Maintenance News:

Share Tables have been reinstated

BHP and Rio shareholders back miners' expansion plans.

Major BHP, Rio investors back expansions

Industry fallout is a process of "natural selection" and that Andrew Forrest's push to cap output, casts more doubt on Fortescue than its rivals, according to investors.

Professor Ian Harper, releases his long-awaited competition reform paper.

Win for competition in Harper review

The biggest review of competition law in 20 years has urged the Abbott government to embark on the next wave of micro-economic reform of outdated rules covering trading hours, industrial relations, pharmacies, taxi licenses and imported books.

The RBA already had what it considers to be an unusually strong easing bias with a cut in April or May all but certain subject to any curve-balls in the macro data during the intervening period.

Three key reasons for an April rate cut

The Reserve Bank of Australia is likely to cut its official target cash rate in April and probably finds no fault with current market probabilities of a circa 70 per cent chance of an easing.

Telstra cuts cost of data download

Telstra has cut the cost to millions of mobile customers who exceed their monthly download allowances, offering cheaper blocks of extra data...

Santos 'simply must raise capital'

Oil and gas company Santos is carrying too much debt at a time of low oil prices and will need to tap shareholders for new funds, Credit Sui...

Markets Live: Shares bounce back

Investors pulled their horns in during the afternoon session, tempering what had been a powerful early rally, with miners still the standout...

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