous quarter and copper production also 2% higher.
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