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Stocks to watch on Tuesday

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange on Tuesday:BHP - BHP BILLITON LTD - up 88 cents at $42.30The South Australian government has given BHP Billiton the upper hand in negotiations over the..

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Aust stocks down despite US debt deal

Australian shares closed lower as the Congressional deal to resolve US debt issues failed to allay investor concerns about the faltering American economy.At 1615 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/AS..

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Customers hanging up on Vodafone

Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) chief executive Nigel Dews says the problems that plagued telco's mobile network and caused a sharp slide in customer numbers have been fixed.Mr Dews said the compan..

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Navitas increases full yr profit 20.5%

Education provider Navitas Ltd has increased its full year profit by more than 20 per cent despite a steep fall in student enrolments in Australia and the UK.Navitas revealed it has experienced a 14 p..

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Aussie dollar closes higher

The Australian dollar has closed firmer, climbing one US cent as investors cheered news US legislators managed to hammer out a deal designed to avoid a debt default. It rallied about three-tenths o..

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Stocks to watch on Monday

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange on Monday:AUN - AUSTAR UNITED COMMUNICATIONS LTD - down one cent at $1.05Austar chief executive John Porter expects a difficult second half given the c..

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Telstra provides split details to ACCC

Telstra Corporation has outlined its plans to the competition regulator to complete a structural separation of its business in order to take part in the rollout of the national broadband network (NBN)..

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