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Strong demand for Rio Tinto rights offering (National Post)

Rio Tinto Ltd sold virtually every of the UK part of its US$15.2-billion rights offer, the world's fifth-biggest, easing its huge debt burden and putting the world's top iron ore miner back in growth mode.

4 Jul 2009, 4:42 pm | click here to view more

Techhead Connect drop kicks Telstra over Siebel (ARNnet)

Techhead Connect has dropped its Telstra distribution agreement and will cease to offer the telco’s (ASX: TLS) mobility products from the end of August.

4 Jul 2009, 12:48 am | click here to view more

Asia shares mostly lower amid thin trade volumes (Gulf Times)

Dow Jones Newswires/Singapore Most Asian markets closed lower yesterday after paring early losses in thin trading volume before a US holiday. Japan’s Nikkei 225 ended down 0.6% at 9816.07. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 finished down 1.3% while New Zealand’s NZX-50 was 0.2% lower.

3 Jul 2009, 3:56 pm | click here to view more

Australia, New Zealand Stocks: BHP, Equinox, Santos, Woodside (Bloomberg)

July 3 (Bloomberg) -- Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index fell 1.4 percent to 3,824.60 as of 3:31 p.m. in Sydney. New Zealand’s NZX 50 Index dipped 0.2 percent to 2,761.50 in Wellington.

3 Jul 2009, 3:04 am | click here to view more

Alberta Star Announces Grant of Stock Options (Marketwire)

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - July 3, 2009) - Alberta Star Development Corp. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:ASX)(OTCBB:ASXSF)(FRANKFURT:QLD), announces that on June 26, 2009 the Board of Directors granted an aggregate of 3,950,000 options of which 3,200,000 options are granted to officers, directors and an Investor Relations Consultant of the Company. Each option represents the right ...

3 Jul 2009, 11:33 am | click here to view more

ASX slumps on US jobless rise (Perth Now)

THE Australian share market has opened almost two per cent lower after Wall road slumped on a jump in the US jobless rate.

2 Jul 2009, 8:42 pm | click here to view more

PO Valley Energy Limited (ASX:PVE) Commences Drilling Sillaro-2 Gas Production Well (ITNews)

The Sillaro-2 production well, at PO Valley Energy Limited's (ASX:PVE) Sillaro gas production field, was spudded today following mobilisation of the drilling equipment to the field.

2 Jul 2009, 7:55 pm | click here to view more

Australia, New Zealand Stocks: BHP, Equinox, Santos, Woodside (Bloomberg)

July 3 (Bloomberg) -- Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index fell 1.4 percent to 3,822.30 as of 12 p.m. in Sydney. New Zealand’s NZX 50 Index dipped 0.2 percent to 2,761.47 in Wellington.

2 Jul 2009, 10:33 pm | click here to view more

Australia, New Zealand Stocks: BHP, Equinox, Santos, Woodside (Bloomberg)

July 3 (Bloomberg) -- Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index fell 1.5 percent to 3,818.60 as of 10:58 a.m. in Sydney. New Zealand’s NZX 50 Index dipped 0.6 percent to 2,752.15 in Wellington.

2 Jul 2009, 10:03 pm | click here to view more