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 ...
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Australian businesses will keep cutting their spending this year, with expectations for capital investment, employment and new credit set to fall further. The deteriorating outlook for the September quarter suggests that despite pockets ...
Australian stocks recovered from a steep intraday fall to close only marginally lower yesterday, as the Reserve Bank cut interest rates to a record low. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed down 12.5 points, or 0.2 per cent, at 5143.7, after ...
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Price of soda ash is lower in March; it was down in some regions. The whole soda ash is in high pressure. From the current situation, price is down to the lowest point; the store is higher. In hence, there is impossible for the price ...
Fewer executives are planning to make a capital investment in their business during the coming months, with investment expectations among Australian businesses fading in the lead-up to the middle of the year. Amid a broad drop-off in ...
Australian businesses don’t plan to hire new staff in the coming months, and are putting off investments, as the cost of doing business takes its toll. On the back of recent high-profile job cuts and off-shoring announcements by a ...
Australian businesses have pulled back their profit expectations for the coming months as they anticipate modest sales activity, difficult trading conditions and subdued consumer activity. After showing signs of optimism leading into the ...
The commodity index of soda ash on January 23 is 67.28, which 0.1 point down than January 22. Compared to the peak point 100.00 in this period (Sep 5, 2011), it drops 32.72 percent. But to the lowest point 65.64, it is 2.50 percent higher. ...
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A strong Q4 helped. The fourth quarter of 2012 saw Google generate revenue of $14.4bn (£9bn), up 36 per cent on the same period in 2011. Total revenue from outside the US accounted for 54 per cent of Google's sales for the quarter. ...
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The Australian dollar has fallen to its lowest point in a week on news the national unemployment rate rose to 5.4 per cent last month. At 5pm AEDT today, the Aussie was trading at $US1.051, down from $US1.0553 on Wednesday afternoon. ...
(China Glass Network) The commodity index of float glass on January 15 is 9.031, flatted the January 14. Compared to the peak point 108.65 of this period, it drops 14.12 percent. But to the lowest point 79.33 on April 22, 2012, it is 17.62 ...
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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 ...
Global mergers and acquisitions took a hit last year as the value of deals fell by 2.7 per cent to its lowest point in two years while Australia's activity was curtailed by a slowdown in energy and mining transactions. In its round-up ...
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US agribusiness giant Cargill is to invest US$15.8m in the expansion of its case-ready meat facility in Marshall, Missouri. The investment will include the addition of a new production line for its value-added food products. The move ...
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