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United Group profit beats expectations
Bill Lindsay
UNITED Group's first-half profit rose 26 per cent and despite tougher conditions, it was confident of signing significant contracts.
Sagging Crane flags job cuts
CRANE Group has forecast more job cuts and tough trading conditions for the next six months.
Crane profit slips 15.7pc
Cynthia Koons
CRANE Group posted a 15.7 per cent decline in first-half net profit and said the tough conditions would hurt its annual result.
Mining alive and well: King
WAL King, chief executive of construction company Leighton Holdings, says suggestions that the mining industry is declining are...
Mining industry is "alive and well"
SUGGESTIONS that the mining industry is declining are "over-exaggerated'', construction company Leighton Holdings CEO Wal King says.
Slump hits Leighton
Florence Chong
Leighton Holdings' first-half net profit has fallen by 56 per cent
James Hardie quits HQ
Teresa Ooi
JAMES Hardie is to move its corporate headquarters from The Netherlands, eight years after relocating from Sydney to Amsterdam --...
Leighton gains despite profit slide
Andrew Harrison
LEIGHTON Holdings posted a 56 per cent fall in first-half net profit but said its longer term outlook remained solid.
James Hardie profit rises sixfold
Bill Lindsay
JAMES Hardie, the largest seller of home-siding in the US, today said third-quarter underlying earnings rose more than sixfold.
110 timber jobs threatened
Cath Hart
MORE than 100 workers at West Australia's Pinetec timber mill face the prospect of joining miners and bankers in the dole queue as...
Boral slashes 1800 jobs
Teresa Ooi
BUILDING materials giant Boral has slashed 1800 jobs, cut overtime and mothballed half its US plants.
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Rio chair pulls out of race for BP job
Robin Pagnamenta
PAUL Skinner has pulled out of the race for the BP chairmanship after becoming embroiled in a damaging boardroom split at Rio Tinto.
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| Company Name | Price | Change | %Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emerson Stewart Group | 0.07 | +1.1 | UP | +15.38% |
| United Group | 8.17 | +80.1 | UP | +9.81% |
| Monadelphous | 7.02 | +62.0 | UP | +8.83% |
| Norfolk Group | 0.25 | +1.0 | UP | +4.16% |
| Ausenco | 2.45 | +7.2 | UP | +2.94% |
| Tutt Bryant Group | 0.41 | -3.3 | Down | -7.96% |
| Sedgman | 0.43 | -4.1 | Down | -9.48% |
| CEC Group | 0.15 | -1.8 | Down | -11.77% |
| Boart Longyear | 0.17 | -2.1 | Down | -12.5% |
| Coote Industrial | 0.12 | -2.0 | Down | -16.67% |
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Nick Heath
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