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$12.5bn takeover of Origin Energy in balance ahead of vote this month on deal
...The four-day winning streak is the Aussie index’s first since a four-day run to August 9. The best peforming sector was materials, with nickel and gold stocks among the top performers....
...(Sorry; bit of an old Aussie commercial for those playing at home.)...
...Aussie companies get one of the cleanest bills of health, owing to their high levels of currency hedging....
...This was the fourth consecutive weekly decline for Aussie stocks, the longest losing streak since the end of September 2014. Stocks with UK exposure were among the hardest hit....
...Ahead of today’s RBA meeting, the Aussie dollar is down 0.1 per cent at $0.7526 in early Asian trade, having shed 0.8 per cent on Monday. Futures tip the S&P/ASX 200 to open 0.4 per cent lower....
...In April the pound hit a 15-month high against the weak Aussie dollar at A$0.54, but dropped to A$0.49 last month as Brexit expectations rose....
...Overall, it was shaping up as a strong morning for Aussie commodity stocks, after metals prices gained in London overnight for a third day in a row and oil prices jumped about 4 per cent....
...The Aussie dollar was down 0.2 per cent, a sixth straight loss, to $0.6940, its lowest since September 8....
...In currencies, the yen rose as much as 0.5 per cent to 122.16 against the US dollar and the Aussie dollar was flat, trading at 0.7256 against the greenback....
...So, Satoshi is an Aussie? (FT Alphaville) Andrew Grech, MD, Slater & Gordon: Thanks to the Oz ambulance chasers, the Quindell of 2015 was literally just Quindell again....
JPMorgan Asset Management hires Christoph von Reiche to lead its European institutional business
...It is just midway through a classic cycle that swings from exuberance, satiation, disappointment and rejection through to more rational price formation Aussie rules The facial expression of footballer...
...For instance, an early Aussie lead in the Ashes cricket series this month, to which it has the rights, could send income way over the boundary rope....
...(Reuters) “Blackstone agreed to pay about $400 million (251 million pounds) for a stake in Chinese shopping mall group SCP Co Ltd, a source with direct knowledge of the deal said, marking the U.S. private...
...Since the start of the month the Australian dollar, or Aussie, has endured a torrid time....
...The euro rose 1.7 per cent to $1.2658, having recorded its biggest daily gain in eight months and leading a rally in growth-focused currencies such as the Aussie dollar, which was up almost 2 per cent....
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