A BRIGHTER end to what was a torrid week for mining stocks helped carry the sharemarket to a modest 0.2 per cent gain yesterday. After making a bold start, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index drifted lower throughout the trading session, only ...
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China Xiniya Fashion Limited a leading provider of men's business casual apparel in China, reported financial results for the fourth quarter of 2012 and for the full year of 2012. Full Year 2012 Results Revenue for the full year 2012 ...
THE incoming chief executive of Chi-X Australia believes the equity market operator has reached an inflection point in its developments that will see it take a rapidly growing slice of local share trades. John Fildes, who will take up the ...
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Friday questioned whether it or a federal district court should properly hear the American Petroleum Institute's challenge of a Securities and Exchange ...
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Singapore-listed Noble Group has acquired a 5.34% equity stake in the Australian company developing the first large-scale underground coal mine in Indonesia in recent years in a move widely seen as a vote of confidence in the fledgling ...
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Australian miner Sundance Resources has announced that it has requested that trading of its shares be halted at the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) until April 8, since Hanlong Mining, a subsidiary of Sichuang Province-based Chinese ...
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Listed companies have been warned to upgrade their disclosure practices in light of new rules from the Australian Securities Exchange or risk enforcement action from the corporate regulator. The Australian Securities & Investment ...
AXT Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which makes gallium arsenide, indium phosphide and germanium substrate and raw materials, has announced a program authorizing the repurchase of up to $6m of the firm's common stock through 27 February 2014. ...
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission has launched legal action against unknown traders over claims they broke rules when trading in Heinz options before the US$28bn deal to buy the food giant was announced. The SEC claims traders had ...
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Rather than trying to hinder the high-frequency traders by taxing the buy and sell orders they place and withdraw in milliseconds every day, the Industry Super Network proposes a new trading model with a series of auctions through the day ...
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Investors are betting the Australian market index can continue to push decisively beyond the 5000 mark for the first time in seven years as results from some of the blue-chip stocks and a rise in consumer confidence lent support to another ...
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South African coal exploration and development firm Ikwezi Mining said Wednesday it had signed an off-take agreement with commodities trader Vitol for 3.96 million mt of steam coal over three years. Ikwezi, which is listed on the ...
The Australian Securities Exchange has appointed high-profile former Treasury secretary Ken Henry to its board as financial regulators consider ending the exchange's monopoly on post-trade clearing services. Dr Henry, who quit his post at ...
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Companies and their legal advisers have urged the Australian Securities Exchange to limit the social media outlets they need to monitor for stories and rumours as part of its overhaul of market disclosure requirements. BHP Billiton, the ...
Surging derivatives trade on the Australian Securities Exchange last month helped offset the continued decline in equities trading as the market operator searches for new growth business. Investors are continuing to treat shares with ...
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