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Myer FY profit tumbles 23% as sales drop

11 Sep 2014 - Myer Holdings Limited’s (ASX:MYR) net profit tumbled 23 per cent in the full 2014 financial year.

ACCC not to block TPG Telecom network rollout

11 Sep 2014 - Australia’s competition regulator will not block TPG Telecom Limited’s (ASX:TPM) fibre to the basement network rollout.

GPT Group flags Metropolitan Office Fund listing

11 Sep 2014 - GPT Group (ASX:GPT) flags the potential listing of a new ASX real estate investment trust called the GPT Metro Office Fund.

Affinity buys 20 more child care centres

11 Sep 2014 - Affinity Education Group Limited (ASX:AFJ) enters into agreements to buy another 20 more child care centres for about $19 million.

ASG strengthens Federal Government footprint

11 Sep 2014 - ASG Group Limited (ASX:ASZ) strengthens its Federal Government footprint through its latest defence win.

Vodafone targeting growth in M2M technology

11 Sep 2014 - Hutchison Telecommunications Limited's (ASX:HTA) 50 per cent owned Vodafone Hutchison Australia is targeting growth in M2M technology.

Senex Energy agrees to gas asset swap

10 Sep 2014 - Senex Energy Limited (ASX:SXY) agrees to a Surat Basin gas asset swap with the PL 171 and ATP 574P joint venture partners QGC JV.

Suitor sets its sights on Neon Energy

10 Sep 2014 - Neon Energy Limited (ASX:NEN) receives a letter from Evoworld Corporation outlining its intention to lob an unsolicited proportional takeover bid.

Origin prices €1 billion hybrid capital securities

10 Sep 2014 - Origin Energy Limited (ASX:ORG) announces the successful pricing and allocation of a €1 billion hybrid capital issuance.

Macmahon secures $317.5M funding facility

10 Sep 2014 - Macmahon Holdings Limited (ASX:MAH) secures a new $317.5 million three-year funding facility.

Telstra lures with extras in time for new iPhone

10 Sep 2014 - Telstra Corporation Limited (ASX:TLS) is attempting to lure more customers by offering extras in time for Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) new products.

Westpac inks MOU with DFAT for Pacific

10 Sep 2014 - Westpac Banking Corporation Limited (ASX:WBC) inks a Memorandum of Understanding with Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs.

Seven West magazine sales beat expectations

09 Sep 2014 - Seven West Media Limited’s (ASX:SWM) publishing arm, Pacific Magazines, exceeds its sales expectations after publishing a celebrity wedding.

Origin Energy says LNG demand to keep growing

09 Sep 2014 - Origin Energy Limited (ASX:ORG) is increasing its exposure in conventional and unconventional resources to meet forecast rising demand.

99 Wuxian teams up with Tapit Media for JV

09 Sep 2014 - Chinese mobile commerce company 99 Wuxian Limited (ASX:NNW) enters into a joint venture agreement with Tapit Media.

WorleyParsons buys management consulting firm

09 Sep 2014 - WorleyParsons Limited (ASX:WOR) inks a deal to buy a management consulting firm in the oil and gas, petrochemicals and chemicals industries.

Barangaroo unveils first major retail tenant

09 Sep 2014 - Property developer Lend Lease Group’s (ASX:LLC) $6 billion Barangaroo development unveils its first major retail tenant.

Brambles acquisition expands containers business

09 Sep 2014 - Brambles Limited (ASX:BXB) is set to expand its specialist containers business through the $US545 million acquisition of Ferguson Group.

Woolworths major Aussie hotels sale

08 Sep 2014 - Woolworths Limited (ASX:WOW) announces one of the largest hotel portfolio sales in Australia’s history.

Sunland buys prime Sydney real estate

08 Sep 2014 - Sunland Group's (ASX:SDG) latest venture into the Sydney’s Northern Beaches, comes with an $18 million price tag.

Sky NZ loses broadcast bid

08 Sep 2014 - Sky Network Television Limited (ASX:SKT) fails to renew broadcasting rights for the US, European and Asian PGA Golf Tours.

Upgrades power supply at Sunrise

08 Sep 2014 - Energy Developments (ASX:ENE) enters agreements with AngloGold Ashanti Australia (ASX:AGA) to expand and extend power supply at its Sunrise Dam mine.