Australia has dropped another place in world competitiveness rankings, falling further in economic performance and government efficiency rankings, raising concerns about our competitiveness as a smart economy. In releasing the Australian ...
Tax revenues continue bouncing back from the low levels reported in almost all countries , at the height of the global economic crisis, according to new OECD data in the annual Revenue Statistics publication. The average tax revenue to GDP ...
The S&P/ASX200 has closed down 2 per cent at 5062.4, as slower Chinese manufacturing activity in May combined with signs that the US Federal Reserve could start rolling back its bond-buying program to send the local sharemarket to its ...
The sharemarket suffered its biggest fall for four weeks yesterday as resources companies sank in response to ongoing questions about the global economic outlook and fear that the collapse in gold prices could force some funds to sell ...
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The sharemarket was hammered yesterday after Chinese economic data missed market expectations, adding to pressure from a slump in commodity prices that followed the release of disappointing US retail sales and consumer confidence data on ...
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The sharemarket suffered its biggest fall in more than three weeks yesterday and volatility soared as a controversial bank bailout plan in Cyprus threatened to reignite the European sovereign debt crisis. Cyprus proposed a tax on the ...
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US Northeast spot gas prices fell as much as $4 or 39% Friday on expectations that weather demand will fade due to an impeding warm-up scheduled to start on Monday. Regional temperatures will top out in the high 30s over the weekend, ...
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The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 has closed down 2.3 per cent at 4980.1, its biggest fall in nine months. More than $36 billion was wiped from the value of Australian shares in the market's largest one-day decline since May 18, pulling back from ...
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The sharemarket recorded its biggest one-day fall for nine months after minutes from the US Federal Reserve's recent policy-setting meeting revealed unease about the bank's stimulus efforts. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed down 2.3 per ...
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Shares were on track for their biggest fall in three months after minutes from the Federal Reserve's most recent policy-setting meeting showed rising unease about the US central bank's recent stimulus efforts. Domestic earnings reports had ...
The sharemarket fell the most in four weeks yesterday after political uncertainty in Spain and Italy triggered risk aversion in global markets and domestic earnings reports mostly disappointed investors. THE sharemarket fell the most in ...
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The sharemarket had it biggest fall in five weeks yesterday, with financial, material and industrial stocks leading the decline as global equity markets lost momentum following strong gains last week after the resolution of the US ...
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Ireland's grocery sales have seen their biggest fall for two years as shoppers reign in spending in the face of "tough" economic conditions, the latest figures from Kantar Worldpanel reveal. According to Kantar, the grocery market fell by ...
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Dell has dropped two places to fourth largest PC supplier in Western Europe as it strives to transform from PC manufacturer to services organisation. According to Gartner's latest PC shipment figures, a total of 13.6 million units were ...
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Ireland's grocery sales have seen their biggest fall for two years as shoppers reign in spending in the face of "tough" economic conditions, the latest figures from Kantar Worldpanel reveal. According to Kantar, the grocery market fell by ...
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