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BILLIONAIRE Warren Buffett is giving five charities more than $US2.6 billion ($2.9 billion) in stock as part of his overall plan to give away his fortune.
3:50PM
MOST economists are predicting a rise in the unemployment rate for June thanks to subdued economic activity, ahead of official figures on Thursday.
1:46PM
VIRGIN Australia has purchased a 60 per cent stake in Tigerair Australia.
12:54PM
HOLDEN workers have voted to maintain public pressure to support automotive manufacturing in Australia.
12:21PM
A RUBBLE pile more than twice the height of the Great Pyramid of Giza will be left behind by a gold mine in northern Australia.
10:37AM
A FURTHER slump in the gold price and disappointing job advertisement figures have dragged the Australian stock market lower.
10:35AM
ATLAS Iron has approved the development of a new iron ore mine in Western Australia.
7:31AM
THE Australian dollar is tipped to fall below 90 US cents for the first time in almost three years within days.
11:57AM
FOLLOWING the tragic Bangladesh factory collapse, governments, regulators and the media have rightly zeroed in on what responsibility major retailers have in improving safety.
6:37PM
There are predictions of an above-average grain crop in South Australia due to an excellent start to the season in the past six weeks.
6:09PM
GLOBAL sharemarkets outpaced the Aussie market in the first half but local shares are now expected to come into their own.
12:01PM
THEY'VE just laid off one-fifth of staff, but game maker Zynga paid more than $49 million to lure their CEO from Microsoft.
11:39AM
KEVIN Rudd has told guests at a business breakfast in Jakarta that a way forward for Indonesia and Australia's cattle trade would be through animal genetics.
8:11AM
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7:59AM
THE Australian dollar has followed European stock markets higher.
7:56AM
THE Australian sharemarket looks set to open higher.
1:17AM
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