CPI Up, Now For Rates?
Don't be surprised if the Australian dollar hits 90 USc in the next two weeks as market bulls and bears battle it out over whether an interest rate rise will happen at the Reserve Bank board meeting in 12 days time.
Read MoreDon't be surprised if the Australian dollar hits 90 USc in the next two weeks as market bulls and bears battle it out over whether an interest rate rise will happen at the Reserve Bank board meeting in 12 days time.
Read MoreThe surging Australian dollar (or is it the plunging US dollar) has bitten another mining company.
Read MoreAs expected, Australian Foundation Investment Company produced a strong result in the year to June with after tax net operating profit rising by almost 25 per cent to $224.4 million from 2006's $179.6 million.
Read MoreOnce again, the US bond market is signalling the real direction for the US economy and US investors.
Read MoreBHP Billiton is on track to produce its biggest ever annual profit after reporting its strongest ever quarterly and annual production report.
Read MoreThe market liked the news from Newcrest (NCM) yesterday of record gold production in the fourth quarter and the year to June.
Read MoreNo matter how you look at the production figures released by BHP Billiton yesterday, they paint a picture of a company going full steam ahead, and looking to do better.
Read MoreBuilding products and services group, Alesco Corporation, is set make its biggest diversification yet, with the $250 million purchase of Total Eden McCracken's water management business from the AMP and a group of investors and management.
Read MoreChina is flexing its financial muscles in western deals.
Read MoreWell, there's real chance that tomorrow's June quarter Consumer Price Index might produce an unwelcome surprise, just as the March quarter surprised on the downside.
Read MoreCould this be the crack in the current boom in metal prices, or could it spur prices to higher levels?
Read MoreLike its stablemates, Mirrabooka and Djerriwarrah Investments, Amcil has had a great year in the 2007 financial year to June 30.
Read MoreAnother week and another strong performance for the Australian dollar and Australian stocks, with world metal prices up on Friday.
Read MoreCopper rose to a two-month high in New York on renewed speculation that demand will climb in China, the world's largest consumer of the metal.
Read MoreForget the big boy private equity deals and refocus on the good, old fashioned value hunting and opportunism now showing up in the property sector.
Read MoreIn news that won't be greeted warmly in the boardrooms of home building companies, non-residential constructors or among home renters, a leading forecaster says there will be a further decline in activity over the year.
Read MoreBy the end of the day yesterday, some of the early enthusiasm for Macquarie Bank shares had been extinguished.
Read MoreUnlike 2006 and its surprises, 2007 seems to be a much smoother year for the country's second ranking oil and gas group, Woodside Petroleum.
Read MoreWhen does an economy reach the overheating stage?
Read MoreThere's a Federal election looming: later, rather than sooner, judging by the poor polls for the Howard Government.
Read MoreSantos is not letting grass grow near any of its plans. The company is a hive of activity, no doubt stimulated by the impending completion of the review of the 15 per cent ownership cap by the South Australian Government.
Read MoreYesterday, the Australian dollar was trading around 18-year highs for the second time so far this week, and you can imagine the pain and horror many mining companies feel as they watch the currency appreciate.
Read MoreThe huge takeover made by Rio Tinto for Alcan re-rated several takeover candidates among Australia's major miners, with the likes of Zinifex and Oxiana being top of the table in the eyes of many analysts, either merging or as separate targets.
Read MoreRio Tinto is probably looking at higher earnings after revealing that iron ore production rose to record levels to meet strong demand from steelmakers, especially in China.
Read MoreAnother strong day for the Australian and New Zealand dollars (see below for a report on the Kiwi), but for differing reasons.
Read MoreSantos continues to clean itself up as the South Australian Government ruminates about whether to lift the 15 per cent shareholding cap on the company.
Read MoreDjerriwarrh Investments, another of the investment companies associated with Goldman Sachs JBWere, has lifted net operating profit (excluding capital gains) 42.5 per cent to $54.9 million in the year to June.
Read MoreSwiss-owned fund manager, UBS, has paid dearly for the loss of high profile manager, Paul Fiani, and some of his workmates at its flagship Australian Share Fund, over the last few months.
Read MoreInvestors around the world have a lot to thank Rio Tinto for.
Read MoreRio Tinto has flagged that it is looking at selling some of its business units after it completed the $US38.1 ($44 billion) billion acquisition of Alcan.
Read MoreFar from the mid-year slump forecast in March and April, sugar is on the way up.
Read MoreThe Australian dollar climbed over 87 US cents in US markets Friday night, so you can bet on the impact of the currency becoming an issue as we head towards the start of the 2007 annual results season early next month.
Read MoreWoolworths' shares yesterday recovered some of the losses incurred in the wake of the early release of the 2007 sales figures and earnings guidance on Tuesday.
Read MoreIn reality it's a hard to understand the move by HBOS, Britain's biggest mortgage bank, and owner of BankWest in Perth, to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in building more than 160 branches across Australia to win more business from the rest of the local banking industry.
Read MoreRio Tinto has made a $US38.1 billion ($A44.2 billion), $US101 per share cash offer for Canadian aluminium group, Alcan, in the biggest takeover yet seen in the worldwide resources industry.
Read MoreThe world's biggest miner, BHP Billiton, has signalled that the huge Olympic Dam mining project in South Australia is moving towards a multi-billion dollar expansion.
Read MoreLike it or not you'd have to wonder if Woolworths has shot itself in a small appendage over the past couple of days, despite the flood of gush from some broking analysts about the 2007 sales figures and profit guidance.
Read MoreAustralian business continues to travel well, holding out hopes that the June 30 reporting season will be a good one.
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