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Mermaid Marine suffered its worst sell off in over a decade after revealing disappointing first-half earnings and issuing a warning that full-year earnings would fall far short of consensus expectations.

For a long time Japan was able to service its growing government debt burden by keeping interest rates low. Success of its Abenomics policy would stop this game in its tracks.

Local market begins flat as Dow, S&P 500 hit mew highs on Yellen testimony.

Abbott could intervene to prevent foreign takeover of GrainCorp, reports say.

Target says Perpetual offer is still a superior proposal for shareholders.

Airline raises $281.4m through institutional part of equity raising.

AGMs from David Jones, Myer and Virgin Australia will dominate local headlines, while a slew of US data and minutes from the Federal Reserve's latest meeting will be also be of interest.

Join us on November 19 for a webcast with Xero CEO Chris Ridd and Business Spectator Editor Jackson Hewett on the best cloud apps for your business.

Dairy group set to make announcement about fresh Saputo takeover bid.

Amid doubts over whether Australia will reach its 5 per cent emissions target, the Climate Change Authority is highlighting the elephant in the room when it comes to abatement - international permits.

Deriving the historic average baseline is easy. Producing a baseline which treats industries equitably but doesn't disadvantage already green-conscious firms will be hard.

The NBN Co strategic review is crucial to our broadband future but it's more than likely that the final outcome has been predetermined. A UK BT style FTTN network rollout will be major misstep.

Shareholders told group welcomes new government's focus on infrastructure.

Queensland now has more solar PV than 22 countries of note and with 8 cent tariff connections still rising, the sunshine state isn't finished yet.

A high supply of credits under Direct Action, at a peak price of $20 a tonne, would be a win for liable companies. But there is no guarantee that the key baseline settings will be so 'loose'.

The DLA Piper review into sexual abuse in the military has unearthed a culture of cover-ups. An unwillingness to accept management failings has to stop both in the military and across the public service.