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iSelect's unhealthy first strike

| Mike King

Insurance comparison website feels the wrath of disgruntled investors

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Will Downer EDI buck the mining services trend?

| Andrew Mudie

Downer wins $500 million contract at Roy Hill.

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Can HBBTV save free-to-air TV?

| Mike King

A new technology could avert the decline of the free-to-air broadcasters

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Air New Zealand goes on sale

| Tom Richardson

The Kiwi government is showing some entrepreneurial flair of its own.

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Should you buy NAB or ANZ?

| Owen Raszkiewicz

One for revenue, one for growth... but are they a buy at current prices?

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NAB's Clyne takes a $1 million pay cut

| Ryan Newman (TMFNewmy)

Clyne became the lowest paid CEO from any of the big four banks, despite leading the bank to a 9%…

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Westfield creates virtual mall

| Ryan Newman (TMFNewmy)

Could this move drive the shopping centre giant’s revenues?

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Qantas not impressed by Virgin capital raising

| Andrew Mudie

Alan Joyce requests the Prime Minister’s help to slow down rivals.

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5 industries that will grow faster than the world growth rate for the next 20 years

| Darryl Daté-Shappard

What will the world need between now and 2033?

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These companies can gain from growing housing market

| Darryl Daté-Shappard

Furniture, electronics, appliances and accessories are needed for new homes.

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James Hardie, Bluescope Steel, Fortescue Metals lead ASX 100 gainers

| Darryl Daté-Shappard

Perpetual, Seek and Carsales.com brought up the bottom

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Fairfax Media buys into digital health — is it too little, too late?

| Claude Walker

Fairfax has bought a minority stake in Healthshare.

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James Murdoch sells part of Fox holding

| Tom Richardson

The Murdoch family is not giving up any of its control, though.

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Freelancer stock explodes on market debut

| Ryan Newman (TMFNewmy)

The outsourcing site’s IPO gave initial investors enormous gains.

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Elders reports a half-billion-dollar loss

| Tim McArthur

The rural services company continues to struggle along.

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Is it time to buy Westfield?

| Ryan Newman (TMFNewmy)

The shopping centre operator’s shares continue to fall and are trading at an attractive price.

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Your instant 5-share high-yield portfolio

| Owen Raszkiewicz

Investors love a steady income stream, but why not have capital gains as well?

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Is Lend Lease a buy?

| Tim McArthur

There could be upside for investors at the current price.

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Coles, Woolworths sign code of conduct

| Mike King

Consumers and suppliers cheering

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Mortgage brokers set to win from housing boom

| Tim McArthur

It’s not just the banks and property developers that will benefit from rocketing property prices.

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ASX 200 set to climb, but dollar remains unclear

| Ryan Newman (TMFNewmy)

While the direction of the dollar remains unclear, the ASX 200 is looking to continue its climb

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Property market primed for record sales

| Owen Raszkiewicz

Experts are tipping auction clearance rates will reach record highs this weekend.

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Super fund issues warning over financial planners

| Mike King

First Super warns members over bank-aligned financial advisers

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5 top dividend stocks for your watch list

| Andrew Mudie

Metcash, SP AusNet, Myer, Leighton, and NRW are all yielding over 7% grossed up for franking credits.

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Is Woodside Petroleum still a buy?

| Regan Pearson

Falling oil prices and talks of losing key Israeli gas project a threat to future cash flows.

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Virgin ups the pressure on Qantas

| Andrew Mudie

Margins under pressure as international airlines target Qantas’s market share.

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Sorry Apple, consumers really do want larger phones

| Motley Fool Staff

Phablets -- oversized smartphones popularised by Samsung -- have finally gone mainstream

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Is it time to sell your shares in oil producers?

| Regan Pearson

High US production and falling prices make for bleak headlines, but does that mean it’s time to sell energy companies?

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Warren Buffett's secret: he was a shoplifter

| Motley Fool Staff

Buffett's not perfect, but he is wise

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Best of the Fool: Top 5 articles of the past week (11 November to 17 November 2013)

| Erin Bouwmeester (tmfebouwmeester)

Here are last week’s most popular stories on Fool.com.au

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ASX ends week stronger despite blue-chip weakness

| Ryan Newman (TMFNewmy)

The index ended the week slightly higher despite falls in many big players.

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Australian investments in banks hit half a trillion dollars

| Ryan Newman (TMFNewmy)

Australian investors’ reliance on the big four has gotten out of hand.

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Yellen: US Fed stimulus to continue

| Ryan Newman (TMFNewmy)

The likely successor of Ben Bernanke has stated that the US economy is not ready for the stimulus to end.

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Will Healthscope return to the public arena?

| Ryan Newman (TMFNewmy)

Now would be a good time due to growing demand for healthcare.

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Greencross proposes a merger with Mammoth Pet Holdings

| Darryl Daté-Shappard

The merger would combine pet specialty stores with veterinary services.

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5 stocks for your watch list

| Tim McArthur

Attractively priced stocks are getting harder to find.

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Warren Buffett's great big new $3.7 billion bet

| Bruce Jackson

Over the long term, the stock market news will be good

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Myer online traffic doubles, but are appearances deceiving?

| Sean O'Neill

Myer doubles online sales, but double of not much is still not much.

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Is it time to sell Sydney Airport?

| Sean O'Neill

This airport monopoly’s growth may have run its course.

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Henderson adds $342 million to funds under management

| Tim McArthur

The shares are trading at a six-year high.

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