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Market Wrap: Investors ponder impact of QLD floods

14 Jan 2011 - Investors ponder impact of QLD floods. ANZ Banking Group (ASX:ANZ) is among the big banks forced to close branches and suspend ATM services in flood ravaged Queensla…

Sigma warns revenues will be negatively affected

14 Jan 2011 - Sigma Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX:SIP) says revenues will be negatively affected by changes in government pricing of generic medicines.

Suncorp earnings forecast downgraded

14 Jan 2011 - Suncorp Group (ASX:SUN) full year earnings forecasts have been downgraded 11% by Credit Suisse.

Market Wrap: Aus shares lifted by miners

13 Jan 2011 - Aus shares lifted by miners. Energy Resources of Australia’s (ASX:ERA) uranium oxide production fell by 46 per cent in 2010.

Midday: Aus shares higher after strong leads

13 Jan 2011 - Aus shares higher after strong leads. Santos Ltd (ASX:STO) shares enter trading halt pending an announcement regarding its Gladstone LNG project.

Outlook: Aus shares look to open higher

12 Jan 2011 - Aus shares look to open higher. Merrill Lynch upgrades Westfield Group (ASX:WDC) to a "buy" and boosts its price objective on the stock to $10.37.

Market Wrap: Shares close flat, buoyed by Telstra

11 Jan 2011 - Shares close flat, buoyed by Telstra. Coal producer New Hope Corporation Ltd (ASX:NHC) has suspended all operations at its coal mines in Queensland.

Cape Lambert finalises $83M DMC Mining sale

11 Jan 2011 - Cape Lambert Resources Ltd (ASX:CFE) finalises the divestment of DMC Mining Ltd for $83 million to African Iron Ltd, formally Stirling Minerals Ltd (ASX:SMZ).

Stirling Products gets green light for Canadian plant

11 Jan 2011 - Healthcare group Stirling Products Ltd (ASX:STI) receives the green light to establish a pharmaceutical plant in Canada.

Market Wrap: Aus shares eke out gains to close flat

10 Jan 2011 - Aus shares eke out gains to close flat. Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd (ASX:VBA) partners with Skywest (ASX:SXR) to strengthen its domestic network, signing a 10-year strat…

Analysts warn Suncorp profit to shed 10%

06 Jan 2011 - Analysts predict the floods in Queensland could shed 10 per cent off Suncorp Group’s Ltd (ASX:SUN) 2011 earnings.

Market Wrap: Miners lead share market down

24 Dec 2010 - Miners lead share market down. Sundance Energy Ltd (ASX:SEA) has signed an agreement with US oil services giant Halliburton and Macquarie Group Ltd (ASX:MQG) to speed…

Origin and Service Stream strike $300M deal

24 Dec 2010 - Origin Energy Ltd (ASX:ORG) strikes a deal with Service Stream Ltd (ASX:SSM) worth over $300 million to pursue market growth in residential solar energy systems.

Seek launches Asian arm and makes acquisition

23 Dec 2010 - Seek Ltd (ASX:SEK) has launched a newly formed subsidiary, SEEK Asia, in which it holds a 69 per cent ownership and has acquired 60 per cent of Southeast Asian online…

Santos receives approval for Bangladesh investment

22 Dec 2010 - Santos Ltd (ASX:STO) $200 million investment plan to drill three wells in the Bay of Bengal has received approval from the government of Bangladesh.

Outlook: Aus shares set to open in the black

21 Dec 2010 - Aus shares set to open in the black. Santos Ltd (ASX:STO) successfully completes a $500 million institutional placement to fund its share of the GLNG project.

Stirling shares jump as DMC deal advances

21 Dec 2010 - Shares in Stirling Minerals Ltd (ASX:SMZ) jumped over 11 per cent on Monday, following the junior explorer endorsing the takeover of Africa-focused DMC Mining Ltd.

Market Wrap: Aus shares ease at close

17 Dec 2010 - Aus shares ease at close. Former non-executive directors of James Hardie Industries SE (ASX:JHX) successfully appeal a court judgement, that would have prohibited the…

The Trust Company to buy NZ Guardian Trust

17 Dec 2010 - The Trust Company Ltd (ASX:TRU) inks a deal to buy The NZ Guardian Trust Company Ltd from Suncorp-Metway Ltd (ASX:SUN) for $32 million.

ACCC clears Aspen bid for Sigma

17 Dec 2010 - The Australian competition watchdog has given the green light to South African-based Aspen Pharmacare Holdings to acquire Sigma Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX:SIP) pharmace…

Santos sells stake in Gladstone JV to KOGAS

17 Dec 2010 - State-run Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) is buying a 15 per cent stake in Santos Ltd's (ASX:STO) Gladstone LNG joint-venture project.

Santos to approve $15 billion Gladstone project

16 Dec 2010 - Energy giant Santos Ltd (ASX:STO) is due to approve its $15 billion Gladstone LNG export project this week.

Suncorp shareholders approve restructure

16 Dec 2010 - Suncorp-Metway Ltd's (ASX:SUN) shareholders have approved company plans to simplify its complex and unwieldy corporate structure.

Market Wrap: Gains in miners eclipse financials at close

14 Dec 2010 - Gains in miners eclipse financials at close. Timber giant Gunns Ltd (ASX:GNS) has raised $25 million help fund its purchase of a sawmill at Bell Bay from Forest Enter…

Stock Watch - 13/12/10

Investment advisor James Gerrish takes a technical look at S&P 500, S&P/ASX200, CRB Index, SSE Composite, CSL, MIN, SGB, CPU, AGK, WOW, MAP.