2014年11月2日 星期日

2014-11-03 Australia Business

  Sydney Morning Herald   
Westpac chief Gail Kelly doubles down on housing  Sydney Morning Herald
Westpac posts record $7.6b profit, up 8%. Westpac chief executive Gail Kelly is upbeat that the growth it is experiencing in the mortgage market will continue into 2015 thanks to low interest rate demand and an upswing in new home building. The company ...

Big bank profit gains built largely on skinny reserves   ABC Online
Westpac Half-Year Profit Rose by 8%   Bloomberg
For the major banks, it's all about Murray   Business Spectator
Brisbane Times   
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  Sydney Morning Herald   
Australian dollar falls on weak building approvals data  Sydney Morning Herald
The Australian dollar has dipped following weaker-than-expected building approval figures. Approvals for the construction of new homes fell 11 per cent across Australia in September, a significantly greater fall than the one per cent drop economists expected.
Building approvals tumble 11pc   The Australian
Building approvals take a dive in Sept   Herald Sun
ABS data shows new-home approvals fall   The Young Witness
The Guardian   
Yahoo!7 News   
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  The Australian Financial Review   
Rinehart family in new legal feud  Business Spectator
Another legal feud has erupted in Australia's wealthiest family, with John and Bianca Hancock taking new action against their younger sisters Ginia Rinehart and Hope Welker in the Federal Court. While Australia's wealthiest person Gina Rinehart is not ...

Gina Rinehart quits Network Ten board   Coffs Coast Advocate
Gina Rinehart quits Channel Ten board, says too busy with mining company   USA NEWS
Rinehart quits Ten board   Sky News Australia

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  Herald Sun   
Woolworths Q1 sales disappoint  Herald Sun
Woolworths has delivered lower-than-expected first-quarter sales after softer trading in September and October, sending shares in the supermarket heavyweight sharply lower. At 11.18am (AEDT), Woolworths shares were down 4.1 per cent at $34.51, against ...

Woolworths stumbles in retail race with Coles   The Australian
Woolworths dips as Q1 sales disappoint   SBS
Woolworths' shares dip on disappointing quarterly sales   CommBank MyWealth
ABC Online   
Finance News Network   
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  Reuters   
Strong dollar squeezes commodities, BOJ puts ECB in a bind  Reuters
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar powered to seven-year peaks against the yen on Monday and a two-year high on the euro, a punishing trend for commodities priced in dollars, with both gold and silver falling sharply. Disappointing surveys out of China's ...

Dollar Nears 7-Year High Versus Yen on U.S; Gold Slides   Bloomberg
Stocks to watch   Trading Room
$A falls to a two week low   Sky News Australia
GlobalPost   
New York Times   
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  Sydney Morning Herald   
Markets Live: Woolies shares plunge  Sydney Morning Herald
2:15pm: Shares around the region are mixed as investors digest the unexpected additional QE by the Bank of Japan, which led to a global rally on Friday: Japan: closed; Hong Kong: -0.1%; Shanghai: +0.3%; Taiwan: +0.6%; Korea: -0.5%; ASX200: -0.3% ...


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  Ferret   
Patchy conditions prevail for manufacturing  The Australian
THE slide in manufacturing activity has eased slightly, but the weaker Australian dollar is not making the impact that many had hoped. The Australian Industry Group's Performance of Manufacturing Index rose 2.9 points to 49.4 in October. The reading below ...

Food continues expansion, manufacturing remains stable   FOOD Magazine - Australia
Manufacturing sector lifts in Oct   Business Spectator

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  TheBull.com.au   
Inflation rises modestly in October  The Australian
Inflation in October has picked up modestly, but still remains around the lower end of the Reserve Bank's target band, according to a private survey. More prices rose than fell last month, led by price rises for petrol, travel and accommodation and non-alcoholic ...

Life got more expensive in October   Herald Sun

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  Computerworld Australia   
Amcom expands fibre footprint as Vocus circles  The Australian
Takeover target Amcom Telecommunications has extended its national fibre footprint, even as it keeps it channels open with suitor Vocus Communications. Perth-based Amcom has sealed a $15 million deal with Bevan Slattery's outfit Megaport to take ...

Amcom merger talks with Vocus could be done this week   The Australian Financial Review
Megaport sells east coast fibre network for $15m   iT News
Amcom buys $15m in fibre - The West Australian   The West Australian
Motley Fool Australia   
ZDNet   
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  Seattle Sports Nut   
Australia job advertisements at 20-month high in October: ANZ  Reuters
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian job advertisements in newspapers and on the Internet rose for a fifth straight month in October to reach their highest in 20 months, a sign of gradual recovery in labor demand. A survey by Australia and New Zealand Banking ...

Job advertisements continue to edge ahead   Sydney Morning Herald
Modest job ads improvement suggests unemployment near peak: ANZ   ABC Online
Job ads up for a fifth month in a row   SBS
Business Insider Australia   
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