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 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 Australian dollar has hit a two week high after US politicians succeeded in passing legislation to avoid a potential economic crisis. At 07:00 AEDT, the local unit was trading at $US1.0490, up from $US1.0473 yesterday. In ...
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The sharemarket is set to enter the final trading day of the year on edge after worries that US politicians would not be able to avert the looming fiscal cliff sent US stocks on their biggest one-day fall in more than a month. Futures ...
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Market watchers predict the local sharemarket will forge further ahead this year after surging almost 15 per cent last year, the result of a second-half recovery that defied concerns about sovereign debt in Europe and the US and a Chinese ...
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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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Strong Chinese manufacturing data was not enough to shake the Australian dollar from its slumber yesterday, with traders glued to any news from Washington as talks over the so-called fiscal cliff went down to the wire. The Aussie ...
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Mattel is preparing a multi-million dollar marketing campaign for Thomas & Friends. The classic kids' brand will get a global 'Anytime is Thomas Time' ad campaign, a new online portal, more live events across North America and possibly ...
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“The most valuable commodity I know of is information.” (Gordon Gecko in “Wall Street” by Oliver Stone) Commodities have experienced a renaissance after the bursting of the internet bubble at the end of the ...
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Raises its overall projection, but lowers estimate for devices including tablets Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3.7 trillion in 2013, a 4.2% increase from 2012 spending of $3.6 trillion, according to the latest forecast by ...
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A Chinese steel company is set to open a pipe mill this spring,bringing hundreds of jobs to an area already thriving from the oil and gas industries and injecting a multi-billion dollar boon to surrounding cities and towns over the next ...
US discount retailer Family Dollar Stores has recorded first-quarter earnings that came in at the lower end of its guidance due to gross margin pressure and expense headwinds. In the three months ended 24 November, earnings amounted to ...
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Final online usage numbers for 2012 released Tuesday confirmed that Windows 8 failed to match Windows Vista's uptake pace during its first two months. Preliminary numbers from Net Applications last week indicated that Windows 8 would end ...
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