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Transurban Q3 toll revenue rises

10 Oct 2012 - Transurban Group's (ASX:TCL) revenue from its Melbourne and Sydney toll roads rose 1.3 per cent to $195 million in the September quarter.

Quickflix teams up with Optus

10 Oct 2012 - Quickflix Limited (ASX:QFX) teams up with Singapore Telecommunications Limited (ASX:SGT) Australian arm Optus.

Alcoa Q3 earnings exceed forecasts

10 Oct 2012 - The parent of Australia’s Alcoa (ASX:AAI), Alcoa Incorporated’s (NYSE:AA) third quarter earnings exceed market forecasts.

Arrium to gain $73M from NZ sale

10 Oct 2012 - Arrium Limited (ASX:ARI) will gain $73.4 million from the sale of its stake in New Zealand listed Steel & Tube Holdings Limited (NZE:STU).

Rio cuts China growth expectations

10 Oct 2012 - Rio Tinto Limited (ASX:RIO) confirms its cost cutting plans as it lowers expectations for Chinese growth this year.

Leighton VIC desal plant hits milestone

09 Oct 2012 - Leighton Holdings Limited (ASX:LEI) Victorian desalination plant has hit a key commercial milestone only weeks after it started to produce drinking water.

Fox inks option to acquire QLD assets

09 Oct 2012 - Fox Resources Limited (ASX:FXR) inks a deal for an option to acquire Queensland coal tenements and says it is looking to expand its holdings further.

Somnomed expands into France

09 Oct 2012 - Somnomed Limited (ASX:SOM) expands into France with the purchase of the country’s second largest oral appliance company, Orthosom.

Cedar Woods on track to maintain FY profit

09 Oct 2012 - Cedar Woods Properties Limited (ASX:CWP) confirms it is on track to deliver a steady net profit of about $34 million.

Telstra escapes fine for privacy breach

09 Oct 2012 - Telstra Corporation Limited (ASX:TLS) has escaped paying a fine for breaching privacy laws last year.

Elders launches online store

09 Oct 2012 - Agribusiness Elders Limited (ASX:ELD) has launched an online rural supplies business that will allow farmers to order selected products from its website.

Aquila Resources project cost blow out

08 Oct 2012 - Aquila Resources Limited (ASX:AQA) has increased its estimates of capital and operating costs for the $6 billion West Pilbara iron ore project.

QLD govt sells $1.5B stake in QR National

08 Oct 2012 - The Queensland government says it will sell a $1.5 billion stake in QR National (ASX:QRN).

Nufarm completes $US325M capital raising to pay debt

08 Oct 2012 - Nufarm Limited (ASX:NUF) says its wholly owned subsidiary Nufarm Australia has completed its $US325 million capital raising in the US which it launched last week.

Telecom Corp of NZ potential bidder for NextGen

08 Oct 2012 - Telecom Corp of New Zealand’s (ASX:TEL) subsidiary AAPT emerges as a potential buyer of Leighton Holdings Limited (ASX:LEI) wholly owned NextGen Networks.

Flight Centre action starts

08 Oct 2012 - The ACCC case against Flight Centre Limited (ASX:FLT) will commence today in a Brisbane Federal Court and is expected to run for three weeks.

Origin secures $2.4B loan

08 Oct 2012 - Origin Energy Limited (ASX:ORG) secures a $2.4 billion syndicated bank loan facility to refinance an existing loan.

Emeco refinances bank debt facility

05 Oct 2012 - Emeco Holdings Limited (ASX:EHL) refinances its $450 million bank debt facility.

BOQ expects FY12 loss

05 Oct 2012 - Bank of Queensland Limited (ASX:BOQ) expects to post a full year loss in the 2012 financial year.

Village Roadshow strikes Vegas Wet’n’Wild deal

05 Oct 2012 - Village Roadshow Limited (ASX:VRL) signs a deal to take a 51 per cent interest in a Wet’n’Wild water park in Las Vegas.

Silex receives $10M grant

05 Oct 2012 - Silex Systems Limited (ASX:SLX) subsidiary Solar Systems receives a $10 million grant from the Victorian State Government.

Woolworths acquisition proposal opposed

05 Oct 2012 - Woolworths Limited (ASX:WOW) has its proposed acquisition of an independent Victorian hardware store chain opposed by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commissi…

Mayne acquires US based company

05 Oct 2012 - Mayne Pharma Group Limited (ASX:MYX) enters into a binding agreement to acquire privately owned US based company Metrics.

Transfield awarded $80M JV contract

04 Oct 2012 - Transfield Services Limited (ASX:TSE) and joint venture partner Clough Limited (ASX:CLO) have been awarded an $80 million construction contract on QGC’s Queensland Li…

Drillsearch bids $118M for Acer

04 Oct 2012 - Drillsearch Energy Limited (ASX:DLS) makes a takeover bid for petroleum explorer Acer Energy Limited (ASX:INP), valuing the company at about $118 million.

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