2015年2月4日 星期三

2015-02-05 Australia Business


Sydney Morning Herald
   
Retail sales miss expectations as shoppers hold back on Christmas   
Sydney Morning Herald
Retail sales grew just 0.2 per cent in December as consumers held back from the big hoped-for Christmas splurge, pocketing windfall savings from cheaper petrol rather than splashing out. Seasonally-adjusted growth was below expectations at 0.3 per cent, ...

Retail spending stays sluggish   The Age
Shoe sales boost sluggish spending   The New Daily
Stocks to watch   Trading Room
The Australian   
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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Multinationals channel more money through "hubs" in Singapore, Switzerland ...   
Sydney Morning Herald
More than half of Australia's trade is money being sent offshore by companies to their overseas arms – with almost a third going to Singapore and Switzerland. Australian companies sent more than $100 billion to related parties in the low-tax nation of ...

Tax Office rejects tax deal with Apple   The Australian Financial Review
We pay our fair share of tax and create jobs, say Google and Apple   The Age
ATO highlights billions in forgotten super   SMSF Adviser
The Australian   
Logistics Magazine - Australia   
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TheBull.com.au
   
REA Group profits jump 34 per cent   
The Australian
DIGITAL media company REA Group's profits have jumped 34 per cent, with second quarter revenues up 25 per cent in a solid result that will cheer investors. The continuing strength of premium advertising products with real estate agents, and successful ...

Property advertiser's profit climbs   Yahoo!7 News
REA's real estate sites have grabbed more market share and lifted profit 34%   Business Insider Australia
Real estate advertiser lifts profit   TheBull.com.au

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Sky News Australia
   
Share market treads water   
Sky News Australia
The share market is flat as falls by energy and mining stocks offset gains in the financial sector. The market was in negative territory for most of the morning session but could again close in positive territory, which would be an eleventh straight day of gains, ...


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The Age
   
Stocks to watch at noon on Thursday   
The Age
Three of the four big Australian banks have passed on the latest Reserve Bank rate cut, with the ANZ bank expected to complete the quartet on Friday. DOW - DOWNER EDI - down 21 cents, or 4.68 per cent, at $4.27. Engineering group Downer EDI's share ...

Downer can't maintain market momentum   The Australian
Downer shares fall on lower profit   CommBank MyWealth
Downer EDI shares drop on profit slide   Yahoo!7 News
Business Insider Australia   
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TheBull.com.au
   
Aust dollar slips on retail data   
The Daily Telegraph
Weak retail sales figures have delivered another blow to the Australian dollar. At 12.00pm (AEDT) on Thursday, the local currency was trading at US77.47c, down from US78.40c on Wednesday. It shed almost one US cent overnight as sliding oil prices and a ...

$A takes a hit from weak retail data   Trading Room
RBA telling its own Australian dollar story   Sydney Morning Herald
Strengthening $US puts $A under pressure   The Age

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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Tabcorp's franking good idea   
Sydney Morning Herald
Tabcorp Holdings shares have risen by 40 per cent to a post-2011 casino demerger high of $4.71 since the middle of last year, and the clever dividend franking distribution the group announced along with a 22 per cent higher interim profit on Thursday ...

Tabcorp profits jump as investors pocket the winnings   ABC Online
Frankly, Tabcorp gives investors a good deal   The Australian
Australia's Tabcorp to return $178 mlln to shareholders on bumper H1 profit   Reuters
Herald Sun   
Trading Room   
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ABC Online
   
New home sales fall in December but rise over 2014   
ABC Online
New home sales slipped in December, but recorded a strong rise over 2014 as low rates boosted the housing market. Sales of newly constructed dwellings fell 1.9 per cent to around 7,500 in December, reflecting a 9.2 per cent drop in multi-unit sales and a ...

HIA upbeat despite dip in new home sales   The Australian
Home building sector set for 'healthy year'   Herald Sun
EconomyAussie new home sales fell at year-end   Financial Times
Sky News Australia   
Business Insider Australia   
RTT News   
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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Australia's Future Fund surges; aims to reduce risk   
Reuters
SYDNEY Feb 5 (Reuters) - Australia's state pension fund said a dramatic fall in the local currency helped it return 13 percent in calendar 2014, as it moves to de-risk its portfolio to offset volatile commodity and equity markets. The Future Fund, set up in 2006 to ...

Future Fund reduces stocks to seek safety in cash   Sydney Morning Herald
Costello declines govt leadership comment   9news.com.au
Future Fund grows nest egg by $7.5 billion   The Australian
Herald Sun   
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Sky News Australia
   
Flexigroup H1 profit increases 11%   
Herald Sun
Financial services group FlexiGroup has reaffirmed its full-year earnings guidance after an 11 per cent increase in half-yearly profit. FlexiGroup said net profit after tax for the three months to December 31 rose to $38.5 million compared to $34.6m in the prior ...

Flexigroup profit jumps on consumer and SME divisons   Brisbane Times
FlexiGroup shares spike on H1 profit rise   Finance News Network

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