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Thursday, May 23rd, 2013

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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

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

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Ford to end Aussie production

Ford to end Australian production

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

End of boom 'to hit WA hard'

The resources investment boom is over, a new report has found. 05:34 am

WA taxed to carry a nation

$15b more in taxes exits WA each year than flows back in Federal spending. 02:40 am

Related:: End of boom 'to hit hard'

Export mining expertise: Austrade

Austrade boss confident mining services sector can overcome sharp drop in local orders. 08:19 am

Market opens sharply lower

The Australian sharemarket has opened lower on negative lead from Wall St. 08:26 am

WA Business

Creasy to visit Sirius' Nova

Creasy to visit Sirius' Nova

Australia's richest prospector Mark Creasy will join Sirius Resources managing director Mark Bennett on a rare site visit of the Nova and Bollinger nickel… 50 minutes ago

Export mining expertise: Austrade 52 minutes ago
Navitas boss cashes out 54 minutes ago
Big cattle player forced out May 23, 2013, 5:48 am
End of boom 'to hit WA hard' May 23, 2013, 5:34 am

National

Ford to announce huge cuts in production

Ford to announce huge cuts in production

Ford is expected to make major cuts to its Australian operations from 2016. 17 minutes ago

Aust shares open lower 21 minutes ago
James Hardie's profit slumps 28 minutes ago
Ford to close Australia auto plants 29 minutes ago
Market opens lower 44 minutes ago

World

Ford to close Australia auto plants

Ford to close Australia auto plants

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said on Thursday it is closing its two Australian auto plants and will cease production in the country in October 2016. 29 minutes ago

Apple, former politician, now at centre of tax fight May 23, 2013, 7:05 am
U.S. Justice Department tells lawmakers no bank is too big to jail May 23, 2013, 6:47 am
GE sees $2.4 bn in acquisitions by year-end May 23, 2013, 6:30 am
US report urges action on intellectual property theft May 23, 2013, 5:46 am

Technology

Apple, former Washington wallflower, now at center of tax fight

Apple, former Washington wallflower, now at center of tax fight

By Andy Sullivan, Gabriel Debenedetti and Poornima Gupta WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For years, Apple Inc kept a low profile in Washington as it… May 23, 2013, 7:02 am

Twitter tightens security after high-profile breaches May 23, 2013, 7:01 am
China's Lenovo buys and diversifies to outshine PC rivals May 23, 2013, 5:36 am
Twitter beefs up security after hacking spree on media May 23, 2013, 4:16 am
Google boss says company is doing 'right thing' on tax May 23, 2013, 4:13 am

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