THE dollar has started the week on the back foot, after losing more than three quarters of a US cent late on Friday. At 5pm AEST today, the Aussie was at $US1.0283, down from $US1.0343 on Friday. The dollar started the local session ...
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GFK GeoMarketing has released a study on European retail in 2013. The data was compiled and evaluated on behalf of the European Shopping Center Trust (ESCT). Published as an English-language compendium, the study provides a Europe-wide ...
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As reported by Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), in March this year the producer prices of industrial products in Germany fell by 0.2 percent compared to February this year and were up 0.4 percent compared to March 2012, ...
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The dramatic sell-off in resources stocks accelerated yesterday and the Australian dollar fell as investors focused on plunging gold and commodity prices and concerns about slowing growth in China. Goldminers again led the local ...
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Annual inflation in the euro area was 1.7 percent in March this year, down from 1.8 percent in February, according to a report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. In March 2012, the annual inflation ...
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Guangzhou, the “Wheat Ear City” has witnessed the 9th Business Banquet of Made-in-China.com in April. Chambers and organizations of commerce from Italy, the UK, Australia, Germany, Brazil, Bolivia, and Sweden attended the ...
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The sharemarket was hammered yesterday after Chinese economic data missed market expectations, adding to pressure from a slump in commodity prices that followed the release of disappointing US retail sales and consumer confidence data on ...
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The Australian dollar fell sharply in Asian trading yesterday on news that economic growth in China, Australia's largest trading partner, was much slower than expected in the first quarter of this year. At 5pm AEST, the dollar was buying ...
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The sale of sports goods and equipment in Pimpri-Chinchwad has been constantly increasing at about 15 percent annually. However, traders believe that the difficult business environment and shrinking profit margins will deteriorate the ...
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Coming off a better than expected month in February, retail sales were somewhat lackluster in March, according to data released today by the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation (NRF). Commerce reported ...
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WITH $600 stuffed in one pocket and a smartphone tucked in the other, Patricio Fink struck a deal that's joining thousands like it in a virtual revolution. The Argentine software developer was dealing in bitcoins - getting an injection of ...
US auto maker Chrysler has recalled over 247,000 vehicles including the sports utility vehicles (SUV) and cars, due to several problems globally. The recall includes 139,000 units of Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger and Dodge Challenger sedans ...
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THE sharemarket enjoyed a bumper day, closing almost 1.5 per cent higher on positive overseas leads. the close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 71.3 points, or 1.45 per cent, at 4976.8 points. The broader All Ordinaries ...
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THE dollar is back above $US1.04, thanks to weakness in the greenback and softer Chinese inflation figures. At 5pm AEST, the Aussie was at $US1.0424, up from $US1.0379 yesterday. Rochford Capital senior consultant Richard Breen said ...
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BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Woodside Petroleum jumped between 1.4 per cent and 3.5 per cent after commodities including copper, oil and iron ore rose between 0.6 per cent and 1.3 per cent early yesterday. Among iron ore pure plays, ...
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