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Gordon Cairns buying Macquarie stock

Macquarie Group's newest board member Gordon Cairns was buying shares in the millionaire factory last week worth a tidy $653,449. The company advised the stock market on Friday that Cairns had taken his personal interest in the bank up, directly and ... >> view original

Melbourne group pays $75.08 million for the Pullman Cairns International and ...

The transaction included the adjoining Village Lane Retail Centre and under-ground commercial car-park. Growth in the Queensland hotel markets performance has accelerated in the first quarter of 2015. Cairns in particular had one of the highest growths ... >> view original

Mount Emerald wind farm opponents to attend Senate committee hearing in Cairns

A Senate committee examining the impacts of wind turbines is in Cairns, in far north Queensland, today, for a public hearing. The committee decided to come to Cairns after receiving several submissions from people concerned about the proposed Mount ... >> view original

Bendigo Bank, Bank of Queensland outperform big four

On a price-earnings ratio, Bank of Queensland (14.4) and Bendigo Bank (13.6) are among the two cheapest bank stocks. Glenn Hunt. by Stephen Cauchi. Amid all the talk of a banking stocks bubble, the big four have collectively managed only a marginal rise ... >> view original

Online Dating Scams Top Australia's Financial Fraud: Regulator

Australians were tricked out of AUD 82 million (roughly Rs. 417 crores) last year, with online dating scams accounting for the biggest losses, the competition regulator revealed Monday. More than 91,000 scam complaints were received in 2014, figures from ... >> view original

BHP spinoff South32 off to a crawler

AUSTRALIA'S newest mining heavyweight, South32, has made a muted market debut, joining the bourse at a price below expectations and losing steam in its maiden trading session. The BHP Billiton spin-off has become the nation's third biggest mining ... >> view original

Dulux in Bunnings' corner as paint maker brushes off rivals

DuluxGroup said its first-half profit fell after it booked restructuring and investment costs associated with its new Melbourne paint factory and supply chain changes. submit to reddit · Email article · Print · Reprints & permissions. DuluxGroup managing director ... >> view original

Miners, banks drag Australian share market lower

The Australian sharemarket closed more than 1 per cent weaker as mining stocks and financials dragged the bourse lower. At the 4.15pm (AEST) official market close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 76.3 points, or 1.33 per cent, lower at 5,659.2, ... >> view original

Australian dollar eases on Reserve Bank rate cut message

The Australian dollar eased slightly on Monday after signs the central bank was still open to more interest rate cuts was offset by better-than-expected Chinese property data, a lift in non-mining positions vacant in April and a bout of late-buying. In late local ... >> view original

BBY's voluntary administration grips other securities firms, clients

Stockbroker BBY was placed into voluntary administration on Monday morning, reverberating through the financial markets and leaving clients and its partner financial firms in limbo. BBY could not post sufficient capital to cover the options trades of its clients, ... >> view original