But passing the half-way mark of this interim profit season, we now have proof that his real error was putting a super-profits tax on the wrong industry. While profits were sliding at Rio Tinto, OZ Minerals and Wesfarmers' coal division, ...
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Weaker investor sentiment sent the Australian dollar to its lowest levels since October in thin trading conditions because of the Lunar New Year celebrations in Asia. The sharemarket was flat, also in thin trading, as investors remained ...
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Budget phones can be miserable affairs. Poor screen and camera resolution, terrible keyboards and hand-me-down technology can make a user feel like the character in Barbra Streisand's 60s hit Second Hand Rose. This isn't so with Nokia's ...
The Australian sharemarket closed higher to end a three day run of losses and defy market falls in the US and Europe. At the close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 17.9 points, or 0.38 per cent, higher at 4708.1, while the ...
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WITH just one trading day left this year, the sharemarket climbed to a 19-month high yesterday as stronger iron ore, copper and oil prices boosted miners, and investors bought shares in anticipation that US politicians can reach a deal to ...
The Australian sharemarket has opened higher with traders focusing on late gains made in the US session rather than the fact leaders there are yet to agree on avoiding the looming fiscal cliff. At 1045 AEDT,the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...
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The Australian sharemarket closed higher yesterday as US President Barack Obama cut short his Christmas holiday to return to Washington for talks aimed at avoiding the so-called fiscal cliff. Locally,investors remained optimistic that ...
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LOCAL shares closed higher today as US President Barack Obama cut short his Christmas holiday to return to Washington for talks aimed at resolving the so-called fiscal cliff. Investors in Australia's sharemarket remained optimistic that ...
MICROSOFT has axed its plan to sell its Surface tablet only online, making it available at Harvey Norman and JB Hi-Fi in Australia. "We're excited to be working with JB Hi-Fi and Harvey Norman to expand the ways in which Australians ...
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Asian stocks rose, with a regional benchmark index headed for its biggest monthly rally since September 2010, as Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos said major progress was made in debt-swap talks and Japan’s industrial production ...
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