Bang & Olufsen joins LG to make TVs and other top stories.

• Bang & Olufsen joins LG to make TVs

  

  Bang & Olufsen joins LG to make TVs

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• AWE appoints CEO

  AWE has appointed David Biggs as CEO and managing director, commencing early May 2016.Mr Biggs has over 35 years of experience in the upstream oil and gas sector. He has worked throughout Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia and the Americas with both large multi-national and smaller organisations. He is currently CEO of Cue Energy, a position he has held for the last 3 years.Originally published as AWE appoints CEO

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• Palmer refinery records ammonium 'breach'

  

  Clive Palmer's embattled north Queensland nickel refinery could face enforcement action from the government after two creeks were found to contain elevated levels of ammonia.Queensland Nickel Sales, which manages the Yabulu plant, tested water in Alick and Blind creeks on Tuesday and informed the government the following day that high ammonia levels were detected, in excess of what its environmental licence allowed. Clive Palmer's Queensland Nickel refinery. Photo: Michael Chambers The D..

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• Two-month ban placed on unsafe hoverboards after they sparked four house fires

  

  The federal government has put a temporary two-month ban on the supply of hoverboards that don't meet safety standards.An Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) investigation has linked the boards to four house fires in Australia.The ban will take place from today and will last 60 days. Two days ago, hoverboards were officially banned in the US.The ban only applies to units with batteries and battery control systems that don’t meet certain safety standards.While the ban is in pla..

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• Foreign infrastructure buyers to face more scrutiny

  

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• Oil retreats as $US rallies, rig count edges higher

  

  US oil may rise to $US47 by June, Bank of America Merrill Lynch said in a note to clients Friday. AP by Mark Shenk Oil fell from a three-month high as the greenback climbed, curbing investor appetite for commodities.Futures retreated as the Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index rose from the lowest level since June. Losses accelerated after Baker Hughes data showed that the number of US oil rigs climbed for the first time th..

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