Subway is inarguably one of the largest restaurant chains in the world. The company has some 36860 restaurants globally and traces its history back to the 1960s.
Jamelle Agbuis Jun 04, 2012
A new study has claimed women are better than men at sacrificing spending habits to meet their savings goals.
Jamelle Agbuis Jun 04, 2012
At a meeting on Friday 1 June 2012, the Australian and New Zealand ministers responsible for food regulation noted progress was being made on their development of a front-of-pack labelling system. The move comes despite the Ministers' earlier rejection of traffic lights as a proposed front-of-pack system.
Jamelle Agbuis Jun 04, 2012
A further RBA rate cut is widely tipped for tomorrow, on the heels of disappointing retail figures, falling house prices and continued woes in Europe.
Jamelle Agbuis Jun 04, 2012
Google has rolled out a new feature on its search site, which the Internet giant said will provide technical guidelines for error returns normally encountered by searches originating from China.
Erik Pineda Jun 04, 2012
Australian parents are protesting the rising cost of child care in the country. Reports said that the cost of child care went up 11 per cent in the past 12 months.
Vittorio Hernandez Jun 04, 2012
Australia's borrowing costs could again be slashed on Tuesday as a new survey had indicated that companies were holding off on their hiring plans notwithstanding the vaunted mining boom relied on by the federal government as the country's economic backbone.
Erik Pineda Jun 04, 2012
Unnerved by a slowing Chinese economic growth, Germany's Volkswagen AG over the weekend announced a massive shakeup of its top level honchos to realise ambitious growth plans in the second-largest economy.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa Jun 04, 2012
It's been a terrible start to the trading week, following big slides on US and European equity markets on Friday night. A key European manufacturing gauge came in lower than expected, sending Germany's DAX Index down 3.4pct, while a weak jobs report out of the US saw the Dow Jones index slump almost 275 points. Only 69,000 jobs were created in the US in May, versus expectations of job gains of 150,000. Locally, the Australian share market continues to be sold off with the All Ordinaries In...
Vittorio Hernandez Jun 04, 2012
Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) remains positive on its business outlook despite the softening market price for iron ore, the premier raw material that has been fuelling China's incredible industrialisation pace.
Erik Pineda Jun 04, 2012
Economists warned of a triple disaster that is looming over the global economy following release over the weekend of jobs data in the U.S. and weak factory output in China. They identified the disaster as chaos in Europe, recession in the United States and slowdown of the Chinese economy.
Vittorio Hernandez Jun 04, 2012
Euro Woes Hit Australian Investor Confidence - Sentiment Falls To New LowSentiment among Australian investors has fallen markedly over the past two months.
Admin System Jun 04, 2012
Major Australia's retailers such as David Jones and Myer continued to suffer from the weak consumer confidence. David Jones reported on Thursday a 2.9 per cent dip in sales to $399.8 million for the three months to April 28. Myer last week registered a 2.1 per cent decline in third quarter like-for-like sales.
Vittorio Hernandez Jun 01, 2012
A U.S. court ruled on Thursday that Google did not infringe on Oracle's exclusive copyrights when the Internet giant implemented functions of 'application programming interfaces' or API on its Android mobile platform.
Erik Pineda Jun 01, 2012
The wait is over as Microsoft said on Thursday that the final beta version of its much-anticipated Windows 8 has been readied for download by those willing to try out what the giant software has touted as its most exciting product release in a decade.
Erik Pineda Jun 01, 2012
The Australian share market has started the new trading month on a similarly disappointing note as May, following falls on US and European markets overnight. Concerns about the health of the Spanish financial system saw most European markets ease overnight, while weaker than expected GDP or economic growth figures out of the US saw Wall Street slump modestly. The Australian share market shed 7.5pct in the month of May making truth of the adage "Sell in May and Go Away". In early trade the ...
Vittorio Hernandez Jun 01, 2012
By Kathleen Brooks, Research Director UK EMEA, FOREX.comIn comparison to other commodity classes the gold price has held up fairly well today.
Admin System Jun 01, 2012
Qantas unions are again up in arms against Qantas Chief Executive Alan Joyce after another airline official confirmed to Fair Work Australia (FWA) that the company's executive committee discussed a lockout option two weeks before Mr Joyce unilaterally grounded the air carrier's fleet for two days.
Vittorio Hernandez Jun 01, 2012
By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor FNArenaI joined Twitter. Not because I am curious what this celebrity has to say about her kids, or to read that another one is waiting for a connecting flight, impatiently.
Admin System Jun 01, 2012
To address global financial concerns over the European situation as well as weakening consumer confidence in Australia, Westpac chief economist Bill Evans forecast four more overnight cash rate cuts by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) in 2012.
Vittorio Hernandez Jun 01, 2012
By Peter Switzer, Switzer Super ReportThere is nothing more annoying than seeing markets at the mercy of wise guys, but that's what we are dealing with right here, right now.
Admin System Jun 01, 2012
A new earthquake hits Italy which brought more destruction and death to the country. According to reports, 17 deaths were already accounted for due to this new earthquake.
Jun 01, 2012
By Rudi Filapek-VandyckThe S&P500 closed 0.23% lower, down 2.99 points to 1310.33. The Nasdaq lost yet another 10.
Admin System Jun 01, 2012
To protest the planned offshoring of sub-editing tasks to New Zealand, journalists at Fairfax Media voted to go on 36 hours of strike which took effect Wednesday midnight.
Vittorio Hernandez May 31, 2012
Amidst perception that domestic growth has stalled and key industries outside of the mining arena were struggling, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) unfurled on Thursday some glimmer of hope as it reported a considerable spike in investment flow during the first quarter this year.
Erik Pineda May 31, 2012
More Internet speed and room will be required in the near future as network specialist Cisco issued a forecast this week that says net traffic will grow four-fold over the next four years, coming from its present levels that already paint a breakneck expansion pace for the World Wide Web.
Erik Pineda May 31, 2012
Wesfarmers is optimistic for the current financial year that the company plans to open 19 Coles stores and refurbish 400 outlets in the coming months.
Vittorio Hernandez May 31, 2012
Despite a positive start to the trading week, the Australian share market continues to be sold off today, and is on track to close out May with an 8.5pct drop. That would make it the worst month on the Australian share market since the collapse of US investment bank Lehman Brothers in September 2008. In early trade, the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) is down 47.2pts or 1.1pct to 4101.5. Following falls on European and US share markets overnight on more worries about the deepening European debt crisi...
Vittorio Hernandez May 31, 2012
By Rudi Filapek-VandyckThe world is experiencing a repeat of the Spanish Flu. The first time around, between January 1918 to December 1920, casualties grew up to an estimated 130 million with even far remote places such as the Artic and tiny islands in the Pacific Ocean ending up being infected by w...
Admin System May 31, 2012
By James Stanley, Trading Instructor, FXCMFor over 30 months traders around the world have cautiously watched the world's largest continental economy flirt with disaster.
Admin System May 31, 2012
