After their expectations reached a 24-year low in the previous quarter, businesses are indicating that price rises are on the agenda in the new financial year as they seek to retain profits while compensating for cost pressures and low ...
Tags: Service, Bank, Price Expectations
The Australian dollar is slightly higher as investors shrugged off weak economic data and sat on the sidelines waiting for bigger events. At 5pm AEST, the local unit was at 96.56 US cents, up from 96.41 cents on Friday, and at its high ...
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THE S&P/ASX200 has turned down 0.1 per cent to 4966.6, paring a 0.4 per cent rise that followed overseas gains on stronger US economic data. The reversal comes as investors react to higher US bond yields, a falling Australian dollar, and ...
The sharemarket was flat in mixed trading today, with resources companies down on the back of concern about China's economy, and banks and telecommunications mostly up on account of their high dividend yields. Citi upgraded its year-end ...
The sharemarket broke a five-day losing streak, as Japan's sharemarket stabilised and S&P500 futures pointed to modest gains on Wall Street. Resources stocks remained jittery after recent signs of weakness in China, while banks and ...
Tags: Stocks, sharemarket
As of May 28, inventory of iron ore at 25 major Chinese ports amounted to 74.15 million mt, indicating an increase of 1.66 million mt or 2.33 percent on week-on-week basis, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency. As of the same date, ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Indian steelmaker JSW Steel is considering acquiring coal mines in Africa, the US and Canada, according to India-based news agency Press Trust India (PTI). A JSW Steel official stated that the company needs to own mines to reduce costs, ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Coal Mines
European airlines and airports are facing fundamental changes: The increasing popularity of low-cost carriers and airlines from the Middle East is changing the competitive landscape. Leisure and business travelers' strong price sensitivity ...
Tags: Transportation, Airlines
A SHOCK contraction in Chinese manufacturing and the prospect that the US Federal Reserve could soon unwind its quantitative easing measures rocked local markets yesterday, pushing the Australian dollar close to an annual low and wiping ...
After a torrid trading week that saw more than $30 billion wiped off local stocks and the Australian dollar slide further, investors will be hoping for some economic cheer from China this week to offset further confirmation that Australia's ...
Including $0.4m from the March acquisition of Arieso, optical networking and associated semiconductor technology firm JDSU of Milpitas, CA, USA has reported net revenue of $405.3m for its fiscal third-quarter 2013 (to end-March), down 5.6% ...
Just a month after a top Google executive said Glass wouldn't be officially released for another year, sources say the computerized eyeglasses actually should ship by the end of this year. One source inside Google and another close to ...
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The local sharemarket fell in cautious trade yesterday before US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony to US congress and the release overnight of the minutes of this month's Fed board meeting. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed ...
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Miso, the main ingredient in that cloudy broth you may have had in Japanese restaurants, is relatively high in sodium, with about 630 milligrams per tablespoon. So if you are prone to high blood pressure, you might want to use the ...
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Despite economic challenges, the worldwide supply chain management (SCM) software market grew 7.1 per cent to US$8.3 billion in 2012. The Australian supply chain management software market grew 17.9% to reach A$176.8 million in 2012, up ...
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