Twiggy's new dawn
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9:22am | US stocks fell as investors puzzled over the Fed's decision to maintain stimulus as they heard opposing views from top officials.
The son who never quite shone
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Email trail to seize Hancock trust
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Parity still far away for dollar
GLENDA KWEK 20 Sep | Currency strategists are reviewing their year-end forecasts for the Australian dollar.
Boart Longyear living on the edge
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BlackBerry's demise feared after dire results
9:48am | BlackBerry has warned it expects to report a huge quarterly operating loss next week and that it will cut more than a third of its global workforce.
Westpoint's Carey 'inherently unreliable'
JARED LYNCH | Former Westpoint boss Norm Carey has lost his bid to blame the collapse of the on his lawyer, with a Federal Court judge labelling him as dishonest.
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Gold dives on October taper talk
9:10am | Gold sank 2.5 per cent as institutional investors sold aggressively after the St Louis Fed president said the US central bank might move next month to reduce stimulus.
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Abbott's casualties pile up in orderly fashion
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Redundant and ready for action
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