Australia
Vai alla Scheda Paese »When men can be made to hope, then they can be made to win.
— Bryce Courtenay
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Australian market set to open lower
THE Australian market looks set to open sharply lower after Wall Street dropped following falls in commodity prices.
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Obama to meet Turnbull in Manila
President to hold first face-to-face meet with Australian and Canadian PMs.
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BHP, Vale mine ‘broke laws’
BHP and Vale will be held accountable for a dam disaster, face immediate fines of $US66m, says Brazil’s President.
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Nine, Southern Cross in talks
Nine and Southern Cross Austereo have held negotiations towards a merger that bypasses media ownership laws.
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Seek eyes $330m in IDP float
Seek is set to bag a $330 million payday as it moves to sell all of its holding in IDP Education.
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M2 breaks down NBN barrier
Melbourne-based M2 Group is looking to open doors to the NBN for a raft of smaller internet providers.
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Rate forecasts swing to upside
Australian financial markets are starting to predict an eventual rise in official interest rates.
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Strong jobs data lift Australian dollar
Forecast-beating report prompts rethink on rate expectation
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Brasil e Austrália esquentam competição agropecuária na Ásia
Brasil e Austrália acirram a competição no mercado da Ásia. A ministra da Agricultura, Kátia Abreu, e o ministro australiano, Barnaby Joyce, lideram nesta semana missões oficiais ao continente, de olho na expansão da demanda por produtos agropecuários, sobretudo no mercado chinês, e em oportunidades de cooperação. A China foi ...
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From waterfront to boardroom
The wharfies’ nemesis CHRIS CORRIGAN, a Sydney businessman, has lost none of his gift for drama. Seventeen years ago Mr Corrigan took on the “wharfies”, Australia’s stevedores, in a bitter dispute that smashed their control of the docks. The tale was eventually turned into a television mini-series, “Bastard Boys”. On November ...
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In volo sulla baia di New York con un jetpack
L’imprenditore australiano David Mayman è l’uomo che ha volato più a lungo con uno zaino jetpack: il 3 novembre ha testato il Jb-9 della Jetpack Aviation sorvolando la baia dell’Hudson, a New York. Leggi
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Australia unemployment drops to 5.9%
SYDNEY - Australia's jobless rate dropped to a better-than-expected 5.9% in October, data showed Thursday, lowering expectations that the central bank will cut record-low interest rates.
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BHP in $288m royalties battle
BHP court action against Queensland will focus attention on the miner’s controversial Singapore marketing hub.
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Westfield lifted by speciality rent
Westfield has posted a lift in its average speciality store rent amid a “strong” Q3 operating performance.
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Aurizon defends buyback policy
Aurizon has defended its decision to carry out share buybacks rather than offering a special dividend.
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Jobless rate drops sharply
Australia’s unemployment rate sank to 5.9pc in October, well below expectations, as the number of new jobs soared.
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Mobiles drive Optus earnings
Optus has posted an 8.3pc hike in first-half profits as the telco continued to grow its dominant mobiles business.
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Bergin decide la batalla - El Nuevo Diario
El artillero David Bergin se ponchó dos veces ante el pitcheo de los Tigres del Chinandega, para sumar 16 en apenas 7 partidos con los Indios del Bóer, en este arranque de la XI Liga de Beisbol Profesional Nacional (LBPN). Pero eso no importó mucho anoche en el Estadio Nacional ...
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Chinese find local Kidman partner
Chinese conglomerate Shanghai Pengxin has found a local partner for its $350 million bid for the S Kidman & Co pastoral empire.
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Fortescue warns darker days ahead
Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest is warning of ‘darker’ days ahead for the nation’s biggest export.
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Juice boost as Myer’s change guard
One of the nation’s richest families, the Myer family, has made its first foray into the booming organic foods industry.