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Macquarie plans recruitment drive

06 Dec 2011 - Macquarie Group Ltd's (ASX:MQG) is planning to add 50 staff to its Canadian operations in the next 18 months.

Aquila scores environmental approval

06 Dec 2011 - Aquila Resources Ld (ASX:AQA) scores environmental approval for its first iron ore mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australian.

Empire Oil & Gas strikes Origin exploration deal

06 Dec 2011 - Empire Oil & Gas NL (ASX:EGO) and Origin Energy Ltd (ASX:ORG) strike a deal that will see Origin take a 40 per cent interest in two of Empire’s exploration blocks.

Kagara shares lift on exploration update

06 Dec 2011 - Shares Kagara Ltd (ASX:KZL) lift to one of the best performers in the top 200 after the mineral explorer releases its North Queensland exploration update.

Woodside Browse plant under a cloud

05 Dec 2011 - Analysts say Woodside Petroleum Limited's (ASX:WPL) $30 billion Browse liquefied natural gas plant's come "under a cloud", and piping the gas 1000 kilometres to the N…

Whitehaven in merger talks with Aston

05 Dec 2011 - Whitehaven Coal Limited (ASX:WHC) has confirmed it's in talks with Aston Resource Limited about a potential merger, worth $4.7 billion.

Cape Lambert ready to sell Marampa

05 Dec 2011 - Mineral investment company Cape Lambert Resources (ASX:CFE) is ready to sell its Marampa iron ore project.

APN expects weaker results

05 Dec 2011 - APN News & Media Limited (ASX:APN) is expecting its second half result to be weaker than last year, between $75 million and $77 million.

Rio says volatility here to stay

05 Dec 2011 - Rio Tinto Limited (ASX:RIO) boss Tom Albanese says despite fluctuations in iron ore prices, the miner's designed to "operate well and stay profitable."

Fairfax lowers AFR paywall

05 Dec 2011 - Fairfax Media Limited's (ASX:FXJ) lowered its paywall price on the Australian Financial Review website today in what's set to be a string of moves to change the way t…

NAB wins market share

02 Dec 2011 - The National Australia Bank Ltd (ASX:NAB) continues to win market share from its competitors.

Macquarie eyes RBS Aviation

02 Dec 2011 - Macquarie Group Ltd (ASX:MQG) and Mitsubishi are set to submit a joint bid for RBS Aviation.

Tatts buys Tote Tasmania

02 Dec 2011 - Tatts Group Ltd (ASX:TTS) has bought the Tasmanian TAB, Tote Tasmania for $103 million, funded from existing loan facilities and cash.

CBA shrugs off credit downgrade

02 Dec 2011 - Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX:CBA) has shrugged of the S&P downgrade of its credit rating from AA to AA-.

Telstra NBN delay

02 Dec 2011 - Regulatory approval for Telstra Corporation Ltd's (ASX:TLS) $11 billion deal with the government and NBN Co is likely to be delayed by a month.

Macquarie credit downgrade

02 Dec 2011 - Macquarie Group Ltd (ASX:MQG) is hit with a two-notch downgrade to its credit rating.

Origin allocates $800M in bonds

01 Dec 2011 - Origin Energy Ltd (ASX:ORG) has completed the bookbuild for its recently launched offer of $800 million of subordinated notes.

Spotless receives sweetened $711M bid

01 Dec 2011 - Spotless Group Ltd (ASX:SPT) receives a sweetened $711 million takeover bid from its suitor, Pacific Equity Partners.

Boart Longyear on track for FY11 guidance

01 Dec 2011 - Boart Longyear Ltd (ASX:BLY) says it's on track to meet and even exceed its revenue and earnings guidance in the full 2011 financial year.

ACCC approves Virgin Singapore alliance

01 Dec 2011 - Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd's (ASX:VBA) alliance with Singapore Airlines is authorised by Australia's competition regulator.

OrotonGroup FY12 continues momentum

01 Dec 2011 - OrotonGroup Ltd (ASX:ORL) says the first 17 weeks of fiscal 2012 have experienced strong positive like-for-like sales growth.

Westpac economist predicts 3 rate cuts in 2012

01 Dec 2011 - Westpac's (ASX:WBC) London-based senior economist, James Shugg, predicts a series of rate cuts amid what he believes is an imminent global catastrophe.

Rio could be stung with $5B writedowns

30 Nov 2011 - Rio Tinto Ltd (ASX:RIO, NYSE:RIO, LSE:RIO) could be stung with $US5 billion of writedowns from its aluminium and diamond businesses.

Ausenco delivering two gold projects

30 Nov 2011 - Ausenco Ltd (ASX:AAX) wins a contract in Saudi Arabia to deliver two gold projects worth $150 million.

Metcash H1 falls, boosts FY guidance

30 Nov 2011 - Grocery wholesaler Metcash Ltd (ASX:MTS) reports a 14 per cent fall in its first-half profit but boosts its guidance for the full 2012 financial year.

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