2015年4月1日 星期三

2015-04-02 Australia Business


The Australian
   
BC Iron axes contract to cut Nullagine costs   
The Australian
BC Iron has terminated a mining, crushing and screening contract with Watpac as it looks to cut costs in response to a plunging iron ore price. The contract for work at the company's Nullagine joint venture operations will be cut short by three months to July.
Chances of RBA rate cut firm as confidence falls away   Sydney Morning Herald
Iron ore plunge stokes pressure for Australia rate cut   Reuters
BC Iron cuts contract to save costs   Perth Now
Trading Room   
The West Australian   
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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Currency World Cup: New Zealand dollar closes in on parity with the Aussie   
Sydney Morning Herald
Australians and New Zealanders have long-revelled in the competitive banter and friendly rivalry typical of siblings with a lot of common. If it's not the Kiwis' domination of rugby or Australia's upper hand in cricket, trans-Tasman relations have often been ...

New Zealand dollar closes in on parity with the Aussie   The Australian Financial Review
EconomyKiwi commodity prices rises underscore solid economy   Financial Times
Price of lamb wool falls   3News NZ
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New Zealand Herald   
NZ City   
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The Australian
   
Bradken targeted by PEP, Koch takeover bid   
The Australian
Mining services company Bradken has labelled a $428 million bid for the company as not fair value and broken off talks with the suitors. Bradken confirmed today that Pacific Equity Partners and Koch Industries had last night lobbed an unsolicited indicative ...

Bradken rejects takeover proposal   NEWS.com.au
Bradken rejects PEP, Koch $2.50 a share bid   The Australian Financial Review

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Sky News Australia
   
Online sales surge in February   
Herald Sun
Online retail sales have increased nearly 10 per cent in a year, rocketing ahead of sluggish bricks and mortar retailers. National Australia Bank's online retail sales index showed internet purchasing grew 1.7 per cent in February, up from a 0.3 per cent rise in ...

Groceries, homewear boost online sales   WA today
Aussies online spending rose in February   Sky News Australia
Australia's online shopping growth is picking up again   Business Insider Australia

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TheBull.com.au
   
Inflation stays below RBA's target band   
Herald Sun
Inflation is staying well below the Reserve Bank's two to three per cent target, keeping the door open for more interest rate cuts. Consumer prices rose 0.4 per cent in March, following a flat result in February, according to the TD Securities/Melbourne Institute ...

EconomyAussie inflation rises, but still room for easing   Financial Times
TD Securities: Monthly inflation jumped higher on petrol price rises   Business Insider Australia

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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Markets live: Energy, banks drive gains   
Sydney Morning Herald
11:11am: South32's assets and balance sheet will make it attractive to potential suitors, according to UBS's mining analysts. UBS presented clients with their top-20 list of questions and answers about South32 on Thursday morning, covering everything from ...

Deutsche Bank cuts valuation of South32   Australian Mining
South32 takeover talk should support share price   The Australian Financial Review
Valuations sink for BHP Billiton spin-off South32   The Australian

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The Australian
   
PanAust's Phu Kham gold and copper mine in Laos. Source: Supplied   
The Australian
PanAust has told its shareholders to take “no action” on Chinese state-owned Guangdong Rising Assets Management's $1.1 billion move on the miner. Garry Hounsell, chairman of the Laos-focused copper/gold producer (PNA), wrote to shareholders today to ...


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fanning the cash economy   
The Australian
The Easter weekend has become a celebration of the cash economy. It is one of the more concentrated leisure activity periods on the calendar and attracts vast amounts of shift allowances and penalty rates. Small cafes, restaurants, hotels and other ...


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Herald Sun
   
Government signals it may back plan to wind-back payments for wealthiest retirees   
ABC Online
ELEANOR HALL: The Federal Government is signalling that it will back the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) plan to wind back pension benefits for wealthy retirees. The Government's previous cuts to the pension budget involved cutting the rate ...

Abbott says pension proposal 'worth looking' at   The Australian Financial Review
ACOSS Push on Indexation of Pensions   Pro Bono Australia
Government prepares to shift on pensions   Yahoo7 News

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The week in numbers to April 2   
The Australian (blog)
THE big and small numbers that grabbed attention - or should have - in the business world over the past week. MONDAY: $10,200 - Wholesale liquor co-op Independent Liquor Group was fined for trying to pass off a beer brewed in China as Australian.

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