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Incitec awaiting data to know flood impact
21 December 2010, 12:50 am

Incitec Pivot Ltd says flooding across eastern Australia will affect the group but it is awaiting more data before it knows the full impact on earnings.Incitec, Australia biggest fertiliser manufacturer ...

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Miners tentatively welcome MRRT report
21 December 2010, 1:07 am

Miners have tentatively welcomed the recommendations of the federal government's policy transition group (PTG) on the planned new mining tax.The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) said the group's ...

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Canada's TD Bank to buy Chrysler Financial for $6.3 bln
21 December 2010, 1:24 am

Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) said Tuesday it will buy Chrysler Financial Corp. for 6.3 billion dollars in cash, part of a major expansion of Canadian banking behemoths into the United States.The deal comes ...

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Ex NT chief minister banned as company director
21 December 2010, 1:28 am

A former Northern Territory chief minister has been banned from being a company director for three years.Steve Hatton was chief minister from 1986 to 1988 and now lives in Victoria. He has been sanctioned ...

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Heritage listing for James Price Point
21 December 2010, 1:32 am

Conservation groups have welcomed a change of heart over the heritage listing of the site of the planned Kimberley gas hub.Six months ago, the Heritage Council's draft maps for heritage listing left ...

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Rio has upped Riversdale bid, reports say
21 December 2010, 2:00 am

Mining giant Rio Tinto Ltd has upped its a multi-billion bid for Riversdale Mining Ltd, according to reports.If Rio Tinto was successful in its takeover bid for Riversdale, it would mark the mining giant's ...

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Tax report has miners back onside
21 December 2010, 2:25 am

The Federal Government has many of Australia's mining companies back onside after it today released a report on the proposed minerals resource rent tax (MRRT).The report makes 94 recommendations, among ...

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Rates tipped to stay on hold till mid-2011
21 December 2010, 4:11 am

A senior economist says the minutes from the latest Reserve Bank board meeting suggest homeowners will be spared another official interest rate rise until well into next year.The minutes show the RBA feels ...

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Snow costing 35 million euros: airline
21 December 2010, 6:02 am

The latest two bouts of winter weather which have paralysed airports in the French capital will cost Air France-KLM between 25 million ($A33.05 million) and 35 million euros ($A46.27 million), the airline's ...

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Ernst & Young charged with Lehman fraud
21 December 2010, 1:40 am

New York's attorney general on Tuesday charged accounting firm Ernst & Young with fraud for allegedly helping Lehman Brothers conceal billions of dollars in debt prior to the bank's collapse.In ...

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Honeywell mulls turbocharger factory in Slovakia: ministry
21 December 2010, 1:41 am

US technology giant Honeywell is considering building a turbocharger plant worth 38.3 million euros (50.2 million dollars) in eastern Slovakia, the Slovak economy ministry said Tuesday.The investment, ...

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British business minister in 'war' with Murdoch
21 December 2010, 2:13 am

Britain's business minister said he had "declared war" on Rupert Murdoch and planned to block the media mogul's efforts to take control of pay TV giant BSkyB, in remarks published Tuesday.Vince ...

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EU clears aid to three Irish banks
21 December 2010, 2:20 am

European regulators approved Tuesday some 17.5 billion euros (23 billion dollars) of state aid for Ireland's Anglo Irish, Allied Irish and INBS banks, subject to resolution and restructuring plans.Anglo ...

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European weather a boon to salt provider K+S
21 December 2010, 2:26 am

Shares in German group K+S, the world's leading salt supplier, soared Tuesday after it reported record orders amid unexpectedly harsh European weather conditions.K+S shares showed a gain of 5.26 percent ...

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Continental set to resist Schaeffler merger: report
21 December 2010, 2:34 am

German auto parts group Continental no longer wishes to merge with its dominant shareholder Schaeffler, the weekly Manager Magazin said Tuesday, citing sources close to Continental.Neither group wished ...

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