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An Australian distillery made two bottles of $10,000 whisky — and they both...
If you’re looking for a birthday present for that hard-to-buy-for billionaire friend, a Tasmanian whisky distillery may have the solution.Sullivan’s Cove in Cambridge, near Hobart airport, made two...
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China's manufacturing data is utterly awful
China’s economy is slowing.That much has become clear recently with the most recent trade data, and the collapse in exports, supporting the earlier case made by the Markit manufacturing PMI and other...
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Rupert Murdoch warns we're on the brink of a 'major global crisis' (NWS, FOX)
Markets have been in a funk the past few days.The S&P lost 2.1%, on Thursday, followed by China's Shanghai Composite plunging 4.3% on Friday. Markets across Europe continue to tumble. Traders are...
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Apple just revolutionised the Australian bond market with $3 billion in orders
The investment banks running Apple’s bond sale received more than $3 billion in orders for its Australian dollar debt issuance in just over 24 hours.Order books opened on Thursday morning and within...
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Asian markets are getting hosed
Following the steep falls seen in US and European markets on Friday, Asian shares have been hosed in early Monday trade.The Nikkei in Japan has sunk 2.07% to 19034.1, with the index now at its lowest...
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1 trillion yuan might be deployed to prevent a stock market meltdown in China
Having seen the nation’s benchmark Shanghai Composite stock index get slammed by 4.21% on Friday, taking its weekly loss to 11.54%, Chinese authorities wheeled out their latest attempt to underpin...
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This is how fragile the global economy is right now, in two sentences
Stock markets around the world fell hard at the end of last week and it will be a nervous Monday for traders and investors around the world.The coming days should give an indication of just how far...
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This app will tell you what time of day your brain is working the best
A bunch of UK-based developers have come up with an app which monitors your mood and brain power to figure out when your mind works best.Called moo-Q the app records your memory ability and processing...
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This dilapidated house with rotting timbers and a caved-in floor just sold...
Agent Gunther Behrendt from Ray White described this WWII-era cottage in the Brisbane, Australia suburb of Dutton Park, 25km from the Central Business District, as “the worst house on the best...
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This analyst believes China is not creating the next recession and sees the...
China is not about to create the next global financial crisis, and the recent slide in risk assets globally provides investors with an attractive buying opportunity.That’s the optimistic – some would...
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Chinese stocks got obliterated again on Tuesday
China's share market got destroyed again on Tuesday.The stock market on Monday suffered its largest decline since February 2007, and the sell-off continued into Tuesday.The benchmark Shanghai Composite...
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Australia is beating the US and Asia when it comes to mobile traffic
Australia’s beating the US and Asia when it comes to using mobile as a way to engage an audience and build a customer base, new Adobe research suggests.Adobe Digital Index director Tamara Gaffney says...
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GERARD MINACK: There is a 'deep faith' keeping markets from getting much worse
The global sell-off in stocks that started late last week has been anticipated by even bullish investors for some time.Stock prices on various measures have been rising for years as central banks...
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Scientists are attaching tiny sensors to bees around the world to find out...
Scientists are still no closer to discovering why millions of western honeybees are simply disappearing from the landscape.The phenomenon, dubbed colony collapse disorder (CCD), continues to hit North...
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China looks like it will further ease policy, but there's more crucial...
Last night, in the wake of another freefall in the nation’s stock market and last Friday’s feeble Caixin manufacturing PMI report for August, China’s central bank – the PBOC – cut benchmark interest...
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China just took action to reduce stock market speculation
The China financial futures exchange (CFFEX) just announced a swathe of measures designed to limit market speculation.In a release today CFFEX stated that margin requirements for futures trading had...
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Chinese stocks have opened higher
Fresh from two days of utter carnage, further monetary policy easing from the PBOC and restrictions on some forms of futures trading, Chinese stocks have opened Wednesday’s session higher.Five minutes...
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The man who predicted the market rout believes today is a 'make-or-break day'...
Tom DeMark, the influential market investor who correctly predicted the current rout in China’s stock market, believes today is a make-or-break session for the Shanghai Composite.According to a report...
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One expert is calling the recent market sell off the 'Global Growth Correction'
The wild volatility on global markets has everyone searching for a way to think about it.And there's one Australian stock broker who is here to help.On Monday, when the Chinese stocks collapsed 8.5%,...
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Chinese stocks just staged a massive rally and ended the 5-day sell-off
After looking as if they were going to make it six losses from six sessions, Chinese stocks staged a ridiculously large rally in the final 45 minutes of trade, closing Thursday’s session with mammoth...
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