SYDNEY, May 20 (Reuters) - Australian shares climbed 0.7 percent on Monday as investor sentiment was buoyed on the back of Wall Street hitting fresh record highs and as the weak Australian dollar...

SYDNEY, May 20 (Reuters) - Australian shares climbed 0.7 percent on Monday as investor sentiment was buoyed on the back of Wall Street hitting fresh record highs and as the weak Australian dollar...

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (ANZ.AU) has cut its headline home loan rate by more than the Australian central bank's rate cut this week, stepping up the battle for the country's 1.3 trillion Australian dollar (US$1.31 trillion) home

Africa-focused iron ore explorer Sundance Resources Ltd. (SDL.AU) said it hadn't received a 5 million Australian dollar (US$5.2 million) payment due Wednesday from Sichuan Hanlong Group, raising risks the Chinese company's proposed A$1.4 billion take

Africa-focused iron ore miner Sundance Resources Ltd. (SDL.AU) Tuesday said China's Sichuan Hanlong Group will miss a key deadline to show it can finance a 1.4 billion Australian dollar (US$1.46 billion) takeover, raising risks the deal could collaps

National Australia Bank Ltd. (NAB.AU) is planning to sell a benchmark-sized U.S. dollar-denominated five-year covered bond in the near future, a person familiar with the matter told Dow Jones Newswires on Thursday.

National Australia Bank Ltd. (NAB.AU) Wednesday said it would tap strong investor demand for hybrid shares by launching a 750 million Australian dollar (US$773 million) convertible share offer.

TOKYO, Feb 12 (Reuters) - The yen hovered near fresh lowsagainst the dollar and Japanese stocks jumped on Tuesday after aU.S. official voiced support for Japan's drive to beatdeflation, assuaging fears that criticism of its aggressivestance on moneta

Energy Resource of Australia Ltd. (ERA.AU) said Thursday annual losses deepened to 218.8 million Australian dollars (US$227.4 million) due to weak uranium prices, a high Australian dollar and the cost of rehabilitating a recently-depleted mine border

Westpac Banking Corp. (WBC.AU), Australia's second-largest bank by market value, Wednesday launched a 500 million Australian dollar (US$524 million) issue of hybrid securities to adapt to new global capital adequacy rules.

Westpac Banking Corp. (WBC.AU), Australia's second-largest bank by market value, Wednesday launched a 500 million Australian dollar (US$524 million) issue of hybrid securities to boost its capital buffer ahead of the introduction of new capital adequ

Altamont Capital Partners has tapped a former chief executive of sunglasses maker Oakley Inc. to join its 526.8 million Australian dollar (US$555.8 million) bid with VF Corp. (VFC) for Australian surfwear company Billabong International Ltd. (BBG.AU)

Altamont Capital Partners has tapped a former chief executive of sunglasses maker Oakley Inc. to join its 526.8 million Australian dollar (US$555.8 million) bid with VF Corp. (VFC) for Australian surfwear company Billabong International Ltd. (BBG.AU)

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA.AU), one of the country's big four lenders, plans to issue a U.S. dollar-denominated covered bond, according to RBC Capital Markets, one of the deal's lead arrangers.

Whitehaven Coal Ltd. (WHC.AU) said Monday it was the victim of a hoax after a media release purportedly from Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (ANZ.AU) claimed the lender had withdrawn a 1.2 billion Australian dollar (US$1.3 billion) ban

SYDNEY--Billabong International Ltd. (BBG.AU) said Monday that it has allowed the consortium behind a 526.8 million Australian dollar (US$548.1 million) takeover bid for the surfwear maker to conduct due diligence.

The chief executive of The Metal Group, billionaire Andrew Forrest's private company that holds his 4.4-billion-Australian-dollar (US$4.6 billion) stake in Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. (FMG.AU), has resigned to return to the U.S., The Australian repor

TORONTO, Dec 14 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar steadiedagainst its U.S. counterpart on Friday as investors looked pastsurprisingly weak manufacturing data and clung to hopes that aU.S. budget...

SYDNEY--The handling of an aborted 1.65 billion Australian dollar (US$1.69 billion) takeover approach for David Jones Ltd. (DJS.AU) doesn't call into question the integrity of Australia's main share market, ASX Ltd.'s (ASX.AU) Chief Compliance Office

SYDNEY--TPG Inc. has withdrawn a 694.5 million Australian dollar (US$712.7 million) takeover bid for Billabong International Ltd. BBG.AU, the surfwear maker said Friday. Billabong didn't give a reason for why the private-equity firm had walked away.

BHP Billion Ltd. (BHP.AU) on Tuesday raised A$1 billion in its first Australian-dollar-denominated bond in 11 years, a rare local debt offering by a large domestic company, said a person familiar with the matter.

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (ANZ.AU) sold its stake in Visa Inc. (V) for a profit of 244 million Australian dollar (US$255 million), the bank said Wednesday.

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Orica Ltd. (ORI.AU) has sounded out potential buyers of its 1 billion Australian dollar (US$1.03 billion) specialty bolts and chemicals business Minova, the Australian Financial Review reported Monday.

Copper and gold miner Straits Resources Ltd. (SRQ.AU) is poised to launch a 60 million Australian dollar (US$61.2 million) capital raising, a person familiar with the matter said Friday.

Australia's sovereign wealth fund has made a 2 billion Australian dollar (US$2.1 billion) bid for all of the assets of listed investment firm Australian Infrastructure Fund Ltd. (AIX.AU), which includes minority interests in airports around the count

Whitehaven Coal Ltd. (WHC.AU) Friday said mining magnate Nathan Tinkler walked away from a proposed 5.3 billion Australian dollar (US$5.5 billion) takeover offer, in the latest sign that slumping commodity prices are worrying investors.

Woodside Petroleum Ltd. (WPL.AU) Wednesday booked a 1.9% fall in first-half net profit, largely due to one-off costs incurred in getting its 14.9 billion Australian dollar (US$15.6 billion) Pluto liquefied natural gas terminal into production in late

Engineering firm Calibre Group Ltd. (CGH.AU) has received a 150 million Australian dollar (US$157.7 million) work order to expand the life and output capacity at one of Rio Tinto PLC's (RIO) iron ore mines in Western Australia state, the company said

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Engineering firm UGL Ltd. (UGL.AU) said in a statement Wednesday that it has secured a 99.5 million Australian dollar (US$101.4 million) contract from BHP Billiton (BHP) for work on the Jimblebar iron ore mining operation in Western Australia, includ

BHP Billiton's (BHP, BHP.AU) Chief Executive Marius Kloppers questioned the strength of the Australian dollar despite recent declines in commodities prices in an article in the Australian Financial Review, highlighting a challenge for businesses oper

Energy Resources of Australia Ltd. (ERA.AU) on Thursday booked a 59.9 million Australian dollar (US$61.7 million) net loss for the first half as it winds down operations at its depleted Ranger pit in the Northern Territory.

Hutchison Telecommunications Australia Ltd. (HTA.AU), the half owner of Australia's third largest telecommunications carrier Vodafone Hutchison Australia, said Monday it booked a 131.3 million Australian dollar (US$135.5 million) loss for the first h

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.'s (FMG.AU) Chairman Andrew Forrest late Monday sought to increase his holding in the company, Australia's third-largest iron-ore producer, through a 294 million Australian dollar (US$294 million) share offer, The Australia

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.'s (FMG.AU) Chairman Andrew Forrest late Monday sought to increase his holding in the company, Australia's third-largest iron-ore producer, through a 294 million Australian dollar (US$294 million) share offer, The Australia

The dollar firms across the board on Thursday, in the wake of a Fed decisino to extend its current bond-buying program, and after a negative piece of China data weighed on perceived riskier assets. The euro eased ahead of much-awaited Spanish bank au

Whitehaven Coal Ltd. (WHC.AU) won support for its 142 million Australian dollar (US$142 million) bolt-on acquisition of smaller Coalworks Ltd. (CWK.AU), even as Australia's largest coal-only producer prepares for a possible bid from coal magnate Nath

Coalworks Ltd. (CWK.AU) said Monday it recommends shareholders reject Whitehaven Coal Ltd.'s (WHC.AU) 142 million Australian dollar (US$144 million) offer for the junior coal developer, describing the bid as "inadequate, unsolicited and opportunistic

Bank of Queensland Ltd.'s (BOQ.AU) has no immediate plans to raise its interest rates despite swinging to a 90.6 million Australian dollar (US$94.3 million) net loss in the first half of the financial year, its chief executive on Wednesday.

Macquarie Bank Ltd., a unit of Australian investment bank Macquarie Group Ltd. (MQG.AU), has planned a series of investor meetings ahead of a potential dollar-denominated bond, one of the banks arranging the meetings said Tuesday.

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA.AU), or CBA has planned a dollar denominated three-year senior unsecured bond and a dollar denominated covered bond, one of the banks running the transaction said Monday.

MELBOURNE (MarketWatch) -- Australian surf and snow wear wholesaler and retailer Billabong International Ltd. (BBG.AU) said Tuesday it has rejected a 841.8 million Australian dollar (US$905.7 million) sweetened bid from U.S. private equity firm TPG C

MELBOURNE (MarketWatch) -- Australian surf and snow wear maker and retailer Billabong International Ltd. (BBG.AU) said Monday it has rejected a 765.3 million Australian dollar (US$821.4 million) takeover bid by U.S. private equity firm TPG Capital, s

Engineering group Monadelphous Group Ltd. (MND.AU) Tuesday reported a 26.3% rise in first-half net profit, and said a tight market for skilled labor will remain as several multibillion dollar resources projects start construction in Australia.

Australia's Westpac Banking Corp. (WBC.AU) on Tuesday priced a new 3.1 billion Australian dollar (US$3.26 billion) five-year covered bond.

BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP.AU) received the conditional backing of regulators in Western Australia state on Monday for its proposed multibillion dollar outer harbor expansion of Port Hedland.

PERTH -(Dow Jones)- Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. (FMG.AU) Chairman Andrew Forrest said Wednesday he isn't fussy who develops the new multibillion dollar Anketell iron ore port in Western Australia state, as long as it is built in the national interest

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NEW YORK, Oct 21 (Reuters) - The dollar fell to a one-monthlow against the Swiss franc on Friday, amid broad dollarweakness after traders reported large selling of dollars from aU.K. clearer and...