After the quietest year for mergers and acquisitions last year since the global financial crisis, bankers and lawyers are hoping deals in their pipelines will soon come to market and lift volumes. However, activity this year is down more ...
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The dollar pushed higher but the gaze of traders remained firmly on whether lawmakers in Cyprus can reach a deal on the proposed terms of an international bailout package. As part of a rescue package for Cyprus, European policymakers have ...
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The Australian dollar fell after the Cypriot parliament failed to pass a bank deposit tax that was a condition of a bailout for the island nation. At 6.30am AEDT the local unit was trading at 103.63 US cents, down from 103.80 cents at ...
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The sharemarket continued its fall yesterday, dropping back below 5000 points even though European and US markets brushed off concerns that plans for a deposit tax in Cyprus could reignite the European debt crisis. The benchmark S&P/ASX ...
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Loscam is planning for significant expansion of its pallet rental business in Asia and as such is looking to work with leading sawmillers NF McDonnell in Australia to satisfy its growing timber demand. "As our business continues to expand ...
The Port of Brisbane has recorded container throughput of over 1 million containers for the first time. Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd (PBPL) chief executive officer Russell Smith said the result marked a significant milestone in the port's ...
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Jen Selling your office furniture is a great way to make a little extra cash, or maybe even fund your office redecoration project. The best used office furniture retailers (cough, Arnolds, cough) will offer you top dollar for your old ...
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The dollar edged lower after investors reacted negatively to an international bailout package for Cyprus that raised concerns about fresh upheaval in the eurozone. The eurozone has taken the unprecedented step of proposing a new levy on ...
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At least 150 workers at CSR’s Viridian glass-making factories in western Sydney confront the closure of their plants and the destruction of their jobs, in the latest of the swathe of job cuts sweeping through the manufacturing sector ...
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The Australian dollar rose following a gain in gold prices overnight. At 6.30am AEDT today the local unit was trading at 103.94 US cents, up from 103.60 cents at yesterday’s local close. Gold settled at the highest price in almost ...
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Crude futures settled higher Thursday, with the ICE April Brent contract bouncing off Wednesday's 2013 lows to expire 90 cents higher at $109.42/barrel. The May contract settled up 72 cents at $108.96/b. NYMEX April crude closed US ...
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With oil prices still elevated and operator appetite for offshore drilling seemingly limitless, Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 227 appears headed for vigorous bidding and dollar totals that may match or even surpass 2012's collective ...
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The multibillion dollar market for remediation of groundwater and soil will continue to grow. Fueling this growth is a reduction in available water per capita. By the year 2030, the world population will rise to 8.3 billion from 7.1 ...
The Australian dollar rose to a five-week high yesterday after data showed the nation recorded its strongest monthly employment growth in almost 12 years last month, diminishing the chance of further immediate interest rate cuts that might ...
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Seven O-S-D product categories and device groups reached record-high sales in 2012 compared to 14 new records being set in 2011, according to data shown in the 2013 edition of IC Insights’ O-S-D Report, A Market Analysis and Forecast ...
Tags: opto sensor, Optoelectronics, sensor