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01/27/2012
Electrics, hybrids not the answer for Australian manufacturers - Brisbane Times
Sydney Morning Herald
Brisbane Times
Australian car makers are once again in the headlines, but calls for them to produce more fuel efficient vehicles could be directed the wrong way. Another week and another batch of bad news for the local car industry, this time involving what's almost ...
Australia risks auto collapse
Auto sector will continue to dwindle: Kennett
Toyota first car maker to crack
01/26/2012
Woodside kicks off $1bn Browse sale as plans for processing plant may be axed - The Australian
NEWS.com.au
The Australian
WOODSIDE Petroleum has launched a $1 billion-plus auction of most of its 50 per cent stake in the huge Browse gas project in Western Australia, in a move that could kill off controversial plans to build a processing plant on the Kimberley coast.
Chinese eye stake in Browse LNG project
Woodside looks at Browse sale
Woodside Petroleum flags Browse sell-down
01/27/2012
Rollover blues loom for banks - The Australian
The Australian
< Prev of 2 Next > THE big four Australian banks will be forced to roll over, at almost double the original cost, debt of more than $65 billion that was backed by the government guarantee at the peak of the global financial crisis.
Rising bank funding costs to hit debt roll over
01/27/2012
All hail mighty Aussie dollar, as it's here to stay - Sydney Morning Herald
BigPond News
Sydney Morning Herald
This year we'll see more painful evidence of Australian businesses accepting the new reality: our dollar is likely to stay uncomfortably high for years, even decades. It has suited a lot of people to believe that just as the resources boom would be a ...
Dollar tipped to stick to the high road
Dollar down after strong run
Australian Dollar Up Late Amid Continuing Fed Optimism
01/27/2012
Offshoring: high price of low cost - Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald
Overseas call centres are growing at a rapid rate as developed countries such as Australia outsource more jobs. Photo: AFP ANZ's global website had 55 jobs advertised at its new Manila operation yesterday. They ranged from a new head of human resources ...
01/27/2012
US stocks fall on soft growth data - Sydney Morning Herald
Kansas City Star
Sydney Morning Herald
The US stockmarket closed mostly lower, capping its first losing week of 2012, after the government reported that economic growth was slower at the end of last year than economists expected. The Dow Jones Industrial Average spent the whole of Friday in ...
Dow Snaps 3-Week Win Streak
S&P 500 Rises for Fourth Week as Fed's Pledge Offsets GDP Report
Dow Slips to First Losing Week of 2012
01/27/2012
Hockey says helping econony RBA's job - BigPond News
BigPond News
BigPond News
Oppn treasury spokesman Joe Hockey said the RBA should do the heavy lifting if the economy needs a boost. The federal opposition believes the Reserve Bank and not the government, should do much of the heavy lifting if the local economy needs a boost in ...
Banks to break ranks in interest rate rebellion
Bendigo to follow ANZ to flexible rate policy
RBA should support economy: Hockey
01/27/2012
Iggy getting stronger off WA coast - ABC Online
Sydney Morning Herald
ABC Online
The Bureau of Meteorology predicts Tropical Cyclone Iggy off the West Australian coast will intensify to a category-four system by tomorrow night. Iggy is currently a category-two cyclone about 535 kilometres west of Karratha, ...
North-West braces for cyclone Iggy
CORRECTED-UPDATE 2-Cyclone strengthens, oilfields shut down off W. Australia
Oil Trades Near One-Week High on Speculation U.S. Economy May Boost Demand
01/27/2012
Index at seven-week high on Fed promise - Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald
THE sharemarket ended the week at a seven-week high, led by the resources and materials sector. A decision by the US central bank to keep interest rates low for longer in the world's biggest economy boosted investor confidence and the appetite for ...
Australian stocks higher at market close
Australian stockmarket closes higher with miners boosted by Fed
Stocks tipped to rise on US lead
01/27/2012
Fletcher Jones stock ends in a fire sale - The Australian
The Age
The Australian
THE remaining stock of collapsed menswear chain Fletcher Jones is to be flogged off in a "fire sale" deal after the administrators were unable to find a buyer willing to take on the business as a going concern. Administrator Bruno Secatore of ...
Fletcher Jones to dump stock
Geelong Fletcher Jones staff not told about liquidation
Fletcher Jones stock to be liquidated