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Qantas challenge may become a bumpy ride

Adele Ferguson THE savage domestic airfare war between Qantas and Virgin Australia will continue to play out this year after Qantas boss Alan Joyce sent a clear message to competitors that he would continue to pour...

Gone like the Kloppers: Big Australian takes lame duck off the menu

Adele Ferguson WHEN the BHP Billiton boss Marius Kloppers joked at a dinner party in December that lame duck was on the menu, he was referring to himself.

It's duck season as profit slides

Adele Ferguson When BHP Billiton boss Marius Kloppers joked at a dinner party in December that lame duck was on the menu, he was referring to himself.

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Coca-Cola Amatil empire builder Terry Davis may call last drinks

Adele Ferguson Speculation is rife that the country's biggest soft drink bottler will soon have a new boss.

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'Tis the season to be jolly well pleased

Adele Ferguson It is still early days, but the emerging trend is an upgrade of earnings per share for the first time in three years.

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Profits welcome but ASX upside has limits

Adele Ferguson An early earnings season trend is emerging: profit forecasts are being upgraded for the first tme in three years. And while investors applaud it, shares won't gain forever.

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Swan's delay puts ASX in play

Adele Ferguson The ASX was virtually takeover proof after the government knocked back a 2011 bid.

Swan's delay puts exchange in play

Adele Ferguson Treasurer Wayne Swan's announcement on Monday that he would defer for two years any decision on Australia's clearing and settlement system heralds the start of a long list of decisions to

Bitter battles in what looks to be an ailing market

Adele Ferguson Mass brewers are reviving old beers and marketing to the tribal drinkers of a past generation. Facing them are craft beers and the supermarkets.

Beer wars over as Coles pulls pin on discounts

Adele Ferguson The beer wars are coming to an end and consumers can expect to pay higher prices as the big supermarket chains bring to an end the days of heavily-discounted beer as a loss-leader.

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Abbott's top-end plan mines an old resource

Adele Ferguson Tony Abbott might be trying to play down a bombshell, but Gina Rinehart won't be.

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Top end tax utopia all right for Rinehart

Adele Ferguson Tony Abbott might be trying to downplay a bombshell "discussion paper" aimed at creating a tax utopia at the top end of Australia but mining magnate Gina Rinehart won't be.

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Wal King joins Bumi rebellion

Adele Ferguson It's not often a group of shareholders calls an extraordinary general meeting to topple a board.

Brokers ready to run with the bulls as drought ends

Adele Ferguson, Mark Hawthorne AS FAR as barometers of the financial markets go, Collins Quarter is a hard place to beat. The little bar is located across the road from 101 Collins Street, Melbourne's famous Citadel, a building...

Brokers ready to run with the bulls as drought ends

Adele Ferguson, Mark Hawthorne As far as barometers of the financial markets go, Collins Quarter is a hard place to beat. The little bar is located across the road from 101 Collins Street, Melbourne's famous Citadel, a building...

Profit season a 'reality check' for equities

Adele Ferguson After five years in the wilderness - and a few false starts - the equities market could finally be on the road to recovery, with the reporting season expected to give it a further gee-up, assuming no...

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Equities on the rise, but it could be a bumpy ride

Adele Ferguson After five years in the wilderness the equities market could finally be on the road to recovery.

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Profit season may spur market rally

Adele Ferguson Expectations for this earnings season aren't huge, but cost cutting and more conservative capital management bode well for a continuation of the market rally.

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Flooding puts spotlight on insurance stocks

Adele Ferguson As the country feels its heart in its mouth watching the fallout of the devastating Queensland floods, investors will take a more clinical approach to the disaster on the equities market when it...