INVESTMENT banks have continued to go cold on the Australian dollar, with Credit Suisse?s global strategists telling clients the Aussie could fall to 85 US cents in 12 months because "this time it's structural". "While a rebound remains ...
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Continuing speculation about the future of the US Federal Reserve's asset-purchasing program in the wake of congressional testimony by Chairman Ben Bernanke sent the dollar sharply higher Wednesday, and augmented downward pressure on the ...
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The Novatek-led Yamal LNG consortium's marketing of LNG from the project and final investment decision are not dependent on whether the Russian government would allow companies other than Gazprom to export gas from the country, ...
The National Retail Federation announced that it will formally oppose a proposed settlement of a federal antitrust lawsuit over credit card swipe fees charged by Visa and MasterCard, and urged retailers to carefully consider their own ...
Andy Kemshall, co-founder and technical director at SecurEnvoy, speaks up about voice recognition as a security tool Banking is one of the most security-sensitive sectors there is. In March, it was announced that UK bank fraud had risen ...
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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To get an idea of how American coastal waters might look just before they succumb to all the degradations they have suffered these past five centuries, it would be worth taking a July trip to Mobile Bay, an Alabama inlet that feeds into the ...
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The sharemarket pulled back yesterday as profit warnings in the mining services and consumer discretionary sectors continued to drag on sentiment. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed down 0.6 per cent at 5180.1 points after falling to ...
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China International Capital Corporation Limited (CICC), one of the leading Chinese investment banks, has announced a cut in its forecast for China's GDP growth for the current year from 7.9 percent to 7.7 percent, compared to GDP growth of ...
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Energy and climate change minister Greg Barker is to set up a working group to free up blockages in the financing of commercial rooftop solar. Addressing questions after his keynote speech at the Large Scale Solar Conference in April, ...
Tags: Lightsource Renewable Energy, Company News, solar industry news
If there is one thing we have in common with the family owned and operated WE Cork manufacture, it's our passion for cork. Its splendor, beauty, resilience's and ability to regenerate makes us head over heels in love with cork and ...
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Growth in home sales and prices is contributing to a broader improvement in the overall economy, aided in part by current homeownership tax treatment, according to presentations at a residential real estate forum during the Realtors Midyear ...
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The sharemarket has closed higher, led by investors picking up cheaper mining stocks after heavy selling in recent days. At the close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 15.1 points, or 0.29 per cent, at 5180.8. The broader All ...
The People's Bank of China (PBOC) revealed that four major Chinese banks recorded new loans totaling CNY 245.528 billion in April 2013. By the end of the month, their loan balance had reached CNY 26.9 trillion. Earlier data from the ...
Security researchers from Russian cybercrime investigations firm Group-IB have uncovered a cyberfraud operation that uses specialized financial malware to target the customers of several major Australian banks. Over 150,000 computers, ...