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Friday, May 24th, 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

Inquiry to probe FLNG technology

The politically sensitive issue of floating liquefied natural gas technology will be the subject of a 12 month inquiry by the powerful Legislative Assembly… May 23, 2013, 4:10 pm

$20m upgrade for Qantas jets 59 minutes ago
Women quotas 'will breed resentment' 59 minutes ago
'Perth can be petroleum tech centre' May 23, 2013, 2:04 pm
Thinksmart reiterates profit guidance May 23, 2013, 11:55 am

National

Holden, Toyota commit to Australia for now

The last two car makers standing in Australia: Holden and Toyota, have reaffirmed their commitment to the country, for now. May 23, 2013, 5:17 pm

$20m upgrade for Qantas jets 59 minutes ago
Women quotas 'will breed resentment' 59 minutes ago
DuluxGroup stops paint supplies to Masters May 23, 2013, 4:34 pm
Inquiry to probe FLNG technology May 23, 2013, 4:10 pm

World

Icahn seeks up to $7 billion for Dell bid

By Michelle Sierra NEW YORK (Reuters) - Activist investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc have initiated talks with banks… 16 minutes ago

China clears Boeing 787s for nation's airlines: Boeing 43 minutes ago
Goldman unveils checks on conflicts in bid to fix image 1 hour, 1 minutes ago
Fed officials stress no rush to exit, not on 'autopilot' 1 hour, 4 minutes ago
ECB has done a lot to fight crisis, can't solve it - Weidmann 1 hour, 7 minutes ago

Technology

Yahoo! buys startup specializing in online games

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Yahoo! pressed on with its shopping spree on Thursday with the acquisition of a startup that powers games played on smartphones,… 1 hour, 40 minutes ago