By Andrew Wood in Hong Kong and Dave Shellock in London Shares in New Zealand recorded their biggest one-day rise since 2001 on Thursday after the country's central bank cut interest rates for the first time in five years. Sony...
Australia's greatest ancient Aboriginal rock art is at risk of being damaged or destroyed because it sits at the epicentre of the country's resources boom, experts say. Ms Smalldon believes the rock art has suffered since...
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has moved to reassure the coal and liquefied natural gas (LNG) industries that his government is committed to finding solutions to reducing their carbon emissions. He also refused to rule out free...
Staff writers | July 25, 2008 THE Australian stock market had fallen by 3 per cent by early afternoon after a National Australia Bank credit warning. National Australia Bank said it had taken an additional provision of $830...
By V. Phani Kumar, MarketWatch HONG KONG (Menafn - Japanese shares rose Thursday, with automobile makers such as Toyota Motor Corp. advancing as crude-oil prices extended declines, while New Zealand stocks jumped after the...
INVESTORS need to be vigilant against a dodgy share purchasers, says Woodside Petroleum. Woodside delivered the warning after Hassle Free Share Sales wrote to some shareholders offering to purchase shares in the oil producer...
By V. Phani Kumar, MarketWatch HONG KONG (Menafn - Asian markets rallied Wednesday as financials such as Mizuho Financial Group were spurred by overnight gains on Wall Street, while transportation stocks advanced after...
Jennifer Hewett, National affairs correspondent | July 24, 2008 IT'S hard to see how the Liberals could have managed to sound more confused about their position on climate change. The key was always whether the Liberals would...
SYDNEY, Australia -- Asian shares are set to open higher Wednesday, with a drop in oil prices seen boosting cost-sensitive transport and consumer stocks, while a rise in the US dollar might lift exporters such as Honda Motor Co.