Gold is losing its glitter. Prices have headed south ever since the spectre of US Fed tapering appeared. The yellow metal's price is set to end the year with a loss of nearly 30%. That's the biggest yearly loss in three decades. A sharp ...
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Mitas will present the Super Flexion Tires at the Agritechnical fair in Germany Mitas a.s., the Czech Republic-based parent company of Mitas Tires North America Inc., has increased the range of its Super Flexion Tires (SFT). Scheduled ...
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Last year the U.S. was the least riskiest place in the world to open a data center, according to a study released this week. The rankings, which were released by Cushman & Wakefield, Hurleypalmerflatt and Source8, were made after ...
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THE Australian and US equity markets have now been officially downgraded to "underweight" by Citi Australia, having run up past their December 2013 share index targets already. Citi strategist Tony Brennan said price-earnings valuations ...
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The sharemarket surged 1.7 per cent yesterday as banks led broad-based gains following lower-than-expected domestic inflation data and stronger offshore markets. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 jumped 86.2 points to 5102.4 points as investors ...
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The Australian sharemarket roared back yesterday, recovering most of its 75-point loss on Monday, after a US Federal Reserve official reiterated the central bank's commitment to quantitative easing, local retail sales exceeded expectations ...
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The dollar climbed sharply today after the Reserve Bank of Australia left interest rates unchanged and indicated there is little rush to cut rates again soon. Earlier, government data showed retail sales rose at their fast pace in seven ...
New Citroen importer Sime Darby has targeted a 35 per cent sales increase in Australian sales in 2013. The forecast comes as Sime Darby – also the official importer of Peugeot – officially takes management of Citroen from ...
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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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The Australian dollar is higher, getting some support from stronger iron ore prices and gains on the local sharemarket. Mr Hans Kunnen, St George chief economist said that the local dollar's rise was not because of the US budget ...
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Despite the fact that technology plays an increasingly important role in the economy, IT wages remain persistently flat. This may be tech's inconvenient truth. The still sluggish U.S. economy gets most of the blame for this wage ...
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Despite the fact that technology is playing an increasingly important role in the U.S. economy, IT wages remain persistently flat. "IT salaries have not really kept pace with inflation," said Victor Janulaitis, CEO of Janco Associates, ...
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The business outlook for 2013 is mixed, with Australian executives indicating that sales, inventories, selling prices and employment will fall but investment and profits will rise. Dun & Bradstreet's latest National Business Expectations ...
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The business outlook for 2013 is mixed, with Australian executives indicating that sales, inventories, selling prices and employment will fall but investment and profits will rise. Dun & Bradstreet’s latest National Business ...
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STATIONERY NEWS: Australian Paper recently announced a feasibility study into the development of a major recycling plant at its Maryvale Mill as part of its Future Fibre Strategy. Can you summarise some of the key aspects of the Future ...
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