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Site of the Dipidio mine north of Manila

'Why is mining more important than people's lives?'

Shares in OceanaGold slumped in late trading on a statement by the Philippine government it may force the closure of its Dipidio mine, which has been the subject of recent wrangling between the company and the government.

Downer EDI workers work on building new rail carriages.

Downer shares soar on higher full-year forecast

Shares in Downer EDI soared to a seven-year high on Thursday morning after the contractor lifted its full-year profit forecast following a lack of any bad news in its December-half earnings.

David Lawrence and Marcs are the latest retail chains to fall victim to rising costs and falling sales.

Retail rot spreads to big-name fashion chains

The collapse of national fashion brands Marcs and David Lawrence has added another 1130 workers to the retail rout that claimed close to 2000 jobs in the sector before Christmas.

Gold prices recently fell and bond yields rose, meaning bondholders took a hammering.

Safe havens feeling less safe

Conventional wisdom says that in times of turbulence gold and the yen are places to hide, but some investors are cautious.

Tabcorp wants to buy Tatts in part to fend off a growing challenge from overseas online rivals like William Hill and ...

UK start-up, acquisition costs mar Tabcorp result

Tabcorp's bottomline performance was down 28.1 per cent - marred by a series of one-off losses associated with its UK start-up business Sun Bet, litigation with regulator Austrac and costs associated with acquisitions.

NAB overcharged 220,000 corporate superannuation accounts a combined $34.7 million, ASIC said.

Banks forced to repay customers $41m

National Australia Bank's wealth arm has been forced to compensate customers $36.5 million, after wrongly charging fees to superannuation customers and incorrectly assessing insurance claims.

Apple sold 78.29 million iPhones in its fiscal first quarter ended December 31, up from 74.78 million a year earlier.

Apple market value surges

Shares in Apple leapt more than 6 per cent on its latest results, with at least 12 brokerages lifting their price targets.

After a brief lull, Trumponomics is back.

8@eight: Waiting for inspiration

Apple has supported equity markets, with yesterday's post-market release of Q1 sales of $US78.5 billion ($103.52 billion) and EPS of $US3.36 and seemingly, more importantly, its guide for Q2, that was better than what the market had feared. The daily chart has well and truly broken out to the topside and this is attracting the momentum focused clients and I wouldn't be surprised to see this above $US150 in the coming months here.

Chinese-born Canadian citizen Xiao Jianhua was reportedly abducted by Chinese police from the Hong Kong Four Seasons ...

Missing billionaire 'awkward' for Hong Kong

The uncertain fate of Xiao Jianhua, a China-born billionaire who was last seen at a luxury Hong Kong hotel a week ago, has raised fresh fears about the city's autonomy amid media reports he may have been abducted by Chinese agents.

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