Rolls-Royce says Asia market picking up
Rolls-Royce says the market for its super-luxury cars is picking up dramatically across Asia as the effects of the global financial crisis recede."We're fast coming out of the financial...
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Saturday November 21, 2009, 7:09 am
Holden boss wants states to buy local
The new managing director of Holden has taken aim at State Governments for failing to buy more locally built cars instead of imported models.
Alan Batey told a business lunch in Adelaide that...
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Friday November 20, 2009, 5:14 pm
US Still Fragile
Another week for the US economy in which statistics, speeches and interviews, all underlined just how tough it is going to be in the world's biggest economy for the next year or more. In...
Australasian Investment Review -
Friday November 20, 2009, 12:13 am
Centro Properties' US Optimism
Hope springs eternal at Centro Properties Group. The group, which was the first listed casualties of the global credit crunch back in late 2007, says there are signs the retail environment in...
Australasian Investment Review -
Wednesday November 18, 2009, 8:29 am
Tree may offer fuel solution: expert
Cars could soon be running on a biofuel produced from a common legume tree.A team of experts at the University of Queensland (UQ) has been studying 20,000 pongamia pinnata (Indian beech) trees lining...
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Wednesday November 18, 2009, 12:08 am
Good News: Japan Still Growing
More good news for Australia, our second biggest export market, Japan, has had its second consecutive quarter of economic growth. Figures released yesterday in Tokyo show the pace of...
Australasian Investment Review -
Tuesday November 17, 2009, 8:09 am
Wall Street Up On Mixed News
Wall Street rose on a mixture of positive and negative news overnight, ignoring the latter and focusing solely on the former. The Dow was up more than 130 points, oil rose, the Aussie dollar was...
Australasian Investment Review -
Tuesday November 17, 2009, 4:26 am
Europe Out Of The Red
Europe staggered out of recession in the September quarter, but left the UK and Spain as the only major economies in the zone still in the red. Figures out Friday night showed that the...
Australasian Investment Review -
Monday November 16, 2009, 8:33 am
DIARY: Watch GM, US Retail Sales
A relatively quiet week for major events, but one which will be of interest is the update from American carmaker General Motors which will report third-quarter results this week. The...
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Monday November 16, 2009, 8:31 am
China corners rare earths market
As resource-hungry China scours the world for crude oil and natural gas supplies, it has managed to corner the global market for a group of obscure metals used to make iPods, wind farms and electric...
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Monday November 16, 2009, 7:34 am
Electric cars need govt support: Nissan
Electric cars could help China and other countries reduce their dependency on oil but the government must provide incentive to make the shift, Nissan and Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn said on Thursday.Car...
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Saturday November 14, 2009, 8:05 am
Advertisers to target drivers at bowser
Advertisers will soon be able to target drivers standing at the petrol bowser refuelling their cars.United Digital Media, Seven Network Ltd and Yahoo!7 announced in a joint statement on Friday the...
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Friday November 13, 2009, 3:07 pm
Gold's Big Week: Clears $US1100 an ounce
Gold futures finished at a record close on Friday, after earlier topping $US1,100 an ounce for the first time. It was an historic week for the metal. Traders expect it to go back above...
Australasian Investment Review -
Monday November 9, 2009, 8:25 am
Car Industry Picking Up Around The World
There's a sudden bloom in the car industry around the world, so much so that you'd be mistaken for wondering if the good times were back. Sales are up, with or without Government help, some...
Australasian Investment Review -
Friday November 6, 2009, 8:10 am
Warren Buffett's Defining Play
Warren Buffett did it again this week, launching his biggest ever takeover which defines his optimism in America's future and makes an emphatic statement about the financial strength of...
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Friday November 6, 2009, 8:08 am
