Port of Brisbane needs a dedicated freight connection, Mr Abson said. The Infrastructure Association of Queensland is supporting the State Infrastructure Plan and is urging the Palaszczuk Government to fast-track funding to support its ...
OpSec Security has started negotiations to acquire the security business of API Holographics, which primarily serves the UK market. API Group plans to complete the divestment process by April, after consulting with the employees, ...
Tags: OpSec, Aquisition, API Holographics, API Group
Scandal-hit Volkswagen has got another jolt, as nearly 300 of its institutional investors have filed a multi-billion dollar lawsuit against the global automobile major. The law firm representing the investors said that the carmaker has ...
Tags: Volkswagen, Tilp, Investors
EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce, reports that the global PV market is seeing slowing demand after the Chinese New Year holidays. Peak installation seasons in the U.S. and Japan have passed, and the demand related to China’s ...
Greg Cameron Call for an “Upper Hunter Economic Development Corporation” (Newcastle Herald Editorial, March 9) were also made 20 years ago when the region wanted to participate in the benefits of a container terminal after ...
Tags: Upper Hunter, Newcastle
Brazilian food manufacturer BRF has completed the acquisition of UK based food company, Universal Meats for £34m. This deal will enable BRF to expand in local markets in the UK. The negotiations for the takeover began in December ...
Tags: Universal Meats, UK markets
Charles Wells has announced an increase of 4% in operating profit before exceptional costs alongside a steady programme of investment in its assets. The Bedford based brewer and pub operator recorded an operating profit of £8m in ...
Tags: Charles Wells, Operating Profit
For fiscal second-quarter 2016 (to 26 December), Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has reported revenue of $94.1m (slightly above the $88-94m guidance). This is up ...
Tags: Oclaro, Wireless sales
The Chinese government is calling on the Philippines to give up any illusions of sovereignty over islands claimed by China in the South China Sea. Foreign Ministry spoksperson Hong Lei commented following the release of a court transcript ...
Tags: South China Sea, Arbitration
he Bank of Japan (BOJ) announced on Friday it would expand the size of its asset purchasing program while maintaining the same size of the monetary base, in a bid to drive wages higher and boost business spending, two mainstays of the ...
Tags: Bank of Japan Unveils, Increase Wages, Business Spending
The free trade agreement (FTA) between China and South Korea will officially come into force from Sunday, providing an opportunity for the two countries to push forward their already-close cooperation partnership further. Seoul's trade ...
Tags: FTA, China and ROK
After a decade of negotiations, China and Australia will begin to implement a Free Trade Agreement on Sunday. Significant benefits to both economies are expected. Under the Free Trade Agreement, or FTA, nearly 86 percent of the two ...
Tags: FTA, China-Australia
The free trade agreement (FTA) between China and South Korea will officially come into force from Sunday, providing an opportunity for the two countries to push forward their already-close cooperation partnership further. Seoul's trade ...
China has the third largest IMF quota and voting share after the United States and Japan since the IMF reform plan being ratified by the U.S. Congress last week. [Photo: finance.sina.com.cn] Emerging powers like China, India, and Brazil ...
Tags: IMF quota, Emerging Economies
New Zealand-based dairy company Fonterra Co-operative Group is selling its Australian yogurt and dairy dessert business to Parmalat Australia. In this regard, both companies entered into negotiations which resulted in signingof the ...