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Asia Iron farm land deal no big deal

10 Feb 12 | ABOUT 3250 hectares of prime Three Springs farmland has been purchased by a subsidiary of mining company Asia Iron Holdings. |

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Xstrata agrees to merge

10 Feb 12 | LONDON - Mining giant Xstrata and commodities dealer Glencore have agreed to a $US90 billion ($A84.22 billion) merger that will create the world's fourth largest natural resources company. |

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NBN returns fire on satellites

09 Feb 12 | THE national broadband network is counting on signing up about 200,000 households to its new satellite internet service across regional Australia at a cost of almost $10,000 a customer. |

Comments (2) | Telstra warns NBN prices too high | $620m NBN satellites to connect ...

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Telstra profit soars 23pc on mobiles

09 Feb 12 | Telstra, Australia's largest phone company, reported first-half earnings of almost $1.5 billion, a touch below analyst expectations, as a jump in mobile subscribers was countered by a fall in sales at its Yellow Pages Sensis business. | Telstra chief mulls NBN dividend | Telstra warns NBN prices too high

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Gunns keen for NZ investment to fire up mill

09 Feb 12 | FORESTRY company Gunns is working furiously to translate the cachet of its new cornerstone shareholder, billionaire Richard Chandler, into a green light for its pulp mill. | Gunns shoots up after ... | Gunns bid for more capital

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Harvey Fresh expands east

09 Feb 12 | PROMINENT western Riverina fruit processing business Nugan Quality Foods (NQF) has been sold to Western Australian juice, wine and dairy foods company, Harvey Fresh. | Carbendazim scare in Brazilian ...

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Liberals oppose truckie pay rise

08 Feb 12 | THE transport industry has won support for its campaign to stop a federal law that would raise pay rates for truck drivers amid Coalition accusations that it is a pay rise presented as a safety measure. | Quiet opportunity on AAco front | AACo's 'green' abattoir punt

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Gunns shoots up after billionaire takes stake

08 Feb 12 | BILLIONAIRE investor Richard Chandler will inject $150 million into revamping forestry company Gunns, as part of a $280 million capital raising. |

Comments (1) | Gunns bid for more capital | Gunns shares crash to 10.5c

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Solar power: the dark side of the sun

08 Feb 12 | IT'S one of our most plentiful natural resources, and it costs us nothing. So why can't Australia, or any other country for that matter, convert rays from the sun into electricity on a mass scale with any degree of success? |

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The Russians aren’t coming

08 Feb 12 | A COMMONWEALTH Bank foreign exchange analyst has hosed down recent speculation that the Russian Central Bank views the Australian dollar as a potential safe-haven currency in the long-term.

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Gunns bid for more capital

07 Feb 12 | GUNNS is set to announce a capital raising and equity investment in a further restructure of the company still pitching to build a $2 billion-plus pulp mill.

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ICAP enters local ag, soft commods scene

07 Feb 12 | INTERDEALER broker ICAP has announced that it is entering the Australian agricultural and soft commodities market in February with a new team. The team of three brokers, led by Garry Booth, was formerly at MF Global.

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Dairy suffers while govt 'dithers': ADF

07 Feb 12 | AUSTRALIAN Dairy Farmers (ADF) President Chris Griffin has expressed his disappointment in the Government’s responses to the Senate Economics References Committee’s 2011 final report of the Inquiry into the impacts of supermarket price decisions on the dairy industry and Milking it for all it’s worth – competition and pricing in the Australian dairy industry. |

Comments (3) | SunRice a takeover target

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Bush backlash saves unleaded fuel

07 Feb 12 | A SUCCESSFUL campaign by petrol retailers across the State resulted in a backflip by Premier Barry O’Farrell on banning regular unleaded petrol from July 1. |

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Tesco dumps 'green' label

07 Feb 12 | UK SUPERMARKET giant Tesco will no longer feature a carbon reduction label, which the chain launched to great fanfare four years ago. |

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Cloudy outlook for solar rebates

06 Feb 12 | BUYERS of solar panels and hot-water systems are being warned they face at least a 12-month wait if they want the full rebate to which they're entitled under the government's renewable energy scheme. |

Comments (1) | US tie-up a boost to solar | US energy plans pinned on gas

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WA potash company takes vital step

06 Feb 12 | LABORATORY quantities of commercial quality potash have been produced by WA exploration company, Potash West.

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Growing landholder interest in carbon sink opportunities

06 Feb 12 | THE number of landholders investigating carbon sink opportunities with CO2 Australia, the largest provider in the sector, has increased by 681% since the introduction of the Federal Government’s Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) in August 2011. |

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Paraway's grand plan paying off

06 Feb 12 | LAUNCHING a large scale agricultural property investment fund in the midst of a roaring drought might have presented a few challenges, but Macquarie Bank's Paraway Pastoral division is showing no signs of regretting the move these days.

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SunRice a takeover target

06 Feb 12 | SIX months after ricegrowers blocked a controversial foreign takeover for the iconic SunRice food business, one of the company's biggest shareholders is fearful another offshore bid will be on the cards again soon.

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