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Who's keeping you honest?

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The smartest investors in the world are tempted to do dumb things with your money

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A fourth bidder for Warrnambool Cheese & Butter?

| Mike King

Mystery buyer scoops up significant stake in takeover target

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Why the SMSF army are cheering ANZ's fully franked dividend all the way to the bank

| Bruce Jackson

ANZ will pay a fully franked final dividend of 91 cents per share, bringing the full year payout to $1.64,…

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Melbourne trumps Sydney – again

| Mike King

Melbourne airport to get new domestic terminal and has plans for a third runway

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Why these 2 stocks have strong earnings potential

| Peter Andersen

IMF and Servcorp are ready to accelerate profit growth.

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Wesfarmers' Bunnings division a standout performer

| Tim McArthur

The retail giant reported solid quarterly results in a tough environment.

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BHP could offload $5 billion in petroleum operations

| Ryan Newman (TMFNewmy)

Such a move would please shareholders and could result in an increase in productivity.

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Brambles outlines its case for Recall demerger

| Tim McArthur

With the demerger just a few weeks away, now is the time for investors to be doing their background research.

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3 reasons Twitter could be bigger than Facebook

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Compared to Facebook's IPO, Twitter looks like a bargain

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Telstra copper reaches 100Mbps

| Owen Raszkiewicz

The test proves the telco giant's copper network can handle high speeds for the Coalition's NBN rollout.

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Apple reports higher-than-expected Q4 results

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Apple sold approximately 33.8 million iPhones

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Buffett's busy year Down Under

| Tim McArthur

The Australian insurance sector appears to have caught the eye of Berkshire Hathaway.

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Banks soar past $400 billion mark

| Ryan Newman (TMFNewmy)

Should investors be this attracted to high dividend yields?

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ANZ cash profit up 11% to $6.5 billion

| Owen Raszkiewicz

The bank is continuing to impress the market with profit growth whilst expenses and impaired assets fall.

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6 companies that will supply Asia's natural gas hunger

| Darryl Daté-Shappard

Asian energy demand is calling for more Australian gas.

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IMF Australia profits when others fall

| Claude Walker

Litigation funder IMF is backing a case against Treasury Wines Estates.

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The top 10 companies Australians want to work for

| Mike King

You may be very surprised by the number 1 company

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ANZ targets Gonski for chairman

| Owen Raszkiewicz

The Future Fund chairman is being targeted for his experience in Asia and familiarity with the bank.

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Rio sells Clermont stake for $1 billion

| Owen Raszkiewicz

Rio Tinto’s cost cutting continues as it attempts to reign in debt and return to shareholders.

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Microsoft is proving the doubters wrong

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To the shock of many, Microsoft reported solid earnings last Thursday

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Beware corporates stealing your money

| Mike King

Companies raising capital through selective placements are treating retail shareholders as second-class citizens

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4 small caps with momentum and room to grow

| Darryl Daté-Shappard

High earnings growth and attractive margins are attracting attention.

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Ansell, CSL and ResMed: 3 stocks to buy now

| Tim McArthur

Broker CLSA is seeing value in these 3 high quality healthcare stocks.

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The only number Apple investors need to know

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Later today, Apple will announce earnings. While the Street awaits with bated breath, it is important as individual investors to…

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Which gold miner should you buy?

| Regan Pearson

Which gold miner is winning the battle to cut costs and maintain production in the face of lower gold prices?

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Kathmandu set to benefit as retail sector woes continue

| Tim McArthur

It’s still an uphill battle for the retail industry.

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Best of the Fool: Top 3 articles of the day (28 October, 2013)

| Erin Bouwmeester (tmfebouwmeester)

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

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Is Bendigo & Adelaide Bank the cheapest in the sector?

| Tim McArthur

According to at least one broker Bendigo is the pick of the sector based on valuation.

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ASX 200 surges higher

| Ryan Newman (TMFNewmy)

Now remains as good a time as ever to invest in quality companies at discounted prices.

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Stay away from these top 10 shorted stocks

| Andrew Mudie

Short sellers are targeting these companies.

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Which of these telecom stocks can take on Telstra?

| Darryl Daté-Shappard

Mobile market is expected to triple by 2018

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Best and worst stocks on the ASX today

| Mike King

ASX soars more than 1%, hitting new highs

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Telstra 4G data doubles every 3 months

| Mike King

Telco trialling new technology to prolong life of 4G network

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FKP Property to raise $232 million to reduce debt

| Tim McArthur

Bullish market conditions aren’t just conducive to IPOs but capital raisings as well.

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Free TV battle versus Foxtel hots up

| Mike King

Battle over $4 billion advertising market gets bitter

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Westpac focuses on small-business market

| Ryan Newman (TMFNewmy)

The bank recognises the potential and hopes to boost its market share.

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Banks set to increase dividends

| Ryan Newman (TMFNewmy)

Three of the major four will report over the next two weeks, and share prices are climbing with dividends expected…

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Apple and Google aren't crushing Microsoft's Office — yet

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Both Google and Apple are targeting this market, which, ultimately, could be problematic for Microsoft

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Best of the Fool: Top 5 articles of the past week (21-27 October, 2013)

| Erin Bouwmeester (tmfebouwmeester)

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

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Monthly power bills coming

| Mike King

Households to have option of receiving energy bills on a monthly basis rather than quarterly

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