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Australian stocks have opened higher, led by strong gains in the healthcare and info tech sectors in quiet trading conditions.

Private equity firm KKR will benefit from economies of scale if it buys diamond assets being offloaded by mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, an analyst says.

US stocks have traded mixed as investors weighed better-than-expected March retail sales numbers, a sharp slowdown in New York manufacturing and renewed eurozone debt tensions.

Telstra Corporation is set to outline by the end of April a massive restructure of its workforce as it switches from the ageing copper network to the national broadband network (NBN).

 The Australian dollar has continued to fall on concerns around euro zone debt and Spanish bond yields.

Shareholders have approved a friendly $5.1 billion takeover of Nathan Tinkler's Aston Resources by Whitehaven Coal.

A Western Australian mortgage broker who allegedly fleeced $1.2 million from seven clients spent the money paying off debts, credit cards, school fees and even his partner's tax bill, a Perth&

Sumatra Copper and Gold stocks have risen after the company released a study showing increased upside at its Tembang gold and silver project in Indonesia, and received a 20-year mining lease approv

Homeowners are braced for more interest rate hikes after Australia's big banks failed to rule out following ANZ's lead and lift lending rates independently of the central bank.

The Australian share market has closed lower as investors fear that Spain may follow debt-laden Greece down the slippery slope.

Paladin Energy has lowered its full-year guidance after quarterly production came in around 10 per cent below analyst expectations, the result of bottlenecking issues at its Langer Heinrich uranium

Motorists should expect some relief at the bowser after average petrol prices hit a three-and-a-half-year high last week, an economist says.

Land developer Cedar Woods says it's on track to post a record full year profit and that its outlook remains positive.

Ivanhoe Australia says its Merlin molybdenum and rhenium project will cost $345 million to bring into production, slightly more than previous estimates.

Primus Telecom has been bought by business telco M2 Telecommunications for $192.4 million in cash.

The National Broadband Network will be a game changer for regional Australia, allowing major telecommunication firms to enter the broadband market for the first time, a joint parliamentary committe

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has declined to back a Liberal frontbencher's defence of a surprise rate hike by ANZ Bank.Banks were quite capable of defending themselves, he said.

Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury insists the government will not be taking the razor to frontline services to secure a budget surplus.

Construction and development firm Diploma Group has won $55 million in new apartment development contracts just south of Fremantle.

Westpac will open its first branch in India after receiving a banking licence from the Reserve Bank of India.

Australian stocks have opened more than half a per cent lower due to a weak lead from the US as the local materials sector weighed on the market.

Treasurer Wayne Swan has accused the opposition of going into bat for the big banks by backing a surprise interest rate hike by the ANZ.

Consumers are at risk until all genetically modified (GM) ingredients are listed on every food label, independent Senator Nick Xenophon says.

US stocks have closed out a miserable week with steep losses as worries about growth in the United States, China and Europe eclipsed a solid start to the corporate earnings season.

Uranium explorer Energia Minerals has recruited Kagara founder Kim Robinson as its managing director.

ANZ Bank has lifted interest rates for its variable home loan customers and small business borrowers despite the central bank leaving the cash rate on hold.

The Australian dollar fell back from a 10-day high on weaker than expected Chinese economic growth data.

The Serpentine-Jarradale area is one of five Western Australian locales named in the Housing Industry Association’s top 20 hotspots for 2010/11.

The Australian share market ended the week on a high, gaining one per cent on the back of a strong lead from Wall Street and higher commodity prices.

United Engineering co-founder Charlie Bontempo has made a move back into industrial services through listed company Fermiscan Holdings, which has announced a deal to acquire a construction and main

If Premier Colin Barnett joins a High Court challenge to the mining tax when he doubts it will succeed then it shouldn't be funded by taxpayers, the state opposition says.

The state government is set to unveil a design concept this evening for the Mulataga master planned community, considered a key plank of its $1.5 billion Karratha city of the North development.