Qantas expands Etihad partnership The Daily Telegraph Australia | QANTAS has announced land transport from Abu Dhabi to Dubai will be included as part of an expansion of its codeshare partnership with Etihad. | Qantas codeshare customers flying on Etihad-operated services to Abu Dhabi will now be able to transfer to Dubai by limousine or coach. | The land transf...
Yen rises as equities slip; sterling falters The Guardian * Higher-yielding currencies dip vs yen * Some talk of euro/yen selling by Japanese exporters * But BOJ easing speculation seen likely to temper yen rise * Sterling falters after weak housing data * Moody's says UK faces dilemma over bank support By Masayuki Kitano TOKYO, March 9 (Reuters) - The yen...
Job ads show Australia's economy resurgent m&c | Sydney - Job vacancies advertised in February in Australia were 19 per cent higher than in January - the sharpest monthly increase in more than a decade, figures released Tuesday by ANZ bank showed. | With the unemployment rate at 5.3 per cent, bus...
Australian dollar gets boost from jump in job ads The Daily Telegraph Australia | THE dollar was weaker at noon but was on an upward trend after a surge in business confidence and job ads piqued investor hopes of an April rate rise. | At 12:00 AEDT, the dollar was $US0.9091/99, down from yesterday's close of $US0.9108/11. | Duri...
Sigma-Herron punished union workers for strike - NUW The Daily Telegraph Australia | AUSTRALIAN pharmaceutical giant Sigma-Herron could be taken to the industrial umpire for allegedly punishing workers who went on strike, a union says. | Sigma began laying off staff this week at its factory in Tennyson, in Brisbane's south, as part...
Qantas expands Etihad partnership The Daily Telegraph Australia | QANTAS has announced land transport from Abu Dhabi to Dubai will be included as part of an expansion of its codeshare partnership with Etihad. | Qantas codeshare customers flying on Etihad-operated services to Abu Dhabi will now be able to transfer...
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Yen dips, dollar supported ahead of payrolls The Guardian * Asian shares rise, help cross-yen higher * Dlr/yen up on short-covering before U.S. payrolls * Yen dented by report saying BOJ to consider easing steps By Satomi Noguchi TOKYO, M...
Gold provides stability in a sea of easing Mineweb SYDNEY - | The price of gold has seen a fairly strong recovery over the past few days - in part because perhaps fears for the Euro have diminished, but almost certainly ...
Euro supported by Greek plans, dlr pulls back The Guardian * Euro hovers above $1.37, but lacks conviction * Dollar index falls below the 80 mark SYDNEY, March 4 (Reuters) - The euro was firm on Thursday, as investors encouraged by Greece'...
Business Highlights Kansas City Star More News | Toyota disputes critic who blames electronics | WASHINGTON (AP) - Toyota gave detailed evidence Monday that it says disproves claims that electronics may cause the unwanted acceleration that led to the recall of more than 8 million cars a...
Indonesia's Yudhoyono arrives in Australia for state visit+ Breitbart SYDNEY, March 9 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono arrived in Australia on Tuesday for a three-day official visit. | Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd welcomed Yudhoyono and his wife, Ani, when they touched down in t...
Global Stocks Pull Back From 6-Week Highs, Euro Slips ABC News By Koh Gui Qing | March 8, 2010 | SYDNEY (Reuters) - Oil and higher-yielding currencies shrank from multi-week highs on Tuesday and Asian stocks drifted lower as investors paused in their recent chase for riskier assets. | Investors appeared to be se...
Shell and PetroChina eye £2bn bid for Arrow The Times | Royal Dutch Shell confirmed today that it is in talks to buy Arrow Energy, an Australian natural gas producer, for about $3 billion (£2 billion). | Shell will partner with PetroChina, China's largest listed oil company, in the bid for Arrow, which has the largest reserves of coal seam gas in the state of Queensland. | The proposed deal is a furth...
