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Australian shares higher today with the S&P/ASX 200 up 0.67 per cent. The S&P/ASX 200 gained 27.1 points or 0.67 per cent to 4073.6. The All Ords was up 25.6 ... Switzer - 7:37 p.m. Monday 21st May 2012 EST Related Articles View Article Email

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LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Australian stocks revved back to life in early Monday moves, with the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 adding 0.9% to 4,082.50 after a 2.7% drop Friday. China-sensitive shares ... Market Watch Market Pulse - 10:30 a.m. Monday 21st May 2012 EST Related Articles View Article Email

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Author: E.L. & C. Baillieu Stockbroking - by Andrew Thain HEADLINES - A day billed as Facebook Inc.'s coming-out party ended up marking a much gloomier event: the stock market's ... Proactive Investors - 7:55 a.m. Monday 21st May 2012 EST Related Articles View Article Email

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SOME of the biggest stocks fell the hardest this week. The resources sector led the sharemarket lower and BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals all dropped sharply. The Sydney Morning Herald Technology Headlines - 12:10 a.m. Saturday 19th May 2012 EST Related Articles View Article Email

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Australian shares ended higher today with the S&P/ASX 200 plummeting 2.67 per cent following falls on Wall Street overnight. The S&P/ASX 200 dropped 110.9 points or 2.67 per cent to ... Switzer - 6:15 p.m. Friday 18th May 2012 EST Related Articles View Article Email

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SYDNEY(MarketWatch)-- Australian shares sank early Friday, tracking sharp losses on Wall Street overnight as fears of a run of Europe's banks spread to Spain and sapped investor confidence. The benchmark ... Market Watch Market Pulse - 10:20 a.m. Friday 18th May 2012 EST Related Articles View Article Email

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SYDNEY (MarketWatch)-- Australian shares rose early Thursday, staging a partial recovery after political uncertainty in Greece helped send stocks to their worst levels this year in the previous session. The ... Market Watch Market Pulse - 10:16 a.m. Thursday 17th May 2012 EST Related Articles View Article Email

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Australian shares are starting to claw back losses. BHP is leading the market higher, rising 0.9 per cent, but CBA is still down 1.7 per cent. The Age : Sport - 9:43 a.m. Thursday 17th May 2012 EST Related Articles View Article Email

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Author: E.L. & C. Baillieu Stockbroking - by Andrew Thain HEADLINES - The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell for a fourth straight day as confusion over Greece's political future extended ... Proactive Investors - 8:36 a.m. Thursday 17th May 2012 EST Related Articles View Article Email

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Australian shares dropped well over 2 per cent on average as investors continued to search for safer havens in the event of a Greek exit from the eurozone. Mining stocks ... PM - 6:22 p.m. Wednesday 16th May 2012 EST Related Articles View Article Email

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BHP Billiton is a Dual Listed Company (DLC) comprising BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc. BHP Billiton was created through the DLC merger of BHP Limited (now BHP Billiton Limited) and Billiton Plc (now BHP Billiton Plc), which was concluded on 29 June 2001.The headquarters of BHP Billiton Limited, and the global headquarters of the combined BHP Billiton Group, are located in Melbourne. BHP Billiton Plc is located in London, United Kingdom. Both companies have identical Boards of Directors and are run by a single management team. Shareholders in each company have equivalent economic and voting rights in both companies. BHP Billiton Limited has a primary listing on the Australian Securities Exchange and BHP Billiton Plc has a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange, with a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. BHP Billiton also has two American Depositary Receipt listings on the New York Stock Exchange. Main activites: Minerals exploration, production and processing (particularly coal, iron ore, copper and manganese ore) and hydrocarbon exploration, production and refining.

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