Mining giants tipped to merge

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BHP Iron Ore and Hamersley Iron may merge. These mining rivals could save great amounts of money in costs and would have $2.5 billion Australian in annual sales. This combination would enable the merged firm to charge higher prices for their products. The only disadvantage would be customer dissatisfaction.

Author: Treadgold, Tim
Mining & Extractive Industries, Mining, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Mining industry, Hamersley Iron Proprietary Ltd., BHP Iron Ore Ltd.

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$100-billion wipeout

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Shareholder wealth crashed heavily in the second half of last year, among the 20 biggest losers wiping out more than $100 billion in shareholder wealth. Joining News and NAB among the losers were some of the biggest name in business.

Author: Treadgold, Tim
Analysis, Evaluation, Stockholders, Wealth, Loss leaders

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WAN's value weakness

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The valuation of the share price of the Perth based print media operators; West Australian Newspapers Holding (WAN) is discussed.

Author: Treadgold, Tim
Newspapers, Securities issued, listed, Newspaper publishing, Securities, Company securities, West Australian Newspapers Holdings Ltd.

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