Jobless rate rises
GLENDA KWEK 1:22pm | The jobless rate has edged higher as the labour market softens amid a transition towards non-mining led growth.
Markets Live: ANZ, NAB go ex-dividend
12:49pm | Australian shares are lower, weighed down by major banks ANZ and NAB going ex-dividend.
Twitter IPO priced at $US26 per share
10:55am | Twitter raised $US1.82 billion in its initial public offering, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
Construction grows, first time in 3 years
10:35am | Recovery in the housing market has seen the construction sector expand for the first time in more than three years.
No post-election boost, says Fairfax
ERIC JOHNSTON 1:01pm | Fairfax Media has become the latest company to warn it is yet to see a sustained uplift in consumer confidence since the election.
Ausdrill shares crash after profit falls
BRIAN ROBINS 12:31pm | Ausdrill has been humbled by the slump in mining spending, forecasting a fall in earnings for the year ahead as it moves to slash costs.
Yeager eyes US investors for Maverick
10:04am | After more than 30 years of globetrotting for two of the world's biggest petroleum companies, Mike Yeager is enjoying what he calls ''the simpler life''.
Mirvac purchases Harbourside centre
CAROLYN CUMMINS 12:12pm | Mirvac Group is to extend its footprint along the Eastern seaboard with the purchase of $522 million of assets.
ASX 200 | 5415.0 | -18.8 | -0.4% |
Dow Jones | 15746.9 | 128.7 | 0.8% |
Nasdaq | 3931.9 | -7.9 | -0.2% |
Hang Seng | 22883.7 | -153.2 | -0.7% |
NZ 50 | 4936.7 | -7.9 | -0.2% |
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12:55PM Fairfax Media avoids board spill over pay
11:48AM SEEK sells colleges to Bill Clinton group
11:40AM Aust jobless rate steady at 5.7 per cent
11:10AM NZ property values accelerate in October
11:03AM Twitter to list at $US26 a share
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Dow rises to new record as Nasdaq retreats
9:19am | The Dow Jones Industrial Average has climbed to a new record as investors steered more funds into industrial stocks and away from the tech sector following disappointing Tesla earnings.
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Twitter IPO priced at $US26 per share
10:55am | Twitter raised $US1.82 billion in its initial public offering, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
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Rupert takes aim at his own shop
BEN BUTLER | News Corporation boss Rupert Murdoch has taken a thinly veiled swipe at management consultants from Boston Consulting Group.
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