Australian retailers better be prepared with the influx of shoppers in the lead-up to the holiday season and its best that they configure their online stores to accommodate the expected traffic surge in Q4 2012, a new report said.
For the first time ever, cherries picked from the Australian region of Tasmania will sail and be sold in the lucrative Chinese market based on the approval draft of the two countries.
Official data showed on the 9th of November that China's annual consumer inflation slowed to a 33-month low on food cost in the month of October thus giving the government scope to introduce new easing measures if needed. The policy of the China's government has succeeded in supporting the growth of the world's second-biggest economy.
Due to projections that the country's resource boom will have a peak earlier than anticipated, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) downgraded Australia's growth forecast for the year to June 2013 to 2.75 per cent from 3.5 per cent.
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Effective January 2013, the Queensland State Government will implement a "left turn red" traffic system at several selected intersections on the Gold Coast in a bid to reduce and improve the state's vehicular traffic flow.
Abu Dhabi's flagship carrier Etihad Airways, which own 10 per cent of Virgin Australia, has entered into a codesharing agreement with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines to offer Australians greater accessibility and flexibility as they visit and tour Europe and its scenic spots.
Now that focus will gear more towards the fast-approaching Christmas season, the Australian Taxi Industry Association (ATIA) has warned commuters and consumers to refrain from using taxis or private cars for hire that used rogue smartphone apps to promote their services.
It's a big week. The race that stops the nation will stop us from coming into our St Kilda headquarters tomorrow. We used to try working on Melbourne Cup day. But we gave up when we realised most people really do take the day off. But don't worry. We've queued up a special US election preview presentation for your enjoyment. Watch out for it.
Richard Koo knows what's going on. At least, to a point. He's a fool, but not an idiot. In Bastiat's terms, he sees the effects of a debt deflation. As for the unseen consequences of the government's efforts to fix it, he doesn't even bother to look.
Today, we Americans will enter voting booths all across the nation to pull the levers that will shape our destiny. Either we embrace the big, expensive promises of the Left or we embrace the big, expensive promises of the Right.
More than 500 personnel from the engineering department of Qantas Airways have been sacked as part of the company's restructuring operations.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Tuesday once again ruled out possibility of his government requesting a bailout from the ECB this year at least; and said that his country can return to economic growth by 2014 as long as it stuck to a policy of fiscal austerity.
The Simpson Desert in Australia's southwest Queensland has claimed the life of a 25-year-old man after the four-wheel drive that carried him and his partner bogged down. His partner is still in recovery.
Doha-based airline carrier Qatar Airways has launched a massive three-day global sale of attractive fares to more than 100 global destinations, including Australia.
A fourteen-year-old Australian with autism spectrum disorder has topped the Commonwealth Bank Australian Maths Challenge.
Were you watching the markets yesterday, Fellow Reckoner? Well, you might have saved yourself the time. Stocks were flat. Oil and gold both rose, but each by less than half a percent. A virtually uninterrupted snoozefest, in other words.
In order to exercise control over the population, governments throughout history have made people dependent on government largess. A government can make an increasing number of people dependent on its generosity by providing more and more benefits to a larger and larger share of the population.
Local telco subscribers were being ripped off on current data plans offered by the country’s three major players, the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) said on Monday.
The perception of China's economic problems have changed. But they're still stuck with the same problems they had a few months ago. That is, the need to rebalance a historically imbalanced economy.
Dwindling sales of locally built car models plus a high Australian dollar have forced auto maker Holden to slash 170 positions from its Elizabeth, South Australia manufacturing factory.
Well, it didn't take long after Hurricane Sandy passed into history as the largest storm of its kind in several generations for someone in Washington to call for billions in new federal spending to compensate for its damage - billions that will, of course, be added to the trillions of dollars in debt the nation already owes.
At least we're not Greece, and for that we should be thankful. What's happening in that distant part of the world is really a tragedy. Greece is in a depressionary slump. It's been that way since 2010. 'Bailout' funds, debt write-offs and years of austerity have achieved absolutely nothing.
Australian athletes wanting to take that shot to become part of the delegation to the 2016 Summer Olympic Games at Rio de Janiero ought to sign up to a statutory declaration swearing they have no doping history, follow rules or risk that Olympic dream.
South Australia marked a historical milestone for Adelaide as it received its first direct commercial flight call from Dubai-based Emirates, effectively making the airline the first Gulf carrier to fly to South Australia.
Australia home prices skid in October, giving a slight reprieve to the four-month gains, the latest RP Data-Rismark said.
Effective in 2013, Australia begins with a faster processing of visa applications online touted to attract wealthy travelers from Asia especially those from China.
Here's a question: if the machines and bots have largely taken over the share market, why did the New York Stock Exchange close for weather-related reasons two days in a row? It's the first time the NYSE has done that since the 1880s, way back in the 19th century. Maybe this will be a dry run for markets that operate without physical trading floors.
The Star Wars saga continues, thanks largely to Disney and if future plans roll out just fine global viewers will be regaled by Episode 7 on 2015, capping the multi-billion dollar deal that would extend the Star Wars franchise for new generations to see.
