Market Indices

Cloud hangs over Aurizon's intermodal business

The Age 24/05/2013 | The future is in doubt for one of Aurizon's small businesses that specialises in shifting container freight and employs several hundred people across the country.

Commission questions high energy profits

The Age 24/05/2013 | The door has been opened to full deregulation of electricity prices in NSW after a report found there was a high degree of competition, with more than 60 per cent of households on unregulated contracts.

James Hardie posts 92% earnings fall

The Age 24/05/2013 | James Hardie expects no big improvement in the housing market this year but says the sector has stabilised after interest rate cuts.

Beer giant's local sales finally lift

The Age 24/05/2013 | Foster's owner SABMiller reported a 5 per cent drop in sales volumes in Australia over the past year but notched up 3 per cent growth in the fourth quarter, boosted in particular by the relaunch of Victoria Bitter.

CBD

The Age 24/05/2013 | Ivanhoe to join Inova plethora

Consumer confidence falters as thousands of jobs disappear

The Age 24/05/2013 | Thousands of workers were told on Thursday that they would lose their jobs amid growing signs the labour market is deteriorating.

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