London copper rose more than 2% on Wednesday, headed for its biggest daily rise since mid-November, as the US Congress struck a deal to avert a fiscal disaster and upbeat China data indicating steady improvement in the world's top copper ...
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The sharemarket moved the dial a click further to boom conditions by closing at a 19-month high thanks to growing interest in blue chips and miners, and a strong tailwind from the US market's fiscal resolution-driven 2.35 per cent, ...
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The Australian dollar is higher after US politicians reached a deal to roll back a series of measures that threatened to push America back into recession -- a situation known as the fiscal cliff. At 07:00 AEDT, the local unit was trading ...
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The Australian dollar gained yesterday after US politicians agreed on a range of measures designed to avert sweeping tax hikes and about $US110 billion ($105bn) in spending cuts, known as the fiscal cliff. The agreement boosted sentiment ...
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Australian markets got off to a roaring start to 2013 yesterday, with the avoidance of the January 1 US fiscal cliff of tax increases and spending cuts combining with rising iron ore prices to send the stockmarket on its biggest one-day ...
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The sharemarket started 2013 with a bang as US lawmakers agreed a budget deal to avoid the worst of the so-called fiscal cliff that had threatened to derail the world's biggest economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed up 1.2 per cent at ...
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The Australian dollar gained today after US lawmakers agreed on a range of measures designed to avert sweeping tax hikes and around $US110 billion in spending cuts, known as the fiscal cliff. After weeks of negotiations that had already ...
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The sharemarket ended the year on a sour note, falling for the first time in four days as the continuing US fiscal policy impasse weighed on market sentiment. However, the sell-off was limited by improved manufacturing data from China and ...
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The Australian dollar is slightly lower amid doubts there will be a successful outcome to the US budget negotiations. At 07:00 AEDT, the local unit was trading at $US1.0366, down from $US1.0374 on Friday. The main driver for markets ...
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While stock and bond traders fretted over the US fiscal cliff and its potential impact on broader markets earlier this week, Chinese iron ore buyers were unconcerned, continuing to push the price of Australia's biggest export higher on the ...
Same and next-day gas prices on the UK's NBP trading hub were valued below 61.00 pence/therm on the last trading day of the year, around 7 pence down on the start of the month. The within-day contract was valued at 60.50 p/th at 1200 ...
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Reuters reported that London copper firmed after data showed China's manufacturers built on a recovery this month, driving a fifth straight week of gains but a lack of resolution to the US fiscal cliff kept a lid on prices. Growth in ...
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The local sharemarket's stellar finish to the year threatens to be curtailed by faltering US political efforts to avoid the"fiscal cliff"of$US600 billion tax rises and spending cuts automatically coming into effect on January 1. Despite ...
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For fiscal second-quarter 2013 (to end-September 2012), Advanced Photonix Inc of Ann Arbor, MI, USA (which designs and makes silicon, InP- and GaAs-based APD, PIN, and FILTRODE photodetectors, HSOR high-speed optical receivers, and T-Ray ...
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THE sharemarket ended the week on a low note as investors took fright after US budget talks on the fiscal cliff fell into disarray. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed down 10.5 points,or 0.2 per cent,at 4623.6,reversing gains that had seen ...
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