The Australian dollar rose ahead of the release of domestic jobs data. At 6.20am AEDT the local currency was at 105.63 US cents, up from yesterday’s local close of 105.53 US cents. During the overnight offshore session, the ...
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The Australian dollar barely moved in sleepy Asian trading yesterday but the outlook for the currency remained upbeat, with one major domestic bank sharply lifting its forecast for the currency this year. "It's very, very quiet," Rochford ...
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The Australian sharemarket closed half a per cent higher, buoyed by the big banks and a major restructure by Boral, one of the nation's biggest manufacturers. At the close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 21.8 points, or 0.46 ...
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The Australian dollar has closed flat after a quiet domestic session, with investors focused on the upcoming release of local and overseas economic data. At 5pm AEDT today, the local currency was at 105.53 US cents, little changed from ...
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LED lighting is becoming an increasingly popular and energy efficient way of illuminating the home and your business. In the last few years, people have begun to become much more clued up as to the monetary savings that can be made by ...
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In a desperate move to restrict imports of gold, the Indian Government and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) are planning to further increase import duty on gold from prevailing 4% to 6%. It had quadrupled the gold import duty from 1% to 4% last ...
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Information flicks onto an iPad screen of its own accord as I walk through a technology exhibit at the Boston Museum of Science. Extra details about rovers and planetary exploration pop up as I sidle over to the Mars Yard, and are replaced ...
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The Australian dollar was slightly higher, despite weakness in global stock markets and disappointing German economic growth figures. At 6.30am AEDT the currency was trading at 105.52 US cents, up from 105.48 US cents at yesterday’s ...
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The Australian dollar was little changed yesterday in Asian trading, in a muted response to remarks from US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke that the world's largest economy still had quite a way to go towards recovery, despite recent ...
The Australian dollar has ended the local trading day a touch lower, after market players were disappointed by a speech from US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. At 5pm AEDT, the Australian dollar was trading at 105.48 US cents, down ...
Chocolate maker Lindt & Sprüngli has reported a 7% rise in net sales for 2012 and estimated that profit margins widened during the year. For the 12 months to the end of December, Lindt reported sales of CHF2.67bn (US$2.8bn), ...
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Pixelle Designs announces the release of Tab Bar Icons For Mobile Apps collection, a royalty-free library of stock images for application developers and web designers. The new set includes over 759 icons drawn in according to Apple ...
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Tata Consultancy Services had strong revenue and profit growth in the fourth quarter, indicating that the offshoring market is recovering. The business momentum is expected to continue in 2013, as customers invest in more efficient ...
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The AWEX Regional Indicators finished 4.0% higher, on average, when sales resumed in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle this week. The closing US exchange rate was unchanged from the closing rate when sales went into the Christmas break. ...
It was the star of this year’s Detroit auto show, however speculation that the all-new Chevrolet Corvette Stingray will be produced in right-hand-drive and make it to Australian shores has been hosed down by General Motors. GM vice ...
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