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Should you buy Wesfarmers?

| Tim McArthur

With coal, retail and insurance, Wesfarmers is a one-stop shop.

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MaxiTRANS: The Aussie manufacturer that keeps on truckin'

| Chris Prunty

With the announcement that Ford plans to cease manufacturing in Australia by 2016, it would be easy to think manufacturing…

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Fund manager talks about his favourite stocks — and why gold will keep sinking

| Catherine Baab-Muguira

Veteran fund manager Bill Laister talks about his favourite stocks and why gold will keep sinking.

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Australia's digital economy set to take off

| Tom Richardson

Cloud technology was hot on the agenda at Cebit 2013.

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Should you buy AGL Energy?

| Regan Pearson

Focus on green energy and good dividend yield two attractive propositions.

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If you only know 5 things about stock market investing, make it these…

| Bruce Jackson

Stock market investing need not be complex.

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iiNet, M2, TPG: Time to look past Telstra?

| Tim McArthur

Telstra's growth outlook may make the company less appealing than its smaller competitors.

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BHP: Tough times ahead for coal miners

| Tim McArthur

Coal accounts for 21% of BHP’s production and 14% of its earnings before interest and tax -- should shareholders be…

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Is ANZ undervalued?

| Justin Loiseau

The company thinks so -- it's buying back $425 million in shares.

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Will Abbott copy Fortescue and sell rail assets?

| Tim McArthur

How would a change in government change the investing landscape?

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Why I'd buy BHP Billiton ahead of Rio Tinto

| Mike King

With iron ore prices continuing their slide, BHP looks a better bet than Rio

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Asciano: Competition to heat up at Port of Melbourne

| Tim McArthur

Shortlist of bidders includes Qube Holdings.

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ALS: A mining services white knight?

| Owen Raszkiewicz

ALS boasts strong results from an industry that may soon be parched for profits.

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Will falling iron ore prices hurt BHP and Rio?

| Tim McArthur

Will diversification help protect the mining giants?

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Flight Centre: Weak Aussie dollar won't affect travellers

| Owen Raszkiewicz

Travel company confident that falling dollar will not stop Australians from travelling overseas at record numbers.

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⏸️ Best ASX Shares

What's wrong with Buru Energy?

| Bruce Jackson

Buru Energy shares might be worth a bet

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ASX Hot stocks: Mirabela, Silver Lake and Atlas Iron

| Mike King

Stable Aussie dollar helps market end five-day losing streak

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FIRB gives Virgin-Tiger greenlight

| Mike King

Foreign Investment Review Board gives Virgin approval to take 60% stake in Tiger Airways

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Supermarket wars get going again: Woolworths to cut prices

| Catherine Baab-Muguira

Woolworths is announcing price cuts on hundred of items in another bid to out-do Coles.

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Cabcharge's share price docked

| Mike King

Victorian taxi reforms to hit the company's bottom line

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Are building stocks like James Hardie, Brickworks and Boral about to take off?

| Tim McArthur

Demand for new homes projected to rebound to 164,000 homes per year for the next 11 years.

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Can the cricket save Channel Ten?

| Tim McArthur

Ten tries to oust Nine and add mainstream sport to its schedule.

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Why Macquarie is up 66.6% this year

| Tim McArthur

Increases to net profit and return on equity, plus a higher dividend, are all welcome news for shareholders.

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Woodside, Santos, BHP: The next big losers from high costs?

| Regan Pearson

High costs and low production threaten to choke $100 billion in LNG projects.

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Westfield to expand in NSW

| Ryan Newman (TMFNewmy)

Westfield Miranda, just south of Sydney, will add 20% more space, 100 specialty retailers and major upgrades for existing stores.

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CBA ranks cyber-security as biggest fear

| Mike King

Bank rates hacking as a top three issue

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Car insurance soars

| Mike King

Families and Tasmanian drivers hardest hit

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Top 3 industries for the Rich 200

| Ryan Newman (TMFNewmy)

Three industries that have made the rich richer... and the three they're avoiding.

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GPT steps away from Australand bid

| Owen Raszkiewicz

GPT Group will not pursue a proposal to buy Australand's commercial and industrial assets.

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Mortgage war escalates

| Mike King

Westpac cuts one-year fixed rate home loan to 4.79%

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Positive half year results from TechnologyOne

| Catherine Baab-Muguira

TechnologyOne (ASX: TNE) has posted net profit before tax growth of 17% for the half year.

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AGL partners with manufacturer for newest co-gen plant

| Justin Loiseau

Largest investment in industrial or manufacturing co-generation in more than 10 years.

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You too can learn to love a falling market

| Catherine Baab-Muguira

Don't panic about a market fall. Here's how to learn to love -- and take advantage of -- a falling…

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Fund manager: Stop excessive executive pay

| Tim McArthur

Allan Gray's Simon Marais calls for more effective oversight on CEO pay.

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David Jones sales slip

| Mike King

Warm weather hurts department store retailer

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Fleetwood, Seven Group: Beware of 'falling knives'

| Tim McArthur

Plummeting share prices don't always mean great bargains.

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ANZ 'shifts' 70 jobs

| Owen Raszkiewicz

Call centre jobs in Melbourne will be sent overseas, replaced with positions in New Zealand.

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Coal companies desperate to dump port capacity

| Regan Pearson

Big lesson for investors as port and rail contracts lock in the losses for coal companies.

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Aurizon may close down losing business

| Owen Raszkiewicz

Mining services have taken a beating in the past couple of months, but there may be value in the industry…

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Red alert after worst week in a year

| Ryan Newman (TMFNewmy)

Woolies, Wesfarmers, banks all headed south.

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