The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has proposed a range of rules to contain the growth of "off-market" and high-frequency trading (HFT), saying that it had uncovered some breaches of current law but no widespread or ...
Tags: ASIC, off-market, economy
The sharemarket lost 2 per cent as spooked investors sold off local stocks amid bailout plans for Cyprus. At the close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 104.8 points, or 2.05 per cent, at 5015.4. The broader All Ordinaries ...
Tags: Cyprus, spooked investors, stocks
The first estimate for the euro area (EA17) trade in goods balance with the rest of the world in January 2013 gave a 3.9 billion euro deficit, compared with -9.1 bn in January 2012. The December 2012 balance was +10.8 bn, compared with +8.0 ...
Tags: Euro Area Deficit, economy, EU27 exports
The Australian dollar rose to a five-week high yesterday after data showed the nation recorded its strongest monthly employment growth in almost 12 years last month, diminishing the chance of further immediate interest rate cuts that might ...
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Europe's largest coking coal producer Poland-based Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa SA (JSW) has announced its financial results for 2012. In 2012, JSW's net profit decreased by 53 percent year on year to PLN 988.1 million ($309.56 million), ...
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THE corporate regulator will unveil further measures today to tackle the growing influence of high-frequency traders and "dark pool" exchanges on local equities trading, with an increased tax on the former seen as the most likely outcome. ...
Tags: economy
In its financial results according to Russian Accounting Standards (RAS) for 2012, Russian steelmaker NLMK Group's net profit decreased by 27.4 percent year on year to RUB 25.152 billion ($0.82 billion). In the given year, NLMK's sales ...
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Swiss-based special steel producer and distributor Schmolz+Bickenbach has announced its financial results for 2012, reporting a net loss for the period. In 2012, Schmolz+Bickenbach registered a net loss of €158 million, compared to a ...
Posted by Rick Lingle, Technical Editor -- Packaging Digest, 3/18/2013 2:51:40 PM Family-owned Foster Farms today announced last week that its fresh chicken products have earned humane certification from American Humane Association. The ...
The third week of March is American Chocolate Week! To celebrate the sweetest week of the year, SKINNY COW Candy is officially introducing new SKINNY COW Divine Filled Chocolates, adding more delicious offerings to the SKINNY COW Candy ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Nestle Candy
A squeezy bottle with a 'smiling face' design has been created and the range, including mayonnaise and mustard, is now on the market. Lesieur has opted for extrusion blow moulded bottles in polypropylene by RPC Kerkrade in 235ml, 450ml ...
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On March 12, Lamborghini announced the financial data of 2012. Last year, its operating income increased to 469 million dollars from 322 million dollars year-on-year, an increase of 45.7%. Lamborghini’s global sales were 2,083 ...
Tags: Lamborghini, Revenue, operating income, vehicles
EATP (the European Association for Textile Polyolefins) has released details of the programme for its annual Executive Seminar, to be held in Brussels on May 28. The theme of the Seminar is “Succeeding in a Challenging ...
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On March 12, Audi announced the financial report of 2012. Audi revenue, operating profit, net profit and sales increased year-on-year last year, but operating profit increased less than 1%, far below the level of previous years. In 2012, ...
Tags: Audi, Sales, operating income
On March 14, BMW announced that its operating revenue grew 11.7% year on year last year, from Euro 68.821bn to Euro 76.848bn. Last year, BMW’s EBIT was Euro 8.3bn, while it was Euro 8.018bn in 2011, up 3.5% year on year. The EBT was ...
Tags: BMW, Operating Revenue, sales