2014年12月3日 星期三

2014-12-04 Australia Business


Sydney Morning Herald
   
UPDATE 1 -Australians defy income fears and keep shopping   
Reuters
SYDNEY, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Australian shoppers kept spending in October to help retail sales notch up the best two-month performance this year, a hopeful sign consumers were weathering a slowing economy and falling incomes. Thursday's data from the ...

Retail trade up for fifth month in a row   Sky News Australia
Retail sales beat expectations in October   Brisbane Times
Retail sales beat forecasts in October   Courier Mail

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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Australia's Santos battens down the hatches as oil prices dive   
Reuters
MELBOURNE, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Australian oil and gas producer Santos Ltd scrapped plans to raise 1 billion euros after plunging oil prices pushed up potential borrowing costs, and said it will focus instead on cutting costs, knocking its shares to a near ...

Santos defers EU issue on oil slump   The Australian
Santos shelves debt raising in oil price rout   Sydney Morning Herald
Santos shelves equity raising   The Age
Businessweek   
WA today   
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Sky News Australia
   
Banks, miners lead market higher   
Sky News Australia
The share market is higher at noon as investors return to the heavyweight mining and banking sectors. The resources sector has been a key area of weakness for the market in recent weeks, as commodity prices fall, and investors are now looking for value, ...


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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Australia's Vocation slashes profit forecast, shares dive   
Reuters
SYDNEY, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Australian education provider Vocation Ltd said on Thursday its core earnings for the year to June were expected to be about half what it forecast just six weeks ago due to a slump in enrolments, sending its shares plunging to ...

Vocation slashes profit forecast, shares dive   Sydney Morning Herald
Vocation halves earnings outlook   The Australian
Vocation shares sink 60% on earnings downgrade   The Daily Telegraph

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The Age
   
Aust dollar lifts at noon   
The Australian
Stronger than expected trade and retail spending figures have helped the Australian dollar regain some of the ground lost due to weak economic growth. At 12pm (AEDT) on Thursday, the local currency was trading at US84.13c, up from US84.01c on ...

Aust dollar boosted by upbeat retail data   Herald Sun
$A weighed down by weak GDP figures   Sydney Morning Herald
Retail figures boost Australian dollar   Brisbane Times
Perth Now   
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Markets Live: Santos whacked again   
Sydney Morning Herald
8:56am: Local shares are poised to shrug off further falls in oil and iron ore prices overnight and follow Wall St higher ahead of retail sales data. Here's what you need2know: • SPI futures up 11 pts at 5347, up 0.2%. • AUD at 84.08 US cents, 100.73 Japanese ...


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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Cash no longer king as small businesses pay more to accept payments   
Sydney Morning Herald
Small business pays more than four times as much per transaction to accept payments than big business, according to an extensive Reserve Bank examination of the effect cost-of-payment methods have on the economy. The study found large businesses ...


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ABC Online
   
Drought-stricken graziers in western Queensland welcome drought assistance ...   
ABC Online
Struggling graziers in western Queensland have welcomed the announcement of more drought finance assistance from the Federal Government, but say more has to be done as the drought grips tighter. Looking west from Clarks Bore at Eversleigh Station at ...

More cheap loans as farmers drown in debt   The Australian (blog)
$100 million new drought recovery loan announced   Beef Central
More drought loans announced   The Australian Dairyfarmer

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ABC Online
   
Multi-million-dollar greenhouse expansion proves fruitful for South Australia's ...   
ABC Online
The South Australian Government has announced financial support for a multi-million dollar high-tech greenhouse expansion in the state's Mid North. Sundrop Farms uses solar-thermal energy to desalinate water from Spencer Gulf to grow tomatoes in ...

KKR invests $100 million in arid climate agriculture firm   Reuters
Leighton secures $150m to expand Sundrop   The Australian
KKR takes stake in solar-powered farming group   Financial Times
Finances.com   
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The West Australian
   
Expand Aust food production now: Nufarm   
WA today
Australia risks losing a major chance to supply hungry Asian markets with agricultural products unless governments and businesses dramatically expand food production in the country's north. That's the view of Nufarm chairman Donald McGauchie, who ...

Nufarm tips FY earnings lift   Perth Now
Dry weather dents Nufarm sales   The West Australian

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