Chain Store Sales Up 0.7% in Week Ended Nov. 10
Chain store sales rose 0.7% in the week ended Nov. 10, and grew at a 1.8% pace year-over-year, according to the ICSC-Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Snapshot released Tuesday. "Overall weekly...
View ArticleNFIB Small Business Optimism Index Up
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Small Business Optimism Index rose 0.3 in October to 93.1; the slight uptick in the reading did not seem to indicate a dramatic shift in owner...
View ArticleAttijariwafa, Invest AD Plan Joint Africa Equities Fund
Morocco's Attijariwafa bank and Abu Dhabi's Invest AD sign a cooperation and investment agreement to launch a jointly managed asset management fund to invest in African equities. Both parties will...
View ArticlePolice Guidelines to Get Their 19th Review
Byline: Rachel Olding Nov 14, 2012 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- New South Wales Police will review guidelines for the use of Tasers after criticism by coroner Mary Jerram. She had...
View ArticleJail Threat for Clergy Who Hide Abuse
Byline: Josephine Tovey and Phillip Coorey Nov 14, 2012 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott back calls for Catholic priests...
View ArticleHorseracing Windfall as Tax Gets Scratched
Byline: Andrew White Nov 14, 2012 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Victorian Treasurer Kim Wells has dismissed state Treasury advice that recommended nearly doubling the tax rate on wagering from...
View ArticleSotheby's Boss to Pay Costs
Byline: Ashleigh Wilson Nov 14, 2012 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Supreme Court of Victoria judge John Dixon has ordered Sotheby's Australia chairman Geoffrey Smith to pay the court costs of...
View ArticleLike Dad, like Son: Village Still Growing
Byline: Damon Kitney Nov 14, 2012 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The son of Village Roadshow founder Roc Kirby says his father's presence is still felt at the Australian-listed leisure group....
View ArticleOptus Signals More Staff to Be Cut after Weak Earnings Result
Byline: Andrew Colley Nov 14, 2012 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The consumer CEO of Singtel Optus has indicated that the telco may be forced to further slash its workforce. Some 900 jobs have...
View ArticleKingfish Fly High on 'Red Bull' Diet
Byline: Andrew Fraser Nov 14, 2012 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Kingfish farmed in South Australia by Clean Seas Tuna are benefiting from the addition of taurine to their diet. Taurine is an...
View ArticleRevamp for Pacific Fair
Byline: Matthew Cranston Nov 14, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- AMP Capital has announced plans to revamp the Pacific Fair Shopping Centre on the Gold Coast. The retail...
View ArticleFairfax's US Asset Sale Praised
Byline: Ben Holgate Nov 14, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Fairfax Media has been praised by major shareholders for the sale of its US agricultural publishing business....
View ArticleGreens Seeing Red as Leaching Approved for Olympic Dam
Byline: Sarah Martin Nov 14, 2012 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Greens party has protested about the approval of leaching technology at BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam mine in South...
View ArticleMixed News Keeps Rates Future Uncertain
Byline: David Bassanese Nov 14, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The likelihood of another interest rate cut is uncertain because of varying economic data. There is positive...
View Article'Palace' Yet to Find a King
Byline: Rebecca Thistleton Nov 14, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Abercromby's real estate agent Jock Langley remains optimistic a buyer can be found for a residential...
View ArticleDEXUS Set to Deliver
Byline: Nick Lenaghan Nov 14, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Entrust Funds Management is close to finalising the sale of the 40 Market Street office building in Melbourne...
View ArticleFormer British Gas Executive Guilty of Insider Trading
Byline: Brian Robins Nov 14, 2012 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Ex-BG Group executive vice president Stuart Fysh has been convicted of insider trading by a jury in the Supreme Court...
View ArticleContracts Up in Air as Indonesia Disbands Regulator
Byline: Michael Bachelard Nov 14, 2012 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- There is significant uncertainty as to whether $A70bn worth of contracts for oil and gas exploration licences in...
View ArticleWorst Is over for Housing: CSR Chief
Byline: Michael Hobbs Nov 14, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Building products company CSR believes that Australia's residential construction market is beginning to...
View ArticleConsumers the Winners, Says Emirates
Byline: Andrew Cleary Nov 14, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Emirates Airlines president Tim Clark claims that the carrier's tie-up with Qantas and Virgin Australia's...
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