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The Reserve Bank of Australia is likely to remain in wait-and-see mode on interest rates following solid inflation figures.

Vodafone Australia continued to bleed mobile phone customers despite a dedicated turnaround effort.

The Australian share market has opened higher, buoyed by gains on Wall Street and record production results from BHP Billiton.

Resources giant BHP has produced record volumes of iron ore and coal after lifting its output of both commodities 20 per cent.

The Australian dollar has fallen back, after enjoying a boost overnight on official figures showing the pace of US inflation slowed in June.

Gold futures have retreated, as investors eye the situation in Ukraine and as US economic data point to continued recovery.

US stocks have finished higher following a busy day of corporate earnings and a report showing the highest level of existing-home sales in eight months.

Oil prices have fallen modestly despite geopolitical tensions over war-torn Ukraine and a raging battle in the Gaza Strip.

Antares Energy shareholders have fought off a board challenge from activist US fund Lone Star.

The chief of resources giant BHP Billiton has urged Labor and the minor parties to help the Abbott government repeal the mining tax, saying investment is being destroyed by "a lot of antics" in the Senate.

The Australian share market has closed slightly higher as investors await inflation figures from the United States and local inflation data.

If the economy needs lower interest rates, that's just what the economy will get, according to Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens.

About 80 per cent of Australia's exports will go to Asia by 2020 as the region's growing middle class demands high quality food and education and looks to holiday overseas.

Australia's largest gold miner Newcrest is preparing to fight a class action by shareholders hurt by a massive financial writedown in 2013.

Investor interest in Australia's clean energy bank continues to grow despite a cloud hanging over its future.

Consumers appear to have shaken off their budget cut woes, with confidence levels rebounding solidly.

Australia's biggest blind and curtain maker Kresta has urged shareholders to accept a $34.5 million takeover offer from China.

The Australian share market has opened flat.

The Australian dollar has drifted lower against a stronger greenback as the Malaysia Airlines crash weighs on risk appetite.

Tight petroleum supplies in the US and anxiety about fighting in Ukraine and Gaza have pushed oil prices higher.

US stocks have finished lower as geopolitical worries weighed on sentiment during the first trading session of a busy week of corporate earnings reports.

The Australian share market has closed modestly higher as investors put aside geopolitical concerns arising from the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 and focused on company earnings reports in the United States.

Steel and mining group Arrium has accepted discounted prices on its iron ore shipments due to additional supply and tightening credit growth in China.

A slowdown in consumer demand is expected to have helped keep a lid on inflation in the June quarter, allowing the Reserve Bank to keep the cash rate at record lows.

Standard & Poor's has downgraded mining company Boart Longyear's credit rating, citing ongoing poor performance.

The Australian market has opened higher, following gains on Wall Street.

Property developer Australand said it is on track to lift its annual earnings even if a $2.6 billion takeover offer from a Singapore company falls through.

From Saturday, July 19:

The Australian dollar is higher as markets recover from news of the Malaysia Airlines crash in eastern Ukraine.

Gold futures have retreated as some investors pared their holdings of the haven asset as they reassessed the geopolitical situation in Eastern Europe.

The Australian share market has edged higher despite local investors and markets around the world being unnerved by the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine.

Resources companies will have to pay their next instalment of the mining tax after the federal government today rejected an overnight attempt by the Senate to retain funding mechanisms, despite voting to abolish the tax.