The sharemarket rose after a report showed falling interest rates were lifting parts of the nation's housing market, while manufacturing data from China indicated that an economic recovery remained on track. BHP Billiton, the world's ...
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Barco Lighting Systems and AED group have confirmed a new partnership that will enable AED Distribution to serve as a 'master distributor' of High End Systems' products throughout the UK, France and BeNeLux. Effective immediately, this ...
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The Secretariat noted last month, that just as in a Sherlock Holmes novel where the telling clue is the dog that did not bark, the key to understanding the cotton market was in recognizing what was not happening. Among other things, cotton ...
The rate of cutting at most German sawmilling businesses rate of cutting was largely back to the normal level for the time of year by the end of January. For a certain number of sawmills, especially those oriented towards export, there are ...
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China National Coal Group mined 176 million mt of coal in 2012, up 7.3% year on year, according to data released Tuesday on the China National Coal Association website. The company's coal sales, meanwhile, rose 9.5% year on year to ...
The sharemarket broke a 10-day winning streak yesterday after the US Federal Reserve said the country's economy had paused recently. However, the Australian bond market found support after a wave of selling. "Being the last day of the ...
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The Australian sharemarket has closed slightly weaker, snapping a 10-day winning streak, after markets in the US fell. At 4.15pm AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index had fallen 17.9 points, or 0.37 per cent, at 4878.8 points, and the ...
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John B. Sanfilippo & Son was able to report higher first-half sales and earnings, despite volume and value declines in the second half. The company said yesterday (30 January) that first-half net sales increased to US$393.1m, up from ...
US stocks pulled back after the Federal Reserve kept its bond-buying program steady but offered a mixed review of the economy. Leading the declines were industrial and energy shares. Utilities managed to cling to small gains, making it ...
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The Australian sharemarket was on track for a 10th-consecutive daily rise today, as commodity price strength lifted the resources sector. BHP Billiton rose 1 per cent after the price of London Metals Exchange copper rose 0.6 per cent and ...
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The Australian sharemarket pulled back in late trading but still closed slightly higher, with investors unfazed by Julia Gillard announcing that the next federal election would be on September 14. At 4.15pm AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 ...
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The sharemarket rose for a 10th consecutive day, extending its longest winning streak since October 2003, as an improving global economic outlook continued to fuel demand for equities before the conclusion of a US Federal Reserve board ...
January 30, 2013 - Corporate Knights recently announced its Global 100 list of the world’s most sustainable corporations, and included in that list are some familiar names: Philips Electronics NV (#7); Schneider Electric SA (#13); ...
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The new swimwear collection, including tankinis, swimsuits and bandeau bikinis from Swimwear365, promises to impress. Bold prints and bright colours are set to take the swimwear style by storm this summer season making them a must have for ...
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Energy shares powered blue-chip stocks to five-year highs as Valero Energy reported better-than-expected earnings and investors shrugged off sluggish consumer-confidence data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 72.49 points, or 0.5 ...
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