BUILDING products company CSR is cutting 150 jobs from its glass business in response to the high Australian dollar and low construction activity. CSR will close its glass manufacturing facility at Ingleburn, in Sydney's south west, in ...
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Statistics released by Beijing painted a picture of rising inflation and slowing domestic growth, prompting worries that China's demand for Australian exports would weaken. At 4.47pm AEDT, the Aussie fetched $US1.0224 compared with ...
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Weaker than expected Chinese economic data released over the weekend weighed on the Australian dollar in Asian trade yesterday. Statistics released by Beijing painted a picture of rising inflation and slowing domestic growth, prompting ...
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The Australian dollar weakened after better-than-expected US jobs data boosted the greenback against most major currencies. At 6.30am AEDT the currency was trading at 102.09 US cents, down from 102.43 cents at Friday’s local close. ...
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Stocks ended 0.3 per cent stronger yesterday, leaving the market hovering near record highs and sustaining hopes of a prolonged recovery, buoyed by further healing in the US economy and signs of a soft landing in China. Investor resolve ...
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The Australian dollar was unchanged late in local trade today even after taking a dent from a decline in China's trade surplus in February. China's trade surplus fell to $US15.25 billion from $US29.15bn in January. Economists polled ...
A biiger-than-expected trade deficit for January hurt the Australian dollar in the Asia session but overall trading was subdued. Australia posted a seasonally adjusted trade gap of $1.06 billion in January, compared with $688 million in ...
The Australian dollar was a third of a US higher after US and European stocks made strong gains in overnight trade. At 6.30am AEDT the local unit was trading at 102.73 US cents, up from 102.40 cents at yesterday’s local close.
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The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed down 0.2 per cent at 5109.2 after hitting a 4 1/2-year high of 5135.7 in early trading. Share trading value worth $5.2 billion slipped just below the 20-day moving average of $5.3bn. Asian markets were ...
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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 ...
Westpac's plain-speaking London economist James Shugg remains as gloomy about the global economy as he was over a year ago, when he said the Australian dollar could plunge to US80c and a break up of the eurozone would prompt a "global ...
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The Australian dollar was half a US cent lower despite Wall Street stock markets making solid gains overnight, with the Dow Jones Index reaching fresh record highs. At 6.30am AEDT the local unit was trading at 102.38 US cents, down from ...
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The local sharemarket rose to a 4 1/2-year high yesterday as the economic outlook for the US and China brightened and eurozone worries eased, with National Australia Bank spiking higher on reports of a cost-cutting plan. The benchmark ...
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The Reserve Bank's decision yesterday to keep rates on hold for the second month in a row pushed the Australian dollar higher but capped share price gains as traders pared back the likelihood of further interest rate cuts this year. The ...
The Australian sharemarket roared back yesterday, recovering most of its 75-point loss on Monday, after a US Federal Reserve official reiterated the central bank's commitment to quantitative easing, local retail sales exceeded expectations ...
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