The AWEX Regional Indicators finished 2.0% lower, on average, at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle last week. The US exchange rate rose by 0.9% to break above the 104¢ for the first time since mid-January. This was the last ...
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Global spending on PCs, tablets, mobile phones and printers would reach $718bn Global IT spending is predicted to rise 4.1% in 2013 to $3.8 trillion compared to $3.6 trillion spent in 2012, according to a new report from Gartner. ...
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Worldwide spending on IT products and services will grow by 4.1 percent this year to roughly US$3.8 trillion, according to new forecast figures released by analyst firm Gartner. Cuts in U.S. government spending and the ongoing debt crisis ...
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Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox faced a distributed denial-of-service attack late Thursday, at a time the digital currency is seeing an upward swing. The Japanese company, which is rated as the largest exchange for bitcoins, was hit by a DDoS ...
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Worldwide spending on IT products and services will grow 4.1% this year to roughly $3.8 trillion, according to new forecast figures released by analyst firm Gartner. Cuts in U.S. government spending and the debt crisis in Cyprus have ...
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Distillate futures closed US trading sharply higher Wednesday, holding onto boosts seen in the wake of an unexpectedly bullish inventory report released in the morning by the Energy Information Administration. NYMEX April heating oil ...
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THE Standard & Poor's 500-stock index has rallied to the second-highest close in its history, as investors shrugged off eurozone concerns. The S&P500 closed up 12.08 points, or 0.78 per cent, to 1563.77, just shy of its October 2007 peak ...
THE Australian dollar retreated from two-month highs in Asia today largely in line with broad support of the US dollar. Traders said speculation of further monetary policy easing in Japan dominated trading in Asia, weakening the yen and ...
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US stocks dropped as a last-minute bailout deal for Cyprus kicked up worries that deposits across Europe could become future targets of international creditors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 64.28 points, or 0.4 per cent, to ...
THE dollar has opened firmer, with gains on US and European sharemarkets helping lift the currency near $US1.05. At 7am AEDT, the Aussie was at $US1.0486, up from yesterday's local close of $US1.0465. The local unit reached a high of ...
THE sharemarket jumped after Cyprus reached an in-principle agreement with the troika of international lenders on key parameters of a financial bailout, according to an EU official. Under the agreement, Cyprus' Laiki Bank would be split ...
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THE Australian sharemarket rose yesterday, with the financial sector accounting for much of the strength, after eurozone finance ministers approved a new agreement on Cyprus and the so-called troika of international lenders. The benchmark ...
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Innovation performance in the EU has improved year on year in spite of the continuing economic crisis, but the innovation divide between Member States is widening. This is the result of the European Commission Innovation Union Scoreboard ...
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THE dollar has opened marginally higher as the Cyprus bailout deadline approaches. At 7am AEDT, the Aussie was trading at $US1.0438, up slightly from Friday's local close of $US1.0426. During the weekend offshore session, the currency ...
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THE Australian dollar rose to a two-month high on the back of news of a bailout deal to support banks in Cyprus and its embattled government. The bailout will consist of US$10 billion in financing for the government and require the ...
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