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    Stocks to watch at noon on Tuesday

    Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange at noon on Tuesday:

    NSW - NEWS CORPORATION - down 19 cents, or 0.56 per cent, at $33.79

    NWSLV - NEWS CORPORATION NON-VOTING COMMON STOCK - down 10 cents, or 0.30 per cent, at $33.69

    News Limited has sold NRL club Melbourne to a private consortium gathered by New Zealand entrepreneur Bart Campbell.

    RIO - RIO TINTO LTD - down 53 cents, or 0.96 per cent, at $54.89

    Workers at a Newcastle coal terminal will stop work for eight hours on Friday as part of an ongoing industrial dispute at the facility.

    SWM - SEVEN WEST MEDIA LTD - down 2.00 cents, or 0.85 per cent, at $2.34

    Television executive Tim Worner has been appointed the chief executive of Seven West Media.

    TSE - TRANSFIELD SERVICES LTD - down 27.5 cents, or 21.57 per cent, at $1.00

    Shares in engineering firm Transfield Services have plummeted by more than 20 per cent to a record low after the company cut its profit forecast and slashed another 113 jobs.

    Market Data

    • Currencies
      Currencies
      NamePriceChange% Chg
      0.9670-0.01-0.76%
      AUDUSD=X
      0.6396-0.01-0.83%
      AUDGBP=X
      0.7486-0.00-0.63%
      AUDEUR=X
    • Commodities
      Commodities
      NamePriceChange% Chg
      1,453.60-8.80-0.60%
      GCJ13.CMX
      28.58-0.21-0.73%
      SIH13.CMX
      3.450.02+0.51%
      HGH13.CMX
      93.300.34+0.37%
      CLJ13.NYM