The Australian dollar continued to weaken despite a positive reading for Chinese manufacturing, falling more than half a US cent overnight. At 6.30am AEDT the Australian dollar was at 104.62 US cents, down from yesterday’s local ...
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The Australian dollar fell as news that North Korea planned more rocket launches hurt sentiment already weakened by disappointing earnings from Apple and a downgrade to the International Monetary Fund's global growth forecast. At 4.08pm ...
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Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company has entered into a teaming agreement with Superior Vision to offer new vision coverage to employer groups across the US. The coverage include comprehensive eye exams, eyeglass frame and lenses, ...
The sharemarket rose yesterday, led by BHP Billiton after its first-half production report broadly met expectations. Australia's big four banks climbed on speculation that interest rates may drop further. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 ...
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The Australian dollar has opened marginally higher in local trade, following the release of national inflation data. At 6.30am AEDT the Australian dollar was at 105.46 US cents, up from yesterday’s local close of 105.39 US cents. ...
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The man from WAM has done it again. Fund manager Geoff Wilson has once again blitzed The Australian's field of assorted share-watching luminaries to win our 2012 stock tipping comp, with an average 34 per cent gain across his 10 individual ...
The Australian sharemarket closed higher after BHP Billiton's production report exceeded expectations and weak inflation figures drove up high-yielding stocks. At the close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was up 8.7 points, or 0.18 ...
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The glass and materials industry of China is presently faced with various difficulties while developing, such as uncoordinated and unsustainable development, weak ability for scientific and technological innovation, unbalanced industrial ...
SCOR Global Life Americas has appointed Francisco de Toledo Neto as the new president of its Brazilian operations, SCOR Life Brazil, to tap the growing business opportunity of life-health reinsurance market in the country. Toledo joins ...
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Farmers Insurance Group of Companies has launched new Cyber Liability and Data Breach expense coverage program, intended to protect main street businesses in Wyoming, US. The new coverage offers $25,000 limit for indemnity, $25,000 limit ...
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According to statistics, Japan’s exported 31,667 tons of steel wires in last November, decreasing by 27.5% from a month ago and down by 2.1% year on year. Among them, 7,275 tons were exported to the US, declining by 35.1%; 5,972 ...
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The NYMEX February crude contract broke out of a narrow trading band immediately ahead of the 1:15 p.m. EST (1815 GMT) cessation of trading on the NYMEX contract to end the day 9 cents lower at $95.47/b. Prior to 12:30 p.m. EST (1730 ...
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The Australian dollar gained against the greenback but lost ground versus the yen after the Bank of Japan agreed an "open-ended" commitment to ending deflation through asset purchases and a 2 per cent inflation target. The moves, although ...
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The sharemarket closed little changed yesterday, despite news from Japan that Australia's second-biggest trading partner was taking steps to spur growth in its long-stalled economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed up 1.6 points, or ...
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The Australian sharemarket has closed flat as investors gave a muted response to the Bank of Japan's plan for a more expansionary 2 per cent inflation target. At 4.15pm AEDT today, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was up 1.6 points, or ...
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