Australia, N.Z. Stocks: APN News, Aristocrat, Sonic (Correct) – BusinessWeek

Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) — Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index slipped 0.2 percent to 4,707.40 as of 11:35 a.m

Iron ore prices are likely to rise sharply: BHP chief – Yahoo Finance

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Benchmark iron ore prices are set to rise sharply in the coming months due largely to a resurgence of demand from China, BHP Billiton (ASX: BHP.AX – News ) chief executive Marius Kloppers said. Kloppers said in a television …