It seemed that investors stayed well away from the Australian sharemarket today ahead of further clarification on a number of topics from the Eurozone and particularly Greece over the next few days. The All Ordinaries index (XAO) fell by 0.2 pct or 7.2 pts to 4335.3.
Vittorio Hernandez
Nov 07, 2011
Following the cut by the Reserve Bank of Australia Friday of the country's growth forecast to 3.25 per cent for 2011/12, Treasurer Wayne Swan said on Monday the national coffers could still return to a budget surplus in 2012/13 as planned.
Vittorio Hernandez
Nov 07, 2011
First, the Duchess was spotted declining glasses of champagne, and now, the future queen is altering her diet to gain weight. Is it because she is truly ready to bear a royal heir?
Nov 07, 2011
China, the world's second-largest economy, will weather out the fiscal turmoil hitting the eurozone and will eventually survive the global financial meltdown.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Nov 07, 2011
In his final months, Steve Jobs, the celebrated visionary, looked to Walter Isaacson to tell his life story so that the family he left behind would get a chance to know him.
Nov 07, 2011
The celebrity world is filled with many desirable women, but these are the five that most men are dying to have a date with. Find out if your favorite made the list.
Nov 07, 2011
Attempts to cement the state-government's local dominance exporting the rare elements mostly used in today's electronic gadgets, seemed to backfire as local industry members have dumped its inventory in the market causing prices to skid its early highs of RMB 300,000 per ton in a matter of weeks.
Christine Gaylican
Nov 07, 2011
A group of Chinese media and public intellectuals on Sunday called on the China federal government to modify the present standards used in monitoring Beijing's air pollution.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Nov 07, 2011
With fast-emerging economies like India needy of its metals and mineral reserves such as coal, Australia is pressured to hunt for overseas skilled workers to address a looming mining workforce shortage in order to maintain a steady production of its metals and mineral reserves.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Nov 07, 2011
Ninety-eight per cent of Victoria nurses who belong to the Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) Victoria branch voted "Yes" on Friday for protected action.
Vittorio Hernandez
Nov 07, 2011
Shifts in the weather patterns and a supply overstock have steadied spot prices of Asian liquefied natural gas (LNG) for December delivery.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Nov 07, 2011
Australian Senator Nick Xenophon pushed for an amendment of the Qantas Sale Act to prevent a repeat of the unilateral grounding of Qantas planes which stranded about 70,000 passengers.
Vittorio Hernandez
Nov 07, 2011
Investments, by way of standard market forces, after a 10-year bullish cycle, ultimately goes down into bearish momentum. But not in the case of gold futures, as prices are foreseen to further shoot up and hit $2,000 per ounce by mid-2012.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Nov 07, 2011
Job advertisements in both print and the internet across Australia continued its decline in October, easing 0.7 percent month-on-month and 1.8 percent, y-o-y, according to the latest ANZ survey.
Christine Gaylican
Nov 07, 2011
The Australian sharemarket is losing ground for the fifth time in six days with the All Ordinaries index (XAO) down 0.4 pct or 16.8 pts to 4325.7. Most sectors are weaker with the exception of the defensive healthcare sector, the telcos and the Information technology (IT) sector which is gaining strongly.
Vittorio Hernandez
Nov 07, 2011
Queenslanders will celebrate Queen's Birthday twice next year, as the state made some changes in the schedule of the public holidays for better spacing of breaks.
Arlene Paredes
Nov 07, 2011
The organizers for next year's Grand Prix have extended their invitation to the Duchess' sister to attend next year's event. Will she make it?
Nov 07, 2011
The U.S. special forces members who killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in his Pakistan hideout on May 1 have revealed how they killed the 9/11 mastermind in a book.
Windsor Genova
Nov 07, 2011
Bell FX Currency Outlook:
The AUD has opened just above 1.0410 as the financial world follows the developments in Europe. The Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou agreed to step down as leader to form coalition government while the G-20 summit concluded without agreement to use IMF SDR funding to fund the EFSF.
Christine Gaylican
Nov 07, 2011
Gold advance to a fresh monthly high of $1768/oz as market participants diversified away from the U.S. dollar, and the bullion may continue to retrace the sharp selloff from back in September as the Federal Reserve casts a weakened outlook for the world's largest economy.
Christine Gaylican
Nov 07, 2011
U.S. stocks capped their first weekly loss since September with a drop on Friday, as Europe's sovereign-debt problems overshadowed a small gain in U.S. employment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 61.23 points, or 0.51%, to 11983.24, and snapped a streak of five weekly gains. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index shed 7.92 points, or 0.63%, to 1253.23, ending its own weekly winning streak at four.
Christine Gaylican
Nov 07, 2011
MORNING REPORT (7am AEDT)US non-farm payrolls (employment) rose by 80,000 in October, short of forecasts for a gain of 95,000 jobs. But there were sharp upward revisions to August and September data, adding 102,000 jobs. The jobless rate fell from 9.1pct to 9.0pct and average weekly hours were unchanged at 34.3 hours.
Christine Gaylican
Nov 07, 2011
The secret behind the royal wedding gown that changed the course of the fashion world is now revealed, and designer Sarah Burton shares how she was able to keep the project a secret.
Nov 04, 2011
Rio Tinto Chairman Jan du Plessis said on Friday that while Australia is known as the Land Down Under, present global economic realities is that it is Europe which is down under.
Vittorio Hernandez
Nov 04, 2011
China, the world's leader in mineral consumption and production, still has a large amount of unexplored mineral resources, despite recording a growing number of large-scale mines in the country.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Nov 04, 2011
It will take 30 years and US$14 billion to fully do away with the contaminated radioactive materials from the Fukushima nuclear plant, according Japan's environment ministry.
Christine Gaylican
Nov 04, 2011
Secret Defense documents of Australia's most senior commander in the Middle East, Major-General John Cantwell, were contained in a USB drive that was stolen from his aide's checked in bag at Kuwait's airport on February 28, according to a report on the investigation of the incident.
Windsor Genova
Nov 04, 2011
British Prime Minister David Cameron announced that his government is willing to provide additional funding in the amount of £29 billion to boost the fund of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as part of its desire to save the Euro currency.
Joseph Alan Alonso
Nov 04, 2011
The Reserve Bank of Australia cut Friday its growth forecast for the country to 3.25 per cent from 4 per cent for 2011-12.
Vittorio Hernandez
Nov 04, 2011
The Duchess of Cambridge might be known for her taste in fashion, but the future Queen also has a taste when it comes to her personal vanity items, such as make-up and hair products. Here are some of her favorites the sites where you can get them.
Nov 04, 2011
