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Market Wrap: Shares close higher after RBA decision

07 Dec 2010 - Shares close higher after RBA decision. Leighton Holdings Ltd’s (ASX:LEI) subsidiary John Holland has picked up a $550 million contract to build a rail line and under…

Stockland secures $4B Melbourne land deal

07 Dec 2010 - Stockland (ASX:SGP) secures a $4 billion site in Melbourne, representing the property group’s largest ever individual land deal.

Market Wrap: Aus shares close flat

06 Dec 2010 - Aus shares close flat. Fairfax Media Group Ltd’s (ASX:FXJ) chief executive Brian McCarthy has shocked the media world by resigning from the company, effective immedia…

Sigma warns of FY11 revenue drop

06 Dec 2010 - Sigma Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX:SIP) warns it expects wholesale revenues to fall by around 10 to 15 per cent from February 2011.

Midday: Aus shares rise on back of positive data

03 Dec 2010 - Aus shares rise on back of positive data. Westpac Banking Corporation (ASX:WBC) has launched a $2.5 billion, three-part debt offering with proceeds allocated for gene…

Outlook: Australian shares to open stronger

03 Dec 2010 - Australian shares to open stronger. Suncorp-Metway Ltd's (ASX:SUN) proposed business restructure has received regulatory approval from the Australian Prudential Regul…

Market Wrap: Aus shares close stronger

02 Dec 2010 - Aus shares close stronger. Leighton Holdings Ltd’s (ASX:LEI) subsidiary Thiess has won a $5.5 billion coal mine development contract in India.

Sedgman wins $85M contract

02 Dec 2010 - Sedgman Ltd (ASX:SDM) wins an $85 million contract for work at the Bengalla mine in New South Wales.

Spotless Group secures UK acquisition

01 Dec 2010 - Spotless Group Ltd (ASX:SPT) secures a UK company called Event Management Catering Ltd for around $5 million.

SEEK looks for acquisitions

01 Dec 2010 - SEEK Ltd (ASX:SEK) says it is prepared to invest in significant acquisitions if the opportunities arise.

Sandfire on track to meet production deadline

30 Nov 2010 - Diversified miner Sandfire Resources NL (ASX:SFR) says it is on track to meet its production deadline after raising, by more than fivefold, the estimate resources of …

Market Wrap: Aus shares close steady

26 Nov 2010 - Aus shares close steady. Customer anger is mounting at National Australia Bank Ltd (ASX:NAB), with the bank still to fix issues that have caused a backlog of processi…

Suncorp makes changes to loan criteria

25 Nov 2010 - Suncorp Metway Ltd (ASX:SUN) has made changes to its loan criteria and borrower assessments in a bid to comply with new consumer laws.

Spotless Group scores BHP contract

24 Nov 2010 - Spotless Group Ltd (ASX:SPT) scores a contract with BHP Billiton Nickel West to deliver cleaning and maintenance services in Western Australia.

Stockland set to meet FY2011 target

23 Nov 2010 - Australian property giant Stockland Group Ltd (ASX:SGP) says it on track to meet its fiscal 2011 guidance of seven per cent earnings per share growth.

Spotless Group secures $US160M debt funds

19 Nov 2010 - Spotless Group Ltd (ASX:SPT) secures $US160 million in debt funding, issuing senior notes in the US debt market.

Market Wrap: Aus share market closes in the red

17 Nov 2010 - Aus share market closes in the red. Crude producer Karoon Gas Australia Ltd (ASX:KAR) says it has discovered light oil off the coast of Brazil and iron ore miner Sphe…

Market Wrap: Aus shares open strong but close flat

16 Nov 2010 - Aus shares open strong but close flat. AWB Ltd (ASX:AWB) shareholders have overwhelmingly supported the proposed takeover by Canadian agricultural company Agrium Inc.

Suncorp sells Tyndall to Nikko Asset Management

16 Nov 2010 - Suncorp-Metway Ltd (ASX:SUN) has divested its wealth management arm, Tyndall Investments, to Japanese fund manager Nikko Asset Management for $128.5 million.

News Corp boosts employees pay

12 Nov 2010 - News Corporation's (ASX:NWS) employees' look set to benefit from a 10.5 per cent pay rise over the next three years.

Market Wrap: Aus shares close in the black

11 Nov 2010 - Aus shares close in the black. Qantas Airways Ltd (ASX:QAN) expects its Airbus A380 fleet to remain grounded for another 48 hours as investigations continue.

Singtel posts lift for Optus H1 profit

11 Nov 2010 - Singapore Telecommunications Ltd's (ASX:SGT) wholly owned subsidiary Optus boosts its pre-tax profit for the first half of the current financial year to $468 million.

Outlook: Aus shares likely to rise

11 Nov 2010 - Aus shares likely to rise. BHP Billiton Ltd (ASX:BHP) gets the green light from US regulators to proceed with drilling a water injection well in the deepwater of the …

Xstrata moves in on Sphere stake

11 Nov 2010 - Xstrata moves in on the 50 per cent stake of Sphere Minerals Ltd (ASX:SPH) it needs to secure its takeover bid of the West African focused iron ore company.

Stock Watch - 10/11/10

Investment advisor Gary Glover takes a technical look at S&P 500, SHL, AWE, AQA, Copper, Aluminium, Silver, Gold, Light Crude, Cotton, Soy Beans, Corn, Wheat, Cotton, Sugar.