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Thursday, May 23rd, 2013

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Perth may be gas tech hub

Woodside boss says Perth has opportunity to become best oil and gas technology centre in Asia.

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Aussie dollar still falling

The Australian dollar keeps falling and Uncle Sam is completely to blame.

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Bernanke warns on austerity

US Fed chairman warns that tightening monetary policy now could stall the US recovery.

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Navitas CEO cashes out

Rod Jones takes advantage of company's record share price run by pulling $50m out of the market.

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Creasy to visit Nova find

Australia's richest prospector to make rare site visit to Nova and Bollinger nickel finds.

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Sell-off wipes $27b off ASX

Investors sell up on fears that asset and equity markets are 'too buoyant'. 02:13 pm

Ford to end Aussie production

Car maker to cease manufacturing in Australia by Oct 2016 costing 1200 jobs. 07:12 am

Related:: PM pledges support; End of road for Falcon

Telstra jobs on the line

Telstra is not saying how many jobs may be lost as part of a major restructure. 10:16 am

James Hardie's profit slumps

Building products company's profit slumps on asbestos liabilities, battles with ATO. 08:43 am

Alarm bells on China growth

As manufacturing activity in country contracts in May for first time in seven months. 01:06 pm

Related:: End of boom 'to hit WA hard'

WA Business

'Perth can be petroleum tech centre'

Perth has an opportunity to become the best oil and gas technology centre in Asia by modelling itself on major hubs in Scotland and Norway. 1 hour, 38 minutes ago

Thinksmart reiterates profit guidance May 23, 2013, 11:55 am
Port Bouvard appoints new CEO May 23, 2013, 11:19 am
Dairy recycling saves water May 23, 2013, 10:06 am
Bunbury a model port: Buswell May 23, 2013, 10:01 am

National

Perth could be Asia's oil & gas tech hub

Perth has an opportunity to become a major oil and gas technology hub following the lead of Stavanger in Norway and Aberdeen in… 17 minutes ago

Ford to cease manufacturing in Australia 21 minutes ago
$A falls as $US soars 24 minutes ago
Aust stocks lower as $32b wiped off market 44 minutes ago
Aust bonds weaker on Bernanke comments 44 minutes ago

World

EU may give Greece more time to meet fiscal targets - Dijsselbloem

ATHENS (Reuters) - The euro zone may give Greece more time to meet fiscal targets agreed under its international bailout, the chairman of the euro zone… 21 minutes ago

Pennon profit plunges on waste-related write-down 32 minutes ago
Japan's SoftBank to give US govt Sprint board choice: WSJ 38 minutes ago
Flybe sells some Gatwick slots, delays aircraft deliveries 39 minutes ago
Daily Mail sees profit growth after strong first half 58 minutes ago

Technology

Samsung sells more than 10 mn Galaxy S4 smartphones

SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Thursday its latest flagship Galaxy S4 had become its fastest selling smartphone to date, topping 10… May 23, 2013, 1:31 pm