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Gunns investor 'a shot in the arm'
8:11 AM | Timber company Gunns could be in for a shake-up after confirming yesterday a Kiwi billionaire with a history of turning around companies in distress has bought a 40 per cent stake.   | CommentsComments (5)
4:00 AM | CANBERRA _ Finance Minister Penny Wong hopes retail banks think carefully about their customers and the wider community when making decisions on lending rates, amid fears increases may be on the way.
08 Feb 12 | New Zealand billionaire Richard Chandler will invest $150 million in Tasmanian timber company Gunns as the company aims to raise $280 million.  | CommentsComments (46)
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RBA holds fire on interest rates
08 Feb 12 | The Reserve Bank of Australia has surprised the market in the face of widespread expectations of a rate cut by keeping interest rates on hold.
Kiwi billionaire linked to Gunns
07 Feb 12 | Kiwi-born billionaire Richard Chandler looks to be timber company Gunns's white knight, with the Singapore-based businessman set to emerge as a cornerstone investor in the group.  | CommentsComments (20)
07 Feb 12 | Timber company Gunns is expected to offer more shares in a bid to generate cash, raising speculation that it is close to securing a partner for its $3 billion Bell Bay pulp mill.   | CommentsComments (23)
Numbers adding up for Barnes Hill mine
07 Feb 12 | OPERATORS of a proposed mine near Beaconsfield say its approval could also see Australia's first iron-ore mine reopen.
Fresh option for shoppers
07 Feb 12 | LAUNCESTON is about to welcome its first fully accredited weekly farmers' market. Meat, fish, vegetables, exotic produce like saffron and wasabi, fruit, eggs and fresh herbs are all on the menu with 30 stalls already booked for the first market this Saturday.
Gunns in trading halt, equity announcement due
06 Feb 12 | Shares in timber company Gunns have been placed in a trading halt, with the company expected to make an announcement in relation to capital raising and equity investment.  | CommentsComments (15)
Ex-forestry workers branch out
06 Feb 12 | Ex-forestry workers are struggling to find other work, the latest figures show. More than 330 people who have lost forestry jobs have contacted ForestWorks for assistance since September.  | CommentsComments (9)
Swan warns banks to pass rate cut
06 Feb 12 | Australia's big banks are hugely profitable and their customers would be very angry if they failed to pass on an interest rate cut in full, Treasurer Wayne Swan says.
04 Feb 12 | TASMANIAN airline and pilot training organisation Tas-Air Pty Ltd has gone into voluntary liquidation.
Banks may not pass on good news
04 Feb 12 | MELBOURNE - Westpac boss Gail Kelly became the latest bank executive to try to soften up the public to the prospect of banks not passing on the central bank's expected interest rate cuts next week.
Interest rate cut is tipped
04 Feb 12 | SYDNEY - The Reserve Bank of Australia is expected to cut its interest rate for a third consecutive meeting as inflation eases, local employment growth slows and fears over a European recession grows.
Fairfax and the iron lady
04 Feb 12 | ADELE FERGUSON, of The Age, examines Gina Rinehart's media raid.
Sawmills describe halt to work as 'unprecedented'
03 Feb 12 | McKay Timber and Barbers sawmill yesterday described the circumstances that led to the halt of its operations as unprecedented.
Exports to take off after air freight expansion
03 Feb 12 | Premier Lara Giddings was at Launceston Airport yesterday to open the redeveloped Australian Air Express freight terminal.
Power savings fail to light up forum
03 Feb 12 | Tasmanians would save "bugger all'' on their power bills under changes being proposed to the electricity market, a public hearing heard yesterday.  | CommentsComments (2)
Sawmillers close to collapse
03 Feb 12 | Tasmania's sawmilling industry is on the verge of collapse as talks continue around the $276 million state-federal forests agreement.   | CommentsComments (32)
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