The Australian sharemarket rose to a 20-month high today as investors continued to buy banks, consumer staples, property trusts, healthcare and energy companies, while remaining hesitant on iron ore producers after spot iron ore prices ...
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The Australian sharemarket closed at a 19-month high as firming expectations of a February interest rate cut helped banking stocks. At the close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 18.3 points, or 0.38 per cent, higher at 4756.6 ...
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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FY sales up 1.2% to EUR66.7bn (US$88.7bn) Momentum slows in Q4 Reconfirms EBIT guidance German retailer Metro Group has reported a slight lift in overall net sales in 2012, enabling the firm to reconfirm its operating ...
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December retail sales were up compared to November and also on an annual basis, to data released today by the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation (NRF). Commerce reported that December retail sales at ...
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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 unemployment rate among U.S. IT workers stood at 3.3% in the fourth quarter of 2012, significantly lower than the overall unemployment rate of 7.8%, according to tech job board Dice. The technology consulting industry in the U.S. ...
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Australian shares rose slightly yesterday as global equity markets remained supported by tentative signs of improvement in China's economy. Fund managers tipped continued yield-based demand for Australian equities in particular, although ...
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Monster, a world leader in high-performance personal audio, is teaming up with Spike TV’s “Hire A Vet” pro social campaign to launch a special camouflage Monster DNA headphone on Veterans Day. Exclusively sold at Best Buy ...
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NYMEX crude futures tread water for most of the session Tuesday, settling nearly unchanged after news of improved investor confidence in Europe failed to spark buying. NYMEX February crude settled 4 cents lower at $93.15/barrel. On ...
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On January 8, 2013, Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, reported that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the European Union member states (EU-27) was 10.7 percent in November last year, stable compared to ...
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DATA showing only modest growth in US jobs during December dampened expectations that the Federal Reserve will bring its bond-buying program to an end sooner than expected, weighing on the greenback and helping lift the Aussie dollar in the ...
This article was originally published by Niqash.Any opinions expressed are those of the author,and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. .But the figures don't add up.Doing the sums results in one conclusion:unless ...
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Numbers of Germans out of work rose for the ninth month running in December but held close to a post-reunification low, adding to signs Europe's largest economy remains relatively unscathed by the region's crisis. Labour Office data ...
In 2012, the average number of persons in employment whose place of residence is in Germany amounted to approximately 41.5 million, up by 1% or 416,000 persons compared to 2011. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office on the basis ...
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