Minmetals eyes greater quantity acquisitions
ZHOU Zhongshu is in the front line of the just discovered wave of Chinese executives having the confidence and the capital to win the corporate world.
The immaculately presented, engaging former Spanish student is the president of China Minmetals, that is fast transforming itself from a domestic trading house for non-ferrous metals [...]
Investors in successi~ tenterhooks amid political stalemate
LOCAL shares, currency and bond markets stand over against selling pressure this morning in the wake of the historic parliamentary stalemate.
It has been dubbed the "subjugate possible outcome" by investors and market analysts.
Fears of irregularity and weakened governance are tempered by expectations that a business-friendly Coalition may emerge from [...]
Australian sharemarket falls 1pc, dollar from the top to the bottom of as traders seek safe assets
THE stockmarket closed firmly in the red today forward unexciting profit results while the Australian dollar fell in a flying to safety.
Adding to the downturn at the ASX were heightened concerns over the US economy.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 characteristic [...]
Greens invoke for register of nanomaterialsThe Greens have accused both major parties of not doing enough to ensure proper regulation of the booming nanotechnology industry.
The Greens are worried in regard to the lack of safeguards and public information about nanomaterials.
They tell they will make it mandatory for them to be declared publicly.
But the Federal Government [...]
Army called in to diffuse South African strikersSouth Africa’s army has been called in to refrain from protect hospital staff and patients as the country’s public homage strike escalates.
South Africa’s public hospitals have come under investment from striking workers.
At several hospitals in Johannesburg, demonstrators forced their habitude into the facilities, causing damage.
Police responded by firing [...]
Bill during mill closures comes in under budgetPaperlinx says the closure of its pair north-west Tasmanian mills has cost the company $16 million smaller quantity than originally forecast.
In its annual report, Paperlinx has announced a deprivation of close to a quarter of a million dollar in the continue financial year.
Chief Executive Tom Park describes the [...]