THE dollar slipped during quiet Asian trading yesterday as dealers waited for testimony by US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, due overnight last night. Analysts and traders believe that Mr Bernanke's comments will be critical for ...
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THE Australian dollar dropped to a one-year low after the head of the US Federal Reserve said he would consider winding down its economic stimulus program in the coming months. The currency dropped as low as 96.62 US cents in the early ...
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INVESTMENT banks have continued to go cold on the Australian dollar, with Credit Suisse?s global strategists telling clients the Aussie could fall to 85 US cents in 12 months because "this time it's structural". "While a rebound remains ...
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The sharemarket pulled back yesterday as profit warnings in the mining services and consumer discretionary sectors continued to drag on sentiment. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed down 0.6 per cent at 5180.1 points after falling to ...
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This fully automated bulk bag filling system provides National Type Evaluation Program (NTEP)-certified bulk bag weighing accurate to +/- .01% up to a total bulk bag fill weight of 4,500 pounds. NBE design-stage integration of ...
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Investors have continued to cut back on share ownership, both directly and through managed funds, according to an ASX survey released today. The survey, conducted every two years, revealed that more than half a million people, or almost 3 ...
The sharemarket opened the week with a solid gain yesterday on signs of recovery in the US economy ahead of Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's monetary policy testimony on Wednesday (US time) before the joint economic committee of ...
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Retail investors will now be able to buy $10,000 parcels of Australian government bonds on the Australian Securities Exchange, five years after the process began to make it possible. ASX chief executive Elmer Funke Kupper launched the ...
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The dollar's dive looks far from over, even though it has already lost more than 8 per cent of its value against the US dollar since the middle of last month. Of course, a technical correction is possible. But increased disappointment ...
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Restaurants in the EU have to serve olive oil in tamper-proof packaging from next year, as Brussels has announced that it will ban the use of refillable bottles and dipping bowls of olive oil at restaurant tables From 1 January 2014 ...
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Symphony Environmental Technologies said it has made an “encouraging start” to the year In a recently published AGM Statement, he oxo-degradable additive firm said it had successfully developed from a UK commodity type ...
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Design consultancy P4CK has launched a brand new packaging concept for takeaway fish and chips The news follows an appearance by the firm, last year, on BBC2’s Dragon’s Den and a £50,000 investment from Theo Paphitis. ...
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Seasoning Transfer Netting combines the convenience of the company's patented transfer technology with the shaping properties of tight-weave netting for a one-step process that forms and applies flavor, color and pattern to boneless and ...
Recloseable packaging and microwaveable plastic trays were named top packaging breakthroughs that most impacted peoples' lives over the last 25 years in an on-line survey hosted by DuPont. Together the two categories of invention captured ...
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Following government assurance of security, production at readymade garment factories at the Ashulia industrial belt in Ashulia resumed after three days (17 May 2013). On Tuesday, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters ...
Tags: Bangla Ashulia Apparel, Apparel, Bangla