Australia
06:31 :
TEXT:S&PBulletin: Ratings On NAB Unchanged On Quarterly Update -
MELBOURNE (Standard & Poor's) Feb. 9, 2012--Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today that its 'AA-/A-1+' ratings on National Australia Bank Ltd. (NAB) were unchanged following NAB's recent 2012 First Quarter Trading Update. Our outlook ...
19:15 :
Gina Rinehart, Australian mining magnate and now media mogul -
One of the world's richest women has bought into the Australian media. Will she use this to push her views on tax and mining?Outside her native Australia, Gina Rinehart's name is likely to be met with quizzical looks – but all that could ...
21:34 :
RPT-National Australia Bank's Q1 rises 7.7 pct -
SYDNEY, Feb 7 (Reuters) - National Australia Bank , the country's top lender, reported a 7.7 percent rise in first-quarter cash profit, a touch below forecasts, and said it will undertake a review of its UK operations.
21:34 :
National Australia Bank's Q1 rises 7.7 pct -
SYDNEY, Feb 7 (Reuters) - National Australia Bank , the country's top lender, reported a 7.7 percent rise in first-quarter cash profit, a touch below forecasts, and said it will undertake a review of its UK operations.
11:47 :
Ecofin launches climate mega-trend fund in Australia -
LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Ecofin Limited, a London-based investment firm with $1.3 billion under management, launched a fund in Australia on Monday for institutional investors looking to lock in long-term growth in sectors such as Alternative ...
07:46 :
Orica may gain stake in TAN plant from Yara/Apache: Yara -
OSLO, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Norway's Yara and Apache Corp are in talks with Australian explosives maker Orica to sell a stake in their technical ammonium nitrate plant in Australia, a Yara spokesman said on Wednesday.
23:37 :
Rio Tinto's ERA uranium output seen over 3,000T -
MELBOURNE, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Rio Tinto's Energy Resources of Australia expects uranium output in 2012 in the range of 3,000 to 3,700 tonnes after wet weather drove it to a A$154 million ($164 million) loss in 2011.
01:15 :
Smaller Australian malls struggling to fill retail space -
SYDNEY, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Some smaller shopping malls in Australia are struggling to fill space, with rents also coming under pressure in a difficult retail environment and amid a move to a greater use of online stores, the head of the ...
23:33 :
Tropical Cyclone Iggy strengthening off W. Australia -
SYDNEY, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Tropical Cyclone Iggy is expected to strengthen as it moves towards Australia's northwest coast on Friday, threatening the region's rich mining fields after shutting down some offshore
oil production facilities.
13:13 :
'Plain packs will make smoking history' -
Simon Chapman, the anti-tobacco activist whose success in Australia has rattled the industry, makes a rallying visit to the UKStripping cigarette packs of their colourful exteriors and forcing them to be sold in plain packaging could ...
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