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Rates pause may extend

The Reserve Bank of Australia's quarterly monetary policy statement released today suggests the current pause in interest rate rises could be prolonged.
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Construction down in July

Australia's construction sector dived in July, with firms in the commercial and engineering sectors reporting particularly difficult conditions, according to data released today.

IG Markets Morning Prices

Overnight, US markets fell marginally after an unexpected rise in weekly jobless claims and sluggish retail sales data.

Australian Stock Market Report

New claims for unemployment insurance in the US rose by 19,000 last week to 479,000, ahead of expectations for a result near 455,000.

World Market Overview

U.S. stocks fell slightly Thursday as investors traded cautiously ahead of the government's nonfarm payrolls report due Friday morning.

Daily Forex Commentary 6/8/2010

Demand for higher yielding assets dampened on concern China's bank stress tests will reveal losses, softening the Australian Dollar during Asia.

Lipton sales up after going green

Australia's leading tea brand Lipton Quality Black have grown at a rate faster than the market since its maker Unilever decided to procure tea from sustainable plantations.

Profits: Rio Back To Boom Time

Rio Tinto has well and truly recovered from its self-inflicted near death experience in 2008-09 that saw it almost fall ...

Gold: Some Bearish Arguments

There are a growing number of gold bears emerging from hibernation.If we believe that despite the slowing US economy, th...

Future grains research focus at Merredin

Agriculture and Food Minister in WA Terry Redman today detailed two leading crop research and development facilities to be established in the State's Central Wheatbelt.The two facilities, based at the Department of Agriculture and Food's Merredin research station, will play an important role in the ...

Growing poplars for food security

Around one million people in Siyang County, China, are now benefiting from the capacity of poplar forests to restore marginal flood plains and stabilize the banks of the Yellow, Huai and Yangtze rivers. Large swaths of planted poplar trees now protect fields once ravaged by floods, wind, sandstorms ...

Australian market to open flat

The Australian stock market is set for a flat start after an unexpected rise in jobless claims and weak retail sales data in the US resulted in a moderately lower Wall Street.

HSBC Australia Targets SME’s

Global banking giant HSBC says that competition is intensifying in the small and medium enterprise (SME) market, and is now targeting export orientated customer with turnovers of up to $10 million.HSBC has established a new division called HSBC Business, which it says will adopt a product driven rat...

Currency Funds Having A Tough Time Of It

Currency focused funds are finding the foreign exchange markets a difficult place to find returns according to new data which has been released.According to the Parker Index, which is a highly respected measure of currency fund returns, currency focused funds had their weakest performance since Augu...

Cleveland Mining to list on ASX

Australian gold company Cleveland Mining Limited plans to list on the Australian Stock Exchange, according to a company statement released today.

McInnes returns to face court

Mark McInnes has returned to the country to defend allegations against him in a $37 million sexual harassment case, raising questions about what contractual obligations the former chief executive of David Jones (ASX: DJS) has to the Australian retailer its own defense in the case.

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