Graduate Job Prospects, Pay Weaken
Byline: Joanna Mather Dec 18, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Economic conditions are still affecting the job prospects and salaries of university graduates. Graduate...
View ArticleGlobal Mail to Cut Staff, Bureaus
Byline: Sally Jackson Dec 18, 2012 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Online news site "The Global Mail" has retrenched its New York, Middle East and Latin America correspondents and some staff in...
View ArticleMake Takeover Bid, Says Whitehaven
Byline: Anne Hyland and Jamie Freed Dec 18, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Whitehaven Coal's board is believed to have told China's Shenhua Group to make a full takeover...
View Article$A Intervention 'A Long Way Off'
Byline: Jacob Greber and Alan Mitchell Dec 18, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Reserve Bank of Australia would only intervene to lower the local currency in exceptional...
View ArticleDeposits Still Worth It
Dec 18, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Glenn Stevens says savers can still earn interest greater than inflation in bank deposit...
View ArticleHigh-Profile Witnesses to Front ICAC
Byline: Michaela Whitbourn Dec 18, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption has called on 21 witnesses to appear at its...
View ArticleBaillieu's Laws 'Will Cut Competition'
Byline: Mathew Dunckley and Lucille Keen and Nick Lenaghan Dec 18, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Victorian Government is set to legislate for changes to the code of...
View ArticleShop Exposure Proves Dear
Byline: Marianna Papadakis Dec 18, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- A report by CBRE has shown that rent charges on prime Australian retail premises are amongst the highest...
View ArticleASIC Draws Up Rules for Foreign Clearing of Trades
Byline: George Liondis Dec 18, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) has revealed how it plans to regulate...
View ArticlePM Makes Exhibit of Carbon Tax
Byline: Gemma Daley Dec 18, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Museum of Australian Democracy has been given a signed copy of the Clean Energy Future legislation. Prime...
View ArticleASX Hits 2012 High on US Sentiment
Byline: Mercedes Ruehl Dec 18, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian sharemarket posted solid gains on 18 December 2012, with the S&P/ASX 200 adding 21.8 points...
View ArticleWharfies Win Job Security Clause
Byline: Mark Skulley and Julie-Anne Sprague Dec 18, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Fair Work Australia tribunal will be asked to rule on any future outsourcing...
View ArticleLabor Will Try Hard for Slipper Seat
Byline: Phillip Coorey Dec 18, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Senior Australian Labor Party (ALP) MPs are planning to run a concerted campaign to win the seat of Fisher in...
View ArticleToys and Lollies Help Funtastic Find Its Sweet Spot
Dec 18, 2012 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Funtastic has restated its profit guidance of $A23m to $A25m for 2012-13. The toy distributor's earnings were $A20.2m in 2011-12. Funtastic cited the...
View ArticleShake-Up at South Bank
Byline: Matthew Cranston Dec 18, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Queensland Government is dismantling the $A700 million South Bank Corporation, which manages the tourism...
View ArticleStevens Warns of Growth Gap
Byline: Alan Mitchell and Jacob Greber Dec 18, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens believes that Australia's economic growth is...
View ArticleTinkler's Boardwalk May Go Under
Byline: Matthew Cranston and Jamie Freed Dec 18, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Law firm DibbsBarker has lodged a winding-up application for Boardwalk Investments on behalf...
View ArticleContractor Shrugs off Ban
Byline: Robert Harley Dec 18, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Victorian Government may ban the Project Management & Construction firm from tenders on public projects...
View ArticleSolar Breaks May Be Cut Again
Byline: Marcus Priest Dec 18, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Climate Change Authority is considering changes to the solar rebate scheme. In order to ease...
View ArticleQld Looks into Major IR Changes
Byline: Mark Ludlow and Mark Skulley and Michaela Whitbourn Dec 18, 2012 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Queensland Government has released a discussion paper on the state's...
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