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3 ASX stocks punished by the market today

| Mike King

ASX drops 0.3%, despite the Dow Jones closing above 14,000 for the first time in five and a half years…

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Westpac's Asian adventure

| Mike King

Slow credit growth at home has Westpac eying an Asian expansion

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Job ads fall: Recession around the corner?

| Mike King

11th straight month of falls in job ads

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Hands off our super

| Mike King

Government considering plans to cut superannuation tax concessions

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The bulls are back — and adding $75b of value on the ASX

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

The ASX has put on gains in 11 out of the past 12 days and shows no signs of slowing…

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Smartphone use doubles

| Mike King

Opportunities in the telecommunications sector?

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Kathmandu hikes profit forecast

| Mike King

Another retailer reports rising earnings

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Banks under pressure to pass on rate cuts

| Mike King

Wholesale funding costs dropping

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'Sin' taxes up

| Mike King

Smokers to cough up more, while beer and spirits drinkers forced to pay up

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Free TV: Two horse race

| Mike King

Channels Nine and Seven eating Ten's lunch

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Virgin's Skywest sideshow

| Mike King

ACCC approves Virgin's takeover of Skywest, but the airline has bigger fish to fry

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Maverick Drilling: Tempting & Idiotic

| Bruce Jackson

Littered with plugged wells

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Retail revival

| Mike King

Green shoots in the retail sector?

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I'm not waiting around for the next bull market…

| Bruce Jackson

The great ASX bull market rolls on...

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Is Nokia the new Apple?

| Bruce Jackson

Apple and Nokia are worlds apart...or are they?

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3 ASX stocks that slammed the market today

| Mike King

ASX rises for tenth-straight session, but these three added 6% or more

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Webjet buys Zuji

| Tim McArthur

Are shareholders getting a good deal?

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Xmas shoppers drive Coles' sales

| Mike King

Is this a sign of a turnaround for retailers in general?

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Supermarket battle heats up

| Tim McArthur

American warehouse chain Costco is already making waves.

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Are the big banks overpriced?

| Mike King

Rush by investors into high yielding stocks may push them up further, or it could fall like a house of…

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Top US stocks for 2013… and beyond

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Ignore the US at your peril

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The big hole in flood insurance

| Mike King

Premiums of more than $24,000 typical in some high risk zones

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Has the shine come off Apple?

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

It would be a brave person to bet against Apple’s long-term future.

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Mobile data to drive telco profits

| Tim McArthur

Tablets are behind the growing demand.

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Excessive pay practices coming under fire

| Tim McArthur

New report calls out companies that overpay top executives.

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AMP off to a flying start

| Tim McArthur

The financial services giant is riding the up market to profits.

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3 of the best ASX stocks today

| Mike King

ASX adds 0.5%, but these three added more than 4%

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GUD Holdings: Is this company toast?

| Mike King

Maker of Sunbeam appliances under pressure

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Land sales drop off cliff

| Mike King

Recovery in building industry may be slower than expected

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$20 trillion oil discovery

| Mike King

Is this Australia's most significant oil and gas find ever?

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Iron ore oversupply coming?

| Mike King

Serious implications for our big miners

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3 ASX stocks that thumped the market today

| Mike King

ASX rises 0.2%, but these three hammered the market

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Google hits $50 billion in revenue

| Mike King

Internet giant still has immense potential

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Puma stalks Woolies and Coles

| Mike King

Cheaper fuel could be on the way as Puma Energy buys up service stations

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BHP on track for big growth

| Mike King

Iron ore, copper and petroleum production expected to rise significantly

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A simple but devastatingly effective investing strategy

| Bruce Jackson

Foolish investing. Simple, but devastatingly effective, writes Bruce Jackson of The Motley Fool. There's nothing like a good old rally…

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Three bombed out gold stocks set to soar

| Mike King

At current gold prices, these three could be throwing off cash for years to come

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Wickham Securities goes under

| Mike King

More than 300 investors at risk of losing their shirt

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Tough year ahead say businesses

| Mike King

Businesses follow building industry - 2013 will be gloomy

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Game over for Atari

| Mike King

40 year old video game company goes under

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