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Construction downturn continues

| Mike King

Construction industry sees 39th consecutive month of decline

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Australia's fifth uranium mine gets the go-ahead

| Darryl Daté-Shappard

The Four Mile project gives South Australia four of the five.

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Legacy

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Today is Legacy's Badge Day, and our chance to help Legacy care for the families of deceased and incapacitated Veterans

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Hunter Hall International backs Sirtex and M2 Telecommunications

| Tim McArthur

Big positions in big winners have helped portfolios managed by Hunter Hall.

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Freedom Foods posts 92% profit rise

| Tim McArthur

With the share price soaring, it’s been a very tasty investment for shareholders, but has the stock run too hard?

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4 stocks that are getting cheaper

| Owen Raszkiewicz

Great businesses with solid dividends, what’s going wrong?

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Best of the Fool: Top 3 articles of the day (04 September, 2013)

| Erin Bouwmeester (tmfebouwmeester)

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

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Moody's downgrades rating on the banks' subordinated debt

| Peter Andersen

Core ratings were not affected.

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Foreign governments try to woo Woodside Petroleum

| Regan Pearson

Governments put hundreds of millions of dollars up for grabs for eager energy companies.

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2 misunderstood stocks?

| Peter Andersen

These two companies have put their foot in it with investors, but is this justified?

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Westpac offers spring discount

| Ryan Newman (TMFNewmy)

The bank has recognised the need to regain some of its lost market share.

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Telstra shares dinged by the distant spectre of rising interest rates

| Bruce Jackson

Telstra shares are down over 6% in the last few weeks as the market frets about rising interest rates

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Lend Lease trades ex-dividend; yields 4.3%

| Bruce Jackson

Lend Lease trades without its 20 cents final dividend

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IAG trades ex-dividend; yields 6.5% fully franked

| Bruce Jackson

Insurance Australia Group trades without its 25 cents final dividend

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BHP opens new coal mine

| Ryan Newman (TMFNewmy)

The miner has promised more cost-cutting as it embarks on its new coal project.

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Perpetual switches up equities team with an eye towards ethical investments

| Justin Loiseau

All the new appointees have 16 years or more of experience in the industry.

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AMP boosts US property portfolio

| Tim McArthur

Signs that the US property market is improving has some investors scrambling for exposure.

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Put the brakes on your Lexus, there's been a recall

| Justin Loiseau

Toyota is recalling 2,500 Lexus vehicles in Australia.

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Will 80,000 striking miners put gold back in the red?

| Justin Loiseau

South African gold miners are demanding better pay.

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Telstra under attack from rivals

| Owen Raszkiewicz

Nervous competitors are expecting Telstra to use its dominance in an unfair way.

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Packer aims to SEEK success all over again

| Tim McArthur

Early stage investments backing websites have been successful in the past for Mr Packer, can he do it again?

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Investors to get opportunity to invest alongside one of the greats

| Tim McArthur

Thorney Investment Group is renowned for its investment success and now the public can partake too.

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Rio awards Monadelphous $235 million contract

| Owen Raszkiewicz

The contract will help the mining giant reach its production guidance in the near future.

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NSW home loans reach $500k

| Owen Raszkiewicz

In the past three months alone, Sydney house prices have risen 5.4%

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Newcrest 'not at fault' says report

| Mike King

Independent report blames analysts for being too slow

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Toll reaches agreement to increase employees' pay

| Tim McArthur

Threats of strike action have brought all parties to the table.

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Macquarie Group's Mexican REIT scores two new acquisitions

| Darryl Daté-Shappard

Mexico is growing about two times faster than the US and Brazil.

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Computershare hits the road

| Tim McArthur

This Aussie success story is looking to drum up investor support overseas.

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Majority shareholder wants to buy out Perilya

| Darryl Daté-Shappard

Chinese mining company offers $0.35 a share.

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Retailers trying to keep up with online demand

| Darryl Daté-Shappard

Harvey Norman wins online retail award; David Jones increases online sales.

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Mining Boom not dead say CEOs

| Mike King

Plenty of life left yet say corporate bosses

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Air New Zealand to increase Virgin stake

| Mike King

ACCC says it won't oppose Air NZ's acquisition of a further 6% of Virgin

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Elop isn't the answer, Microsoft

| Motley Fool Staff

Yes, Elop's returning to Microsoft to head up its devices division now

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Retail Adventures' creditors approve arrangement, but challenges appear

| Darryl Daté-Shappard

Jan Cameron tries to recover $77 million owed to her.

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Argo Investments sells down Macquarie, raises stakes in ANZ and Wesfarmers

| Tim McArthur

With a history dating back to 1946, this investment firm has stood the test of time.

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Survey suggests election won't improve business sentiment

| Ryan Newman (TMFNewmy)

There are conflicting theories as to how businesses will react to Saturday’s national election result.

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One thing scarier than a graveyard? The high cost of burials

| Justin Loiseau

That's why many Australians are opting for cremation.

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Is gold set to spike?

| Regan Pearson

Update from the World Gold Council suggests it could.

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Australia's losing the global competitiveness competition

| Justin Loiseau

Adding insult to injury, New Zealand leaped ahead of Oz in the latest rankings.

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Woolworths inks fruit deal with SPC Ardmona

| Mike King

Good news for Australian fruit growers

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