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Giving West targets philanthropic shake-up

Business leader John Poynton says there will be an obvious clue when the philanthropic organisation Giving West has done its job.
October 11, 2011, 6:23 am
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Shares outperform over 20 years

Investors who put their cash into a little-known company called Allied Mining and Processing 20 years ago would today be sitting on a staggering 248,624 per cent return, according to a report on the best performing Australian stocks of the past two decades.
October 11, 2011, 6:20 am

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Uranium dip puts China in box seat for Extract

China Inc is shaping up as a beneficiary of the uranium market malaise, with the Asian country's second-biggest nuclear reactor builder in the box seat to pick up Extract Resources sought-after Namibian deposit for less than it was willing to pay before Japan's nuclear crisis.
October 11, 2011, 6:17 am

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Woolies and Coles face price check

Coles and Woolworths have been put on notice by the nation's competition watchdog over the way they undercut high-profile brands with their own cut-price products.
October 11, 2011, 5:44 am

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Market closes higher again on EU pledge

The Australian sharemarket finished a choppy session in the black, extending its rally to a fifth straight day, after France and Germany pledged to come up with a eurozone bank recapitalisation plan within three weeks.
October 10, 2011, 1:16 pm

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VDM receives offer for Cape

Struggling contractor VDM Group says it has received a confidential, non-binding, indicative offer for its South Guildford-based Cape Crushing and Earthmoving Contractors business.
October 10, 2011, 12:06 pm
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Cortona to defend challenge to NSW project

Cortona Resources believes it can defend legal action taken against the recent granting of environmental approval for its gold mine in New South Wales.
October 10, 2011, 10:10 am
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Focus pours 200,000th ounce of gold

Gold producer Focus Minerals has announced positive drilling results at its Perseverance deposit and the pouring of the 200,000th ounce of gold from its flagship Tindals mining operation near Coolgardie.
October 10, 2011, 10:08 am

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Arafura up on new rare earths find

Shares in Arafura Resources were higher after the company announced a new rare earths discovery east of its Nolans Bore project in the Northern Territory.
October 10, 2011, 9:15 am
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Southern Cross Goldfields up on drill results

Shares in Southern Cross Goldfields were higher after the company announced encouraging drill results from its Copper Bore project in the Yilgarn region, north east of Perth.
October 10, 2011, 9:00 am

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Extract surges on takeover talks

Extract Resources appears to be once again in the corporate crosshairs after its biggest shareholder, Kalahari Minerals, confirmed it was back in talks with China's CGNPC Uranium.
October 10, 2011, 8:24 am

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Banpu gets nod for Hunnu takeover

A Thai takeover of Mongolia-focused coal explorer Hunnu Coal has been approved by Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board and the Bank of Thailand.
October 10, 2011, 7:54 am
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Leighton man to head Hastie

Former Leighton Holdings deputy chief executive Bill Wild has been appointed interim chief executive of building and infrastructure services provider Hastie Group.
October 10, 2011, 6:45 am
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Patrick boss to resign

The head of the Patrick ports and stevedoring business Paul Garaty has resigned and will leave the company in early 2012.
October 10, 2011, 6:44 am

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New Pilbara homes at low rent

Almost 1000 "affordable" homes will be built in the Pilbara, the nation's dearest place to live.
October 10, 2011, 6:20 am
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Mining services sector on the menu

Foreign companies and private equity players are circling not only miners and explorers but the companies that service them, an Ernst & Young transactions adviser says.
October 10, 2011, 6:16 am

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Watch needed on runway capacity

The plan to finally deliver Perth the airport it deserves is great news for long-suffering travellers.
October 9, 2011, 7:40 am
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$1.2b makeover plan to supersize airport

Perth Airport has unveiled details of a spectacular $1.25 billion redevelopment plan to transform the much maligned airport into Australia's premier gateway before 2020.
October 9, 2011, 7:35 am
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GR flags three new contracts

GR Engineering has announced it expects to win three contracts worth $55 million in revenue.
October 7, 2011, 12:32 pm

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Oilex to release Cambay assessment

Shares in Oilex have been placed in a trading halt pending an announcement about its Cambay oil and gas field in India.
October 7, 2011, 10:40 am
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