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Fairfax sells Stayz

05 Dec 2013 - Fairfax Media Limited (ASX:FXJ) sells its holiday rentals website Stayz to US-listed group HomeAway for about $220 million.

Northern Star forms exploration JV

04 Dec 2013 - Northern Star Resources Limited (ASX:NST) reaches a joint venture agreement with mineral investor Resource and Investment NL (ASX:RNI) for exploration works on the Ca…

Westpac’s Lloyd’s purchase cleared by ACCC

04 Dec 2013 - Westpac Banking Corp’s (ASX:WBC) $1.45 billion purchase of Lloyds Banking Group’s Australian assets will not substantially diminish car loan market competition, accor…

Westfield to restructure

04 Dec 2013 - Westfield Group (ASX:WDC) moves to merge its Australian and New Zealand businesses with Westfield Retail Trust (ASX:WRT), forming a new venture to be known as Scentre…

Santos ramps up production

04 Dec 2013 - Santos Limited (ASX:STO) is set to increase production in 2014 due to its liquefied natural gas start-up in Papua New Guinea.

Perpetual, Trust deal approved

04 Dec 2013 - Perpetual Limited (ASX:PPT) welcomes a decision by the Supreme Court of NSW to approve its acquisition of Trust Company Limited (ASX:TRU) by way of a Scheme of Arrang…

AGL bid under scrutiny

04 Dec 2013 - AGL Energy’s Limited (ASX:AGK) proposed bid for NSW power producer Macquarie Generation is under review by the ACCC.

Virgin welcomes regulator ruling

03 Dec 2013 - Virgin Australia Holdings Limited (ASX:VAH) welcomes a decision by the Takeovers Panel declining to make a declaration of unacceptable circumstances after Stephen May…

Mortgage Choice fined for ad

03 Dec 2013 - Mortgage Choice Limited (ASX:MOC) is fined for false advertising, after it wrongly claimed customers had saved an average of $10,000 over five years by refinancing th…

Stockland on track

03 Dec 2013 - Stockland Corporation Limited (ASX:SGP) says it is on track to achieve its guidance after making good progress in restructuring the business over the last year.

Rio sees signs of recovery

03 Dec 2013 - Rio Tinto Limited (ASX:RIO) says there are signs of a modest economic recovery, despite persistent market fragility and volatility.

Rio on gas hunt

03 Dec 2013 - Rio Tinto Limited (ASX:RIO) is struggling to find Queensland gas suppliers for a major alumina plant.

Qantas makes China ties

03 Dec 2013 - Qantas Airways Limited (ASX:QAN) inks a code-share deal with Asia's largest airline, China Southern.

Watkins swaps grain for cola

02 Dec 2013 - Coca-Cola Amatil Limited (ASX:CCL) announces the appointment of Alison Watkins as Group Managing Director, just hours after Graincorp Limited (ASX:GNC) reported her d…

Virgin increases passengers in October

02 Dec 2013 - Virgin Australia Holdings Limited (ASX:VAH) increases its domestic passenger numbers by 3.2 per cent in October.

Aveo retires Aerial lots for $9M

12 Dec 2013 - Aveo Group (ASX:FKP) exchanges an unconditional contract to sell its remaining lots in a Melbourne development for $9 million, another step towards becoming a pure pl…

Whitehaven debt amended

02 Dec 2013 - Whitehaven Coal Limited (ASX:WHC) is granted approval from its lenders to amend its $1.2 billion debt facility following delays in getting its key Maules Creek projec…

Metcash lifts H1 profit

02 Dec 2013 - Metcash Limited (ASX:MTS) lifts its half year net profit by 20.6 per cent to $98.9 million and says it recorded modest growth in tough conditions.

Graincorp CEO set to walk

02 Dec 2013 - Graincorp Limited (ASX:GNC) CEO Alison Watkins resigns from her post just days after Treasurer Joe Hockey’s blocking of a $3.4 billion takeover offer from US company …

Rio suspends Gove production

29 Nov 2013 - Rio Tinto Limited (ASX:RIO) says it will move to suspend alumina production at its Gove refinery and focus on its bauxite operations.

Graincorp disappointed by bid block

29 Nov 2013 - Graincorp Limited (ASX:GNC) Chairman Don Taylor says the Federal Treasurer’s decision to block the foreign takeover of the company is extremely disappointing.

Seek to float China business

29 Nov 2013 - SEEK Limited (ASX:SEK) chief executive Andrew Bassat says the company has to float its Chinese employment website Zhaopin to take advantage of a preference from local…

Saputo raises stake in WCB

29 Nov 2013 - Saputo has again increased its holding in takeover target Warrnambool Cheese & Butter Factory Co (ASX:WCB).

AGL to pay APG fine

29 Nov 2013 - AGL Energy Limited (ASX:AGK) will foot the bill for its recently acquired Australian Power and Gas Company, which has been fined in excess of $1 million for aggressiv…

Govt to block Graincorp deal

29 Nov 2013 - Treasurer Joe Hockey will block the foreign takeover of Graincorp Limited (ASX:GNC).

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