 Brisbane Times | Commonwealth Bank of Australia posts $1.7 billion quarterly profit Herald Sun CBA posts $1.7b quarterly profit Commonwealth Bank of Australia has posted a profit of $1.7 billion for the three months to March. COMMONWEALTH Bank of Australia posted a strong 2.9 per cent growth in net profit to $1.7 billion for the third quarter, ... Markets Live: Stocks dragged lower by CBA Australia's CBA reports 3% gain in cash profit Stocks to watch at noon on Thursday |
 BigPond News | Insurance Australia Group may pull out of Britain Herald Sun INSURANCE Australia Group could pull the pin on its loss-making UK operations within the year. The financial giant owns Britain's fifth-largest motor insurer Equity Red Star and commercial insurance broker Barnett & Barnett but this morning said it ... Insurance Australia Group considers sale of UK arm Australia's IAG flags possible sale of UK unit Insurance Australia Considers Selling UK Operations |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Australian diplomats targeted in Pakistan letter attack Sydney Morning Herald Australia's high commission in Pakistan has been targeted in a suspected poisoned letter attack against Western embassies in Islamabad. The Foreign Affairs Department confirmed Australia's diplomats in the country yesterday received a ''malicious and ... Threats to Australian embassy in Pakistan: police |
 Sydney Morning Herald | Australian retail vulnerable to 'foreign domination': Nelson Sydney Morning Herald NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson has challenged Australian retailers to reclaim the domestic online market share from overseas companies, claiming he is "amazed" at the extent international retailers dominate Australia. "You can only fight the tide so long," ... |
Australia well placed to feed world hunger for natural gas The Australian Australia is well positioned to meet the demand for gas, although it risks dulling its competitive edge with tax and other policy decisions by its government, said Emma Cochrane, vice-president of Asia Pacific and Africa for ExxonMobil's gas and power ... |
 Yahoo!7 News | Record annual drug seizures in Australia Yahoo!7 News SYDNEY (AFP) - Better intelligence helped Australia seize a record amount of illicit drugs in the past year, a study showed on Thursday, with big busts from Malaysia and Pakistan boosting the haul. There were almost 70000 seizures in the 2010/11 ... Drug seizures double across Australia WA heroin the nation's most potent |
 Sydney Morning Herald | Conservatives want Third World Australia: Shorten Sydney Morning Herald But he has warned union chiefs at the conference that the Coalition is "energised and aggressive", and "believe they are just a whisker away from running Australia". And he struck out at those he said were trying to "smear" the entire union movement ... |
 Brisbane Times | International custody battles a regular event Brisbane Times According to the latest statistics available from the Attorney-General's Department, 83 children were wrongfully brought to Australia in 2009 and an application made under the Hague Convention for their return. But the mere threat of the Hague ... Mum's legal bid to keep daughters in Australia Judge won't hear bid to keep girls in Australia |
 BBC News | Gillard to attend NATO meeting in US Sydney Morning Herald AAP Australia's support for Afghanistan after the war winds down will be Prime Minister Julia Gillard's key focus when she meets with world leaders for a major NATO summit in the United States. Ms Gillard will leave Australia on Saturday bound for ... Australia's ongoing support for Afghan forces Australia boosts Afghan security funding Australia to contribute $300m to support Afghan forces |
European crisis will force more RBA rate cuts, says McKibbin The Australian EUROPE'S worsening debt crisis will force Australia's government to scrap plans to reverse on a budget deficit and deliver a surplus, an influential former board member of the Reserve Bank of Australia said today. At the same time, turmoil on the ... Ex-RBA Policy Maker Says Europe To Derail Australia Budget Australia May Infl Expectation Dn But Above RBA's Target Band Australia Inflation Expectations Moderate In May |
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