A company such as BHP, with its vast balance sheet and cash flows, is able to accelerate development.
Woodside Petroleum
Bartholomeusz: Woodside’s shell is cracking
BHP Billiton has, perhaps temporarily, doused the flames of expectation that it was about to mount a $46 billion bid for Woodside Petroleum.
Political snippets: We’re a winner as second-worst
The global risk advisory firm Maplecroft has ranked Australia second among six countries it ranks as “extreme risk” on the basis of their high CO2 emissions from energy use.
Morning Market Report: A turkey rally on Wall St
The Dow is up. Let’s talk turkey…
For the West it’s no story without Stokes
You can’t keep a good media proprietor down, writes Perth paper watcher Skink. Kerry Stokes has been gracious enough to appear in his own TV studio, and on the front page of his own paper.
Morning Market Report: All Ords failed to push through resistance
Most sectors were down in the market this morning, while the Dow was up 70.
Woodside’s $25,000 to WA Liberals condenses
WA Liberals have brought home the bacon for Woodside, writes Bernard Keane.
Morning Market Report
The highlights and lowlights of this morning’s sharemarket activity.
