With the ongoing trend for businesses to move operations, particularly manufacturing, off-shore, it makes for a refreshing change to see a company going against this trend and electing instead to bolster the number of workers at its ...
Tags: Service
April 16, 2013 - We’ve been educated on the importance of modifying our individual consumer behaviour and advocating for sustainable energy policies. Now, crowdfunding offers all of us a new way to protect our shared environment and ...
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 ...
Tags: Markets Tumble, Resources Stocks
The dollar recovered some lost ground today, helped in part by a mild recovery in gold prices and comments by the Reserve Bank of Australia signalling it is in no rush to cut interest rates further. While the Aussie still remains well ...
The dollar has fallen sharply following news of slower economic growth in China. At 5pm AEST today, the Aussie was at $US1.0433, down from $US1.0546 on Friday afternoon. CMC markets foreign exchange dealer Tim Waterer said the currency ...
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 ...
Tags: Aussie Dollar, GDP growth
The Australian dollar neared 105 US cents after falling during weekend offshore trading. At 6.23am AEST the Australian dollar was at 105.11 US cents, down from Friday's local close of 105.46 US cents. During the weekend offshore ...
Tags: Australian dollar, currency
Indian outsourcer Infosys saw its profit drop even as revenue grew in the first quarter, as margins were hit by staff salary increases, and investments and acquisitions by the company in new technology areas and markets. The ...
Tags: Infosys, Computer Products
Hudson's Bay Company reported its results for the 14-week and 53-week periods ended February 2, 2013. The 14-week period was characterized by strong same-store sales growth at Hudson's Bay in Canada and early progress on cost reduction ...
Tags: Hudson's Bay, Apparel
The Wool Market The market has turned down since the lift in prices in January, when the AWEX Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) rose by 39¢ to 1111¢. Unfortunately, a series of downturns during March took the EMI back to 1059¢ ...
Tags: Wool Indicator, AWEX Wool, Wool Market
The former boss of Ford’s global operations says the death of the Australian automotive manufacturing industry appears “inevitable”. Ex-Ford Motor Company CEO and now BHP Billiton chairman Jac Nasser says a combination ...
Tags: Automotive Industry, Ford CEO
Retail sales are trending down through the first quarter this year compared to last year but that’s no reason for suppliers to panic, JJ Rudman, retail analyst for Leisure Trends Group, told attendees on a webinar yesterday. ...
Tags: Retail sales, Bicycle
The Australian dollar sat just under 105.5 US cents heading into the start of the local trading day. At 6.30am AEST the Australian dollar was at 105.48 US cents, up from yesterday’s local close of 105.21 US cents. During the ...
The dollar has pushed higher, helped along by continued strength on sharemarkets. At 5pm AEST today, the Aussie was at $US1.0556, up from $US1.0521 yesterday. OzForex chief currency strategist Jim Vrondas said the local currency ...
Tags: Dollar, Sharemarket Strength
sjennings There’s no need to buy brand new office furniture for your small business when there are so many low-cost, high-end used pieces in need of a new home. Unlike home furniture, most likely your office furniture hasn’t ...
Tags: Furniture, Office Furniture