CHANGES to workplace laws are making it hard for management and unions to resolve industrial disputes, the boss of BHP Billiton says.
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THE scale of damage from Queensland floods is starting to emerge, with Cotton Australia expecting $300 million worth of cotton to be lost.
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US stocks drifted slightly higher today after optimism over upbeat company earnings and an imminent rescue deal for debt-wracked Greece faded.
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THE market is set to open flat on mixed Wall Street movements, as traders wait for EU leaders to hammer out a bailout deal for Greece.
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THE Australian dollar has fallen back as traders remain concerned that a resolution for the Greece's debt woes will eventuate.
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EUROPEAN stocks have given up early gains to close mixed as investors grew impatient for Greece to finally seal a bailout deal with creditors and avoid a potentially disastrous default.
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NOKIA plans to stop assembling cell phones in Europe by year-end as it shifts production to Asia and will cut another 4000 jobs.
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TELSTRA could spend up to $5.4 billion buying back shares in a spree fuelled by its National Broadband Network harvest.
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GREECE is sliding closer to a default and possible expulsion from the EU after missing its third deadline in a week.
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
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VICTORIAN Premier Ted Baillieu has intervened to try to save the jobs of 600 workers at Alcoa, as the manufacturing crisis deepens.
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