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Business Optimism Wanes as Results Fail to Meet Expectations

Dec 3, 2015

Dun & Bradstreet’s latest Business Expectations Survey indicates a fairly subdued outlook for the first quarter of 2016, as results continue to fall short of expectations. As the new year approaches, businesses are reporting lowered ...

Tags: Business Expectations Index, Transport, Communication

Retail Sales Have Continued to Slow

May 11, 2015

Retail sales have continued to slow, with the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) CHEP Retail Index revealing growth of only four per cent year-on-year in the March quarter, slowing to three per cent by the June quarter. Retail ...

Tags: Retail sales, Packaging

Australian Retail Sector Expects to See a Further Slowing in Growth Nationally

May 8, 2015

The Australian retail sector is expected to see a further slowing in growth nationally, with the AFGC CHEP Retail Index showing growth of 4 per cent year-on-year in the March quarter, slowing to 3 per cent by the June quarter. Within this ...

Tags: Retail Sales, retail sector

China's Central Bank Cuts The Level of Commercial Banks Funds

Apr 19, 2015

China's central bank said yesterday it would cut the level of funds commercial banks must hold in reserve by 1 percentage point, the second such move this year to boost lending.The move, effective today, comes after the world’s second ...

Tags: China's Central Bank, Commercial Banks Funds

EFIC's Export Monitor Newsletter Considers Outlook for Exports to Asia Beyond Commodities

Aug 25, 2014

The Export Finance and Insurance Corporation’s (EFIC) Export Monitor newsletter considers the outlook for exports to Asia beyond commodities. "Tourism and education exports will continue their rapid expansion, driven by especially ...

Tags: EFIC, Exports, Service

It Is Night Time on Friday 21 February 2014 in Southwest Brisbane

Feb 27, 2014

It is night time on Friday 21 February 2014 in southwest Brisbane and the rain is lashing down so hard that guests standing at the back of Andrew Barton Laundry’s state-of-art, one-week-old warehouse cannot hear managing director ...

Tags: Andrew Barton Laundry, Speed Queen, Stormy Weather

Australia's Giant Resources Sector Is Surging Into a 2-Horse Race Between Iron Ore & Coal

Jan 16, 2014

They said the party was over, but Australia's giant resources sector is surging into a two-horse race between iron ore and coal, with the latest numbers revealing that there is still fire in the belly of the boom, thanks mainly to sustained ...

Tags: coal industry, Mineral

Retailers May Be in for a Challenging Trading Period This Christmas

Oct 30, 2013

The 11th edition of the AFGC CHEP Retail Index suggests that retailers may be in for a challenging trading period this Christmas, with year-on-year growth in retail sales slowing and a turn-around not expected in the remaining months of ...

Tags: Service, Retailers Transport, logistics

Australia's Ports Must Adopt Cutting-Edge Technology to Navigate a Global Downturn

Sep 19, 2013

Australia's ports must adopt cutting-edge technology to navigate a global downturn in shipping and a looming lull in the local mining boom, according to an international transport specialist. Terry Bills is the 'GIS in Transportation' ...

Tags: Survive Transport, Serv

Ren Has Already Been Dubbed The "$900-Million-Dollar-Man" for His Estimated Net Worth

Aug 27, 2013

Former Chinese commodities trader Jerry Ren, who is quietly building a mining empire in the Australian outback, scoffs at talk the resources boom is over. For him its just moved north. As some mining firms clock up billions of dollars in ...

Tags: Mining Boom, Chemicals

Mountain Bike Hall of Fame Announces a Planned Move From Crested Butte to Marin County

Aug 14, 2013

The Mountain Bike Hall of Fame has announced its 2013 inductees and has announced a planned move from Crested Butte to Marin County, California. The Hall was founded in Crested Butte in 1988 and is located in a small storefront along the ...

Tags: Mountain Bike, Marin County

Boiler Making Is a Very Versatile, Underutilised and Widely Misunderstood Trade

Jun 22, 2013

Boiler making is a very versatile, underutilised and widely misunderstood trade. This skill is actually not one that is widely taught anymore, even as demand for a boiler makers specific skills is set to rise in the future due to ...

Tags: Boilermaker, Manufacturing&Processing Machinery

Aussie Fell as Commodity Prices Slide

Jun 18, 2013

The Aussie fell after the central bank left the door open for more interest rate cuts and forecast the currency might fall further as commodity prices slide. The minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia's policy meeting on June 4 showed ...

Tags: Dollar, Rate Cuts

Australian Dollar Sluggs It out with Syrian Pound

May 29, 2013

The Australian dollar is slugging it out with the Syrian pound for the title of world's worst-performing currency. Once the darling of foreign-exchange traders, the Aussie has been out of favour since April 12. According to National ...

Tags: Syrian pound, Service, dollar

Mining and Energy Projects Worth A$150 Billion Have Been Delayed or Cancelled in Australia

May 28, 2013

According to a report by the Australian Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics (BREE), in the past 12 months mining and energy projects worth A$150 billion have been delayed or cancelled in Australia. The report also indicated that the ...

Tags: raw mat, Australia, Oceania, investments, mining, Istanbul|

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