Retail: Coles Beating Woolies
Its 25 years since the turnaround at Woolworths was kicked off by retailing legend Paul Simons who decided to use ... read more
Recessionary Fears Weigh On Wesfarmers’ $4 Billion
The global sub-prime crisis and this week’s recessionary fears have rehashed concerns about Wesfarmers' (WES) ability to refinance almost $4 billion in debt by October, with the ... read more Aluminia Cuts Underlying Earnings Forecast
Shares in aluminium producer, Alumina (AWC) fell on Thursday after the company said it cut its underlying earnings for financial year 2007 to $409 million from previously estimat ... read more ASX Falls On US Recessionary Fears
Last updated at 1:30PM AEST January 7.
The Australian stock market has opened significantly lower today following a tumble on Wall Street last Friday, as a sharp rise ... read more
Feature: Bonds: Boom, Boom, Bubble?
Who would have thought the US could get to a position where it could even think of getting investors to pay the government to lend it money.
Switzerland, with its financial re ... read more Feature: 2012, Cautious Optimism
Australian inflation is easing, interest cuts are on the cards for the Reserve Bank and despite much of the gloomy comments about the local economy; things are not all that bad. ... read more Feature: Out With 2011, In With The Same In 2012?
Another weak week for global markets, especially commodities led by gold, and the euro.
As we approach 2012. AMP Capital Investors’ Chief Economist, Dr Shane Oliver looks back ... read more
US: Growth Solid, But Detail Weak
The US economy's performance in the December quarter and 2011 underlined the performance of much of the global economy: warm in places, cool in others.
The ... read more Steel: World Output Slows, 2012 Outlook Mixed
For Australia, the most important global indicator isn't the prices of copper, gold or oil, or even Chinese GDP.
It's the performance of the global steel industry and the leve ... read more Gold: 2012 Could See Price Rise, But Is Peak Ahead?
Could the gold boom of the past 10 years be about to peak?
Certainly many surveys are warning investors that gold prices could trade around current levels for the first half o ... read more
Retail: Coles Beating Woolies
Its 25 years since the turnaround at Woolworths was kicked off by retailing legend Paul Simons who decided to use the phrase: 'The fresh food people" to tag the struggling retail ... read more Trade: Surplus Up, But Better Than Expected
Trade data out yesterday for December, the second quarter and the first six months of the 2011-12 financial year put the lie to suggestions that our minerals boom has been derail ... read more Feature: Bonds: Boom, Boom, Bubble?
Who would have thought the US could get to a position where it could even think of getting investors to pay the government to lend it money.
Switzerland, with its financial re ... read more
Qantas Booms, Your Say On That Bid
And finally, apart from last year's Telstra T3 sale nothing has generated reader reaction like the Qantas bid did. Thankfully
it is over but Qantas can benefit from the experien ... read more Your Say On TLS, Drought, Interest Rates And More
A mixed group of comments from T3, to the drought, to the Rinker battle and several other situations.Here’s a selection of the best comments from the last two week’s comments on ... read more Air Blog
Telstra remains the big issue for the Air Blog commentary and this week it was joined by the drought.Here's a selection of the week's postings.Watch The Drought: the Yanks Are!By ... read more
