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Tough love from Buffett and Munger

| Motley Fool Staff

Don't be upset with Charlie and Uncle Warren for their harsh advice; it's for your own good.

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Your PC is a dinosaur

| Motley Fool Staff

Just when you thought that things couldn't get any worse for the desktop, it gets kicked by a cold boot.

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ASX mining services stocks hammered

| Mike King

ASX up 0.1%, but panic appears to have broken out in mining services

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Should you buy Wesfarmers?

| Catherine Baab-Muguira

Giant conglomerate Wesfarmers (ASX: WES) owns and operates a diverse array of businesses, from insurance to resources, but its results…

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Resource Boom not over says PM

| Mike King

Mining services companies might disagree

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2 big ideas to add growth to your portfolio

| Catherine Baab-Muguira

Investors are excited about shares again — some are even leveraging up to make their purchases. Margin lending is on…

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Please don't do this, Woolies

| Catherine Baab-Muguira

In Australia, Woolworths (ASX: WOW) is nearly indomitable. Even better, the mega-retailer is still growing, posting a sales increase of 2.5%…

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Two more rate cuts say NAB

| Mike King

Unemployment and house prices key influences

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Australian employee costs too high

| Mike King

Country risks becoming uncompetitive

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Windows 8: No saviour for Microsoft

| Ryan Newman (TMFNewmy)

Tablet sales also lagging for the software giant.

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Woodside cans James Price Point LNG

| Mike King

Other options including floating LNG being considered

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Dark days for Rio and BHP?

| Owen Raszkiewicz

As global markets rally, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton have been hit with some bleak iron ore forecasts.

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Australia Post hikes prices

| Tim McArthur

Rates are increasing up to 30% on parcel delivery.

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Transurban on the right road

| Ryan Newman (TMFNewmy)

Toll road operator seeing positive results from US-based projects.

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3 ASX stocks that blitzed the market today

| Mike King

ASX adds 0.8%, but these three added more than four times that

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BHP mega-projects back on the drawing board

| Mike King

$10 billion potash project could get the go-ahead

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10 stocks driving the ASX 200

| Ryan Newman (TMFNewmy)

Despite a dip in the index experienced in May last year, investors have welcomed the 15% ascent of the S&P/ASX…

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Outlook weakens for mining services

| Tim McArthur

Signs that the resource sector is slowing have continued with mining services and construction contractor Leighton Holdings.

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Woolies defies retail conditions

| Mike King

Supermarkets drive sales

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Westfield expands in Brisbane

| Owen Raszkiewicz

Garden City shopping centre to gain another 40,000 square meters.

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Peet makes takeover bid for CIC Australia

| Owen Raszkiewicz

Trading halt follows the off-market announcement.

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ANZ to explore smaller business market

| Ryan Newman (TMFNewmy)

Bank has pledged $1 billion for start-up loans to attract new customers.

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Beach signs billion-dollar deal with Origin

| Owen Raszkiewicz

Deal will boost already healthy revenues.

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Coles milks deal with farmers

| Mike King

Supermarket retailer signs deals with cooperative dairies

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BHP defends iron ore increase

| Mike King

CFO says even with low prices, iron ore will still be profitable

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An instant 5-stock fully franked dividend portfolio

| Bruce Jackson

Love dividends? You're in the right place! Below, you'll discover my sample dividend portfolio including 5 solid ASX companies yielding…

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Bank of Queensland to buy Virgin Money

| Mike King

Another bank adopts multi-brand strategy

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Coalition to slash car industry funding

| Mike King

Governments urged to stop giving money to Holden

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Twitter is making you a poorer investor

| Motley Fool Staff

We have more information than ever. More data. More analysis. More opinions. But are we really better informed?

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Environmental conditions affect Ruralco's profits

| Ryan Newman (TMFNewmy)

Hot conditions and diminished rainfall were likely to blame.

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Click Frenzy readies for blockbuster

| Tim McArthur

The sale event website is back again this month.

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Resource stocks still a buy?

| Owen Raszkiewicz

Last week, many investors were dumping gold and resource stocks at any price they could, but this week they have…

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Is Kidman the next Maverick?

| Owen Raszkiewicz

Kidman Resources could one of 2013's standout stocks.

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Can online sales save the fashion industry?

| Regan Pearson

Online sales a silver lining for slump in 2013 growth.

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Billabong to disappear after 60 cent bid?

| Mike King

Sycamore Consortium offers 60 cents a share

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Echo's gamble to stop Crown

| Mike King

Casino owner seeks an extension of its exclusive Sydney licence

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Vodafone on the comeback trail?

| Mike King

Telco to launch fastest 4G network in Australia

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"Kangaroo Route" just got cheaper

| Catherine Baab-Muguira

Few groups of people enjoy international travel quite as much as Australians do, so the news that the traveling to…

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Holden to lay off 500 workers

| Tim McArthur

Tough times continue for the auto maker.

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Wesfarmers aims high with new Target director

| Justin Loiseau

Coles' director of Stores Development to take over at Target.

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