Two of the country's most respected newspapers, The Australian Financial Review and The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) have come together to jointly promote the Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Auction Centre.
Jamelle Agbuis Mar 16, 2012
American International Group (AIG) is in quest for raising about $6 billion to repay a federal government bail-out. AIG will sell part of its stake in Asia subsidiary AIA Group in a long-awaited move to be able to repay the federal government bail-out.
Jamelle Agbuis Mar 16, 2012
Online payment processing firm PayPal has introduced another of its over-the-counter payment scheme, this time around through the use of the now ubiquitous smartphones.
Erik Pineda Mar 16, 2012
Health campaign groups in Australia launched on Friday the independent Alcohol Advertising Review Board. The main task of the new board would be to name and shame alcohol firms with advertising campaigns that violate international alcohol advertising regulations.
Vittorio Hernandez Mar 16, 2012
Telstra Corporation has some sort of a coup when the giant Telco offered on one of its stores the third iPad edition early Friday morning, with an Aussie construction manager earning the distinction as the first in the country to own the most-sought after product.
Erik Pineda Mar 16, 2012
The Macquarie group had its second credit downgrade in four days. The first was by Fitch on Tuesday and the second by Moody's Investors Service on Friday. Moody's cut Macquarie's credit rating by one notch to A3 from A2.
Vittorio Hernandez Mar 16, 2012
The National Stock Exchange of Australia (NSX) announced on Friday that it will lower its trading fees to 0.1 basis points per buy and sell beginning April 2.
Vittorio Hernandez Mar 16, 2012
Jobs in Australia's retail sector appear to be in a worse situation compared to the banking sector. While a report in January warned of the loss of 7,500 banking jobs over the next two years, another study forecasts 118,000 retail jobs could be axed in the next three years across the country.
Vittorio Hernandez Mar 16, 2012
by Peter Switzer, Switzer Super ReportWith the stock market defying gravity and the legendary market expert, Laszlo Birinyi, tipping the S&P 500 to rise 24% this year, the question is, are there any other reasons to be positive on stocks in 2012?Next week, I will look at reasons for being negative b...
Admin System Mar 16, 2012
A baby formula made 100 per cent from New Zealand has been pulled by company from stores after a man raised suspicion via email that the milk formula may have caused his young daughter to get sick.
Arlene Paredes Mar 16, 2012
By Greg PeelThe Dow rose 56 points or 0.4% while the S&P gained 0.6% to 1402 and the Nasdaq added 0.5%.
Admin System Mar 16, 2012
Sony Mobile Communications recently launched the company's Android-based Xperia Sola that utilizes the "Floating touch" technology. The Xperia Sola is one of the smartphones launched by Sony since the company decided to drop the name “Ericsson” in their mobile business.
Mary Elaine Ramos Mar 15, 2012
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), unveiled the next generation iPad early this month. On March 16, the latest iteration of the market leading tablet will be available in shelves in many countries.
Carlo Fernandez Mar 15, 2012
Apple, Inc. (NASAQ:AAPL) is willing to give up to $320 for your iPad under their revised Reuse and Recycling Program.
Kristin Dian Mariano Mar 15, 2012
Fortescue Metals Group (ASX: FMG) announced on Thursday that it doubled its bond offerings to $2 billion from $1 billion. The amount raised will be used to pay for expansion plans.
Vittorio Hernandez Mar 15, 2012
After long and tedious legal battle, Australian inventor Ric Richardson won against software giant Microsoft and could take away hundreds of millions of dollars.
Kristin Dian Mariano Mar 15, 2012
Days before the official release of the new iPad version, reports emerged that another edition could hit the market before the end of the current year.
Erik Pineda Mar 15, 2012
The latest Encyclopaedia Britannica 32-volume edition will be the last to see print as its publisher announced this week the retirement of the book collection after more than two centuries of delivering knowledge to millions to around the world.
Erik Pineda Mar 15, 2012
The recent release of the new iPad has sparked numerous rumors about the possible release of iPhone 5 within the year. There were many speculations that were formed based on the specifications revealed in the new iPad since both Apple products have the same OS.
Mary Elaine Ramos Mar 15, 2012
Between February and March this year, petrol costs have risen by 3%, causing a downward drift in the Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index. This has many economists worrying, as the fear of recession looms and unemployment figures do not look too uplifting either.
Gopika Kaul Mar 15, 2012
By Andrew NelsonAustralian, US and even European share markets are up and running so far this year, with emerging markets posting even bigger gains.
Admin System Mar 15, 2012
By Greg PeelThe Dow closed up 16 points or 0.1% while the S&P lost 0.1% to 1394 and the Nasdaq was steady.
Admin System Mar 15, 2012
Global shipments of tablet computers are forecast to further surge in 2012 following the more than 68 million units that flooded the market in the past year, according to tech marketing research firm IDC.
Erik Pineda Mar 14, 2012
Fortescue Metals Group (ASX: FMG) is planning to issue the largest junk bond issue in Australia. The firm aims to raise $1 billion through the bond issue that will be made up of two tranches.
Vittorio Hernandez Mar 14, 2012
Microsoft's Windows 8 users will have choice in web browsers as both Google and Mozilla are working on versions of their web browsers Chrome and Mozilla to work in the Metro environment.
ranina sanglap Mar 14, 2012
The housing market retreated again in the first month of 2012 following its strong showing in December though economists have been upbeat that the rest of the year would witness some form of recovery as investors' confidence regain enough traction.
Erik Pineda Mar 14, 2012
Australian stocks are once again posting solid gains, on the back of positive gains in the US and Europe overnight. Retail sales in the US came in higher than expected overnight boosting investor sentiment, while encouraging comments from the US Federal Reserve about moderate expansion in the American economy also helped. Results of the US Bank Stress tests were also revealed overnight, with only four of the 19 banks tested failing, although one of them was Citi. The overall banking sector rose ...
Vittorio Hernandez Mar 14, 2012
The Toyota 86 is enjoying unprecedented attention (for a Toyota) before it goes on sale in Australia in June.
Jamelle Agbuis Mar 14, 2012
By Greg PeelI suspect the US Federal Reserve is a little bit peeved with Jamie Dimond, CEO of JP Morgan Chase, even if JPM is the Fed's poster child.
Admin System Mar 14, 2012
By Andrew NelsonNew data from the Commonwealth Bank show an ever increasing amount of Australian exporters are curbing their borrowing intentions because of the continued strength of the Australian dollar.
Admin System Mar 14, 2012
