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Amber PlumDeputy Business Editor

Amber Plum has been Deputy Business Editor at The Australian since 2018, after joining the masthead in 2016. She was previously a European correspondent and deputy editor at Business Spectator.

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Stocks edge up, energy eyed

The local sharemarket turned up at noon, as energy stocks pared early losses.

Daniel Palmer

Markets

Temasek’s portfolio value shrinks

The state investment firm’s first fall since the GFC has come amid lower values for financial and resources share holdings.

P.R. Venkat

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A Union flag (L), and a European Union (EU) flag fly above Europe House, the head office of the UK Representation of the European Commission, and the UK Information Office of the European Parliament, which was formerly the building that housed the headquarters of the British Conservative Party, in central London on June 28, 2016. EU leaders attempted to rescue the European project and Prime Minister David Cameron sought to calm fears over Britain's vote to leave the bloc as ratings agencies downgraded the country. Britain has been pitched into uncertainty by the June 23 referendum result, with Cameron announcing his resignation, the economy facing a string of shocks and Scotland making a fresh threat to break away. / AFP PHOTO / ODD ANDERSEN

London stocks rebound sharply

Property stocks have spiked in London amid a broad European market uplift.

Daniel Palmer

Companies

MAY 23, 2003: Vitalite yoghurt by Danone, Perfect Passion, from Dairy Farmers, 23/05/03. Pic Jim Trifyllis. Food / Dessert

Danone’s $US12.5bn organics spree

The French dairy giant has splashed out to buy US organic foods producer WhiteWave Foods.

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Generic photo of one Australian dollar. cahh currency coin $1. Picture: istock

Dollar drops on rating worries

The local unit has been hit by concerns around S&P’s lowered outlook on Australian debt.

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Stocks lift despite S&P warning

The local market has shrugged off a downgrade to Australia’s credit outlook, to end firmly in the black.

Daniel Palmer

Markets

A sample the proposed new British banknotes made of a polymer, five pound and ten pound notes held for an arranged photograph during a news conference at the Bank of England in London, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. Bank of England Deputy Governor Charlie Bean, said:

Pound bounces from 31-year low

Sterling has narrowed its losses but remains below$US1.30, as market ructions from the Brexit vote spread.

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An investor rests as stock price movements are shown on a screen at a securities company in Beijing on June 24, 2016. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 1.30 percent on June 24 after Britain voted to leave the European Union, fuelling fears of a global rout. / AFP PHOTO / GREG BAKER

Asian stocks slide on global fears

Regional bourses have taken a battering as fresh Brexit worries hit confidence.

Dominique Fong

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An employee holds a two hundred and fifty gram gold bar in this arranged photograph at Solar Capital Gold Zrt. in Budapest, Hungary, on Thursday, March 10, 2016. Gold advanced to the highest level in a year after the European Central Bank indicated it wouldn't cut interest rates further, boosting the euro and making dollar-denominated bullion less expensive for investors. Photographer: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg

Gold stocks lift on safety flight

ASX-listed gold miners have jumped as the yellow metal hit a fresh two-year high in Asian trade.

Biman Mukherji

Markets

(FILES) This file photo taken on October 15, 2011 shows Police standing guard outside the London Stock Exchange in London. The pound plunged and world stock markets slumped Friday after Britain's shock vote to leave the European Union, fuelling a wave of global uncertainty. Sterling crashed 10 percent to a 31-year low at one point and the euro also plummeted against the dollar, as the Brexit result caught markets by surprise. / AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL

European stocks extend losses

French and German sharemarkets have opened 0.9pc lower, while London’s FTSE edged back.

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