Stocks drop as rate cut jitters return
With the benchmark finishing in the red for three of the past four sessions, the sharemarket dipped 1.6 per cent this week.
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Two workers killed in separate incidents
Tragedy has struck at two separate worksites within hours of each other.
ASX snaps two-day losing streak
After a sharp sell-off during Wednesday’s session, the sharemarket unwound some, but far from all, of its losses on Thursday.
ASX edges lower after reaching record
After resetting its intraday record, the benchmark edged lower as traders grew skittish.
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Penis-measurer in diamond scam
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The town where mining is not welcome
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THE upside of the mining giant’s share price fall has been a high dividend boosted by a falling Aussie dollar.
$16.5 billion coal mine shot down
ENVIRONMENTALISTS have won a court case putting another roadblock in front of the controversial Carmichael coal mine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin.
‘Secret’ heiress’s $25 million victory
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‘F***ing useless’: Giant mine no one can stop
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‘She made the dream come true’
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