Australia has concluded negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the Republic of Korea, its third-largest goods export market and fourth-largest trading partner, Prime Minister Tony Abott and Minister for Trade and Investment ...
The Australian share market was flat in quiet trading before a US holiday and the outcome of a two-day policy meeting of the Bank of Japan. US markets were due to be closed for Martin Luther King Day. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.1 ...
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The Australian sharemarket has opened higher. At 10.10am AEDT today, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was up 12.7 points, or 0.27 per cent, at 4790.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 12.6 points, or 0.26 per cent, at 4814.8. ...
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Australia's current account deficit widened in the 3 months through September as exports of coal and iron ore plunged amid falling commodity prices. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said that the shortfall in goods, services and ...
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The treasurer Mr Wayne Swan before a government report on GDP this week said that growth in Australia, the world's biggest exporter of iron ore and coal, may have slowed last quarter as commodity prices fell. Mr Swan said that "We ...
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