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THE Commonwealth Property Office Fund's latest property valuations are likely to weigh against the company when it comes to lobbying the Dexus consortium to sweeten its $3 billion takeover bid for the office landlord.

Acrux suffered its worst sell-off in 14 months on a disappointing sales update on its flagship testosterone treatment drug.

Shares in Forge dipped after the engineering contractor delivered a cautious outlook at its AGM this morning.

Wesfarmers-owned supermarket posts increase in total sales across food, liquor and convenience divisions.

If Joe Hockey's audit committee is serious about eliminating wasted government expenditure, the sacred cow of housing subsidisation must come to an end.

Group warns of depressed retail sales, ongoing government reforms to the PBS.

Pollaers flags weaker earnings as trading conditions, increased investment weigh.

Caterpillar feels the crunch of a mining sector slowdown, while investors will home in on Wesfarmers' sales numbers.

Retailer mulling move into $16bn pharmacy market, despite govt lock-out.

Caterpillar gets crunched by the a mining sector slowdown, while investors home in on Wesfarmers' sales numbers.

Productivity was a common theme throughout yesterday's iPad launch event, hinting at a larger play by Apple to target the enterprise space and perhaps release a work-tailored iPad product later down the line.

The week in clean energy saw Angela Merkel give EU carbon a boost, the UK embrace new nuclear, and Australia move closer to carbon price repeal.

It's a fallacy to say China doesn't have to worry about rising bad debts in its banking sector. And the PBoC's large reserves don't reduce the concern.

The Coalition's move to alter the investment rules with the 888 Visa program could be a policy game changer for Australia's start-up scene. The industry needs to put its hand up and get involved in this debate.

Bill Shorten sees eye-to-eye with BCA chief Tony Shepherd on more policies than he'd care to admit. Sniping from the sidelines will do little to achieve a coherent vision for economic reform.

Foul play is around every corner when operating online. Business that know how to safeguard against the shysters are the ones that thrive.