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...
Australasian Investment Review -
Friday November 6, 2009, 8:08 am
Rates Up, As Predicted
While the Reserve Bank followed form and lifted its key interest rate by 0.25% to 3.50% yesterday, there's a tip of another kind from the post meeting statement: watch the impact of the...
Australasian Investment Review -
Wednesday November 4, 2009, 8:41 am
US Economic Growing, Confidence Falling
Despite the American third quarter growth figures, the real story of the current health of the American economy will be found in the statement at the end of next week's two-day Federal Reserve...
Australasian Investment Review -
Friday October 30, 2009, 8:23 am
US economic growth fastest in two years
The US economy grew at a 3.5 per cent pace in the third quarter, the best showing in two years, fuelled by government-supported spending on cars and homes. It was the strongest signal yet the economy...
AAP -
Thursday October 29, 2009, 11:49 pm
Trading Post's paper demise was on the cards
The Trading Post paper has been printed for the last time today after more than four decades of Australians buying cars, furniture and pets from its pages.
For years the Trading Post was...
ABC Business News -
Thursday October 29, 2009, 5:44 pm
Ford taps China's Geely as favored bidder for Volvo
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Ford Motor Co., the number-two US automaker, said Wednesday it had tapped Chinese peer Geely as preferred bidder for Volvo Cars, its premium Swedish nameplate.Ford, which announced...
AFP Finance News -
Thursday October 29, 2009, 7:41 am
Hybrid automaker Fisker to buy shuttered GM plant
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Budding US hybrid car maker Fisker Automotive will reopen a shuttered General Motors plant in Delaware to build fuel-efficient, plug-in cars, the White House announced Tuesday.US...
AFP Finance News -
Wednesday October 28, 2009, 10:53 am
Korean cars win 'best value' awards
They've always been cheap but Korean cars are now among the best value in Australia, according to Wheels Magazine.The motoring magazine has published its Gold Star awards for 2009.The awards rank...
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Wednesday October 28, 2009, 1:01 am
Nissan aims to make batteries 'core business': Ghosn
TOKYO (AFP) - Nissan Motor Co. aims to make rechargeable batteries for electric cars one of its key businesses, chief executive Carlos Ghosn said Monday, predicting a bright future for zero-emission...
AFP Finance News -
Tuesday October 20, 2009, 6:17 am
Markets Hit Highs
Last week shares in Australia, Hong Kong, India, Russia, Europe, London, Brazil and New York all hit fresh highs that were in most cases, the best for the past...
Australasian Investment Review -
Monday October 19, 2009, 8:44 am
Nissan recalls 50,000 vehicles in China
A Chinese joint venture involving Japan's Nissan Motors will recall nearly 52,000 cars in China due to safety defects in the steering system, the country's product-quality watchdog said.The...
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Thursday October 15, 2009, 10:58 am
China Improving And Growing
More positive news from China at the start of the monthly flow of economic and trade figures. The country's exports had their best month this year with a fall of 'only' 15.2% from a year ago as...
Australasian Investment Review -
Thursday October 15, 2009, 8:39 am
Rio Improves And Lifts Iron Ore Targets
And with all those extra cars being produced in China, plus the rising level of growth, it's no wonder Rio Tinto said its global iron-ore production in the September quarter increased 12%...
Australasian Investment Review -
Thursday October 15, 2009, 8:37 am
Autos boost official French industrial output
PARIS (AFP) - The auto sector put spring into French industrial output in August which jumped 1.8 percent from the level in July, official data showed on Friday.The surge followed two months of only...
AFP Finance News -
Saturday October 10, 2009, 12:35 am
