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China won't stop the slump
FINANCIAL markets no longer believe that China's purchasing power will safeguard the Australian economy.
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Hedges are next ticking bomb
DEBT-GORGED hedge funds are the next ticking bomb in the global credit crisis as they liquidate their positions in equities and commodities ahead of an expected spike in quarterly redemptions by investors throughout September.
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Linc in the pink with permit sale
COAL-to-liquids hopeful Linc Energy stunned the market yesterday by announcing the $1.5 billion sale of its coal exploration permits in Queensland's Bowen Basin to a Chinese company.
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Allco, B&B, Centro and Octaviar out
THE humiliations of failed property investment groups Centro and Octaviar, and financials Allco and Babcock & Brown, were compounded yesterday as all four companies were dumped from key share market indexes.
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Brokers to swim in 'dark pools'
STEPHEN Zilioli and Sam Macqueen want to run the financial markets version of an online speed dating service for consenting adults.
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Building suppliers still in trough
IT would take a bold, or at least forward-thinking, investor to buy into Australia's big suppliers of building materials any time soon.
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Construction hits the wall
ACTIVITY in the building industry fell for the sixth straight month in August as high interest rates and poor investor and consumer confidence hit the sector, a private survey has shown.
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Xstrata set to block Indophil rival
LION Selection has offloaded most of its interests in Indophil to Xstrata.
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Regulator faces class action over Pan recall
LITIGATION funding giant IMF will lead a class action against the federal Government over the 2003 collapse of Pan Pharmaceuticals in a case it claims could reap more than $200 million.
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Athlete leads corporate race
Sport and entrepreneurship demand extreme commitment
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Paladin sees rosy future in Africa
URANIUM miner Paladin Energy says its confidence in the future strength of the uranium market has underpinned a $US50 million ($61.2 million) expansion of its flagship Langer Heinrich mine in the African nation of Namibia.
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Strathfield to pick up with phones
TROUBLED electronics retailer Strathfield Group expects to perform better this financial year, as mobile phone sales rise and it beds down new acquisitions.
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