Qantas eyes bumper first-half profit
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Qantas has forecast a first-half underlying pretax profit of as much as $925 million ahead of most analyst expectations and not far off last year's full-year result.
Woolworths, Coles and Aldi have confirmed they sell prawns supplied by a Thai company embroiled in a child labour scandal.
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The manufacturer of Nurofen will be allowed to sell painkillers marketed as targeting specific types of pain for another 12 months after a court found they were misleading to customers.
Woolworths is expected to announce on Tuesday it will augment its new loyalty program by allowing card holders to convert $10 of Woolworths Rewards points into about 870 Qantas Frequent Flyer points rather than $10 off their grocery bill.
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Suncorp Group chief executive Michael Cameron shocked investors with a profit downgrade less than two weeks before Christmas as higher claims and a lower Australian dollar hit earnings – but said measures including raising insurance premiums will prevent another downgrade in the near future.
Copper slipped as oil tumbled towards 11-year lows and risk appetite was subdued ahead of an expected US rate hike.
Oil rebounded after prices dipped below $US35 a barrel for the first time since 2009, prompting traders to buy back some of their record bearish bets.
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Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has acquired the South China Morning Post, a move which simultaneously signals its intention to expand its media influence beyond mainland China while sparking fears around editorial independence at the venerable Hong Kong newspaper.
The high-profile billionaire chairman of China's biggest private conglomerate, Fosun Group, has gone missing amid speculation he has been caught up in a deepening corruption probe targeting the country's financial industry.
Harry Triguboff sees property as among the few attractive investments in the nation amid rising rents and a "terrible" stock market.
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