Companies should be using the high dollar as an opportunity to invest in businesses offshore, says Francesco de Ferrari, a senior private banker with Credit Suisse. "Big companies should go on a shopping spree. The entrepreneurs get it ...
Tags: Credit Suisse Banker, economy
The video, a spoof of Coca-Cola adverts featuring youngsters drinking the beverage, while seabirds fall to the ground dying, has been released by Greenpeace. Greenpeace’s beef with Coca-Cola Amatil stems from Coke’s decision ...
Tags: Greenpeace, Packaging
'Everything that can become digital will become digital – and print is no exception'; discuss. Well, actually, no need. An instinctive handle on digital technology comes hard-wired into the DNA these days; just check out the natural ...
Tags: Packaging, Packaging Industry
The inability to secure finance is a significant barrier to SME winning tenders in the resources industry, a new report commissioned by Australia’s export credit agency (EFIC) has found. The survey of 2,000 Australian SME showed ...
Tags: Finance, SME Growth
IACSC and IARW have published The Guide to Effective Warehouse Design, Maintenance, and Modernization, which provides engineers and operators of refrigerated warehouses with design, maintenance and repair guidelines for all major structures ...
Top industry speakers from big names, including Marks & Spencer and B&Q, will be descending on Birmingham's NEC next month to take part in the Total Processing and Packaging Exhibition's seminar programme. The show runs from 4-6 June and ...
Australian stocks recovered from a steep intraday fall to close only marginally lower yesterday, as the Reserve Bank cut interest rates to a record low. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed down 12.5 points, or 0.2 per cent, at 5143.7, after ...
Tags: Stocks Lift, Australian stocks
The Australian dollar is lower ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia's interest rate decision. At 6.30am AEST the currency was trading at 102.53 US cents, down from 102.72 US cents at yesterday’s local close. The Reserve Bank of ...
Tags: Australian Dollar, RBA Rates
The sharemarket closed lower but recovered some ground after the Reserve Bank cut the cash rate to a record low. At the close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 12.5 points, or 0.24 per cent, at 5143.7 points. The broader ...
Tags: Banks, Record Rate Cut
The dollar hit two-month lows after the central bank surprised economists by cutting interest rates to record lows and warned that the high exchange rate is continuing to act as a brake on growth. The Reserve Bank of Australia defied most ...
Tags: Dollar, Record Low
According to the survey published last Wedsday, global consumer confidence raised in Q1, especialy the U.S, Japan and northern Europe. Nielsen's survey showed that Indonesia has become the most optimistic consumers market in the world, ...
Tags: Consumer Confidence, economy
The dollar is still higher after getting a boost from better US employment figures, increasing optimism about the America's economic recovery. At 5pm AEST, the local unit was trading at $US1.0272, up from $US1.0254 on Friday. The Aussie ...
Tags: US Unemployment Rate, Service
The Australian dollar has pushed above 103 US cents on news of improvements in the US jobs market. At 6.30am AEST the currency was trading at 103.15 US cents, up half a cent from 102.54 US cents on Friday afternoon. The Australian ...
Tags: Australian Dollar, US Jobs Data
GreenBlue's Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) held its Spring Conference recently in San Francisco, bringing together professionals from companies, government agencies and other non-profits interested not only in packaging ...
Tags: How2Recycle, Label, Packaging
Turkey imported 33,752 tons of stainless steel flat products in March, rising by 18.9% from a month ago and increasing by 6.8% year on year, according to data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). In March, the ...