2010/11/02 13:20 - On November 4, 2010, global super-brand Zara is scheduled to launch a series of onlines stores throughout Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. In addition to France, Germany, Portugal, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, where online sales were available since 2 September.
2010/09/29 11:35 - Supported by National Energy Administration, IEA Clean Coal Centre and Carbon Capture & Storage Association, World Clean Coal Week China Focus 2010 will be held on Nov. 29-Dec.3 in Beijing, China.
2010/09/29 11:15 - Supported by the National Energy Administration and endorsed by, Unconventional Gas Asia Summit will be held on Nov. 29-Dec.1 in Beijing, China. In junction with World Clean Coal Week China Focus 2010 (WCCW 2010), Unconventional Gas Asia Summit (UGAS2010) has a 25-strong speaker lineup of Asia unconventional gas leaders to gain valuable insights and market intelligence. Rub shoulders with some of the most prominent resource holders and project developers, representing billions of dollars of projects who are on the hunt for potential unconventional gas technologies.
2010/09/25 15:34 - CHINA MINING Congress & Expo, one of the largest mineral exploration and mining trading latforms, covers the whole value chain, including geological survey, exploration development, mining rights trading, mining investment and financing, smelting and processing, technique and equipment as well as mining services.
2010/09/07 13:30 - Australian Market Report of September 07, 2010 includes; South American Iron and Steel (ASX:SAY) has now commenced Stage 1 Drilling at Quince, with two drilling rigs. Automotive Technology Group (ASX:ATJ), has focused efforts to develop relationships leading to sales in China, RUM Jungle Uranium Limited (ASX:RUM) announced significant copper and gold mineralisation at Tommy's Gap Prospect and Axiom Mining Limited (ASX:AVQ) has intercepted higher average gold grades and widths.
2010/08/26 12:45 - 5th China Gold & Precious Metals Summit 2010, co-hosted by Shanghai Gold & Jewelry Trade Association and IGVision International Corporation Shanghai and endorsed by China Gold Association and Shanghai Gold Exchange, will be convened in Shanghai China on December 1-3, 2010. It is China's largest networking and information exchange platform for gold & precious metals industry. The summit was successfully held in the past 4 years, attracting more than 200 top professionals from global gold & precious metals fraternities every year.
2010/08/19 15:55 - FINANCE VIDEO: Randolph Koppa From Trade and Development Bank Speaks With Yuji Iwasaki in Mongolia.
2010/08/17 15:20 - Hosted by the China Ministry of Land & Resources and the Tianjin Municipal Government, the 12th annual China Mining Congress & Expo 2010 will be held at the Tianjin Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center from November 16 through 18, 2010. The theme of this year's Congress & Expo is: The World and China in Mining Consolidation: Co-operation, Responsibility and Development.
2010/08/17 09:59 - SAI Global Limited (ASX:SAI) (PINK:SGLOF) today announced a record net profit after tax of A$33.7M, an increase of 29.2% on last year's result. Continued organic growth plus contributions from recent acquisitions combined to produce revenue growth of 21.1% to A$392.2 million despite the impact of the stronger Australian dollar relative to the prior period. EBITDA increased to A$76.1M, up 18.4% on FY09. Operating cash inflows were strong, up 34.3% to A$51.5M.
2010/08/12 13:31 - The Australian stock market opened lower this morning, after global markets suffered a heavy loss and all key market indices dropped significantly.
2010/07/28 13:55 - Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, will address the World Capital Markets Symposium (WCMS) in Kuala Lumpur on 27-28 September 2010, marking his speaking debut in Malaysia, the organizers of the Symposium announced on Wednesday. Wales, who founded the free, multi-lingual virtual encyclopedia in 2001, will join policy-makers and financial industry experts in sharing their thoughts at the Symposium, with the theme "Transforming Capital Markets: Leadership, Change and Governance".
2010/07/28 13:11 - Hosted by the China Ministry of Land & Resources and the Tianjin Municipal Government, the 12th annual China Mining Congress & Expo 2010 will be held at the Tianjin Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center from November 16 through 18, 2010. The theme of this year's Congress & Expo is: The World and China in Mining Consolidation: Co-operation, Responsibility and Development.
2010/07/27 11:59 - Beach Energy Limited (ASX:BPT) (PINK:BEPTF) releases quarterly report for the period ending 30 June 2010.
2010/07/06 12:49 - Beach Energy Limited (ASX:BPT) (PINK:BEPTF) is pleased to announce that today it entered into a nonbinding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with ITOCHU Corporation (TYO:8001) (PINK:ITOCY) of Japan to investigate and discuss the potential for a future business arrangement in connection with supply of gas from Beach's onshore Australian portfolio to a potential integrated LNG project.
2010/07/01 16:35 - FINANCE VIDEO: Sydney Mining Club Chairman Julian Malnic Addresses The Top End of Town About the RSPT Mining Tax
2010/06/22 12:30 - ASF Group Limited (ASX:AFA) said today that its wholly owned entity ASF Energy has entered into an agreement with Shanghai Time Shipping Co Ltd for the supply of coal for shipment to China. Shanghai Time is an associate company of China Huaneng Group Ltd, one of China's largest power conglomerates.
2010/06/17 13:30 - The Australian stocks market was slightly lower in early trade, while Wall Street delivered a flat lead overnight. Yesterday the local market posted a strong gain of 1.2 per cent, led by materials and energy stocks.
2010/06/11 14:20 - After the success last year of SIPPE 2009, Shanghai Aiexpo Exhibition Service Co., Ltd are pleased to announce the SIPPE 2010 Shanghai 5th International Petroleum Petrochemical Natural Gas Technology Equipment Exhibition.
2010/05/17 13:30 - The Australian stock market opened sharply lower on Monday led by material sector. European bourses broadly tumbled on Friday as European governments' deep spending cuts increased worries over the region's economies. The negative sentiment also spreads through Wall Street and Asian Markets. The Australia's S&P/ASX200 index Monday fell approximately 1.8 per cent in early trade. In economics news today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases lending finance data for March.
2010/05/04 13:30 - The Australian market opened modestly higher today ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia's interest rate decision. Material and mining shares continued their losing streak in early trade due to the mining tax concerns. But Wall Street's solid gains overnight helped to support the Australian shares with improving US economic data.
2010/04/29 13:30 - Today Australian shares continued their losing streak in early trade, despite a positive lead from Wall Street. Yesterday the Asian and Australian market declined massively on the back to credit ratings downgrades for Greece and Portugal. Australian market's decline today was led by financial shares.
2010/04/23 10:15 - Galaxy Resources Limited (ASX:GXY) (PINK:GALXF) is pleased to provide shareholders with the March 2010 Quarterly Report which outlines the progress made by the Company during the quarter. The Company is now fully funded and will hold a significant cash position to support the development of both the Mt Cattlin and Jiangsu projects.
2010/04/12 12:30 - SAP Asia Pacific Japan today announced the appointment of Hera K. Siu as President, SAP China (ETR:SAP). Reporting directly to Steve Watts, President, SAP Asia Pacific Japan, Ms. Siu will assume responsibility for all aspects of SAP China's operations with particular focus on continuing to grow SAP's on-premise, on-demand and on-device solutions in China.
2010/03/26 13:30 - Wall Street Thursday closed with little change after the market trimmed its early gains. US stocks rose for most of the session, but in the afternoon the market declined as falls in crude oil future hit the energy shares. Higher metal price could help the Asian markets Friday to offset some negative sentiment that cut gains on Wall Street. Asian bourses ended mixed Thursday while fiscal concerns in euro zone persist. Hong Kong and Shanghai markets lost more than 1 per cent each. However, Japan's Nikkei 225 Average added 0.1 per cent, South Korea's Kospi rose 0.4% and Taiwan's Taiex finished 0.2% higher.
2010/03/17 16:33 - Leading Australian clean automotive technology company Automotive Technology Group (ATG) (ASX:ATJ) is pleased to announce that it has signed a A$8 million distribution agreement with leading Chinese automotive distribution group, Huachuang Zhenxin Automobile Technology Development Co Limited (Huachuang) for the exclusive distribution of ATG's Sprintex(R) Supercharger products in China.
2010/03/12 13:30 - Banking shares continued to push the US market higher overnight, despite resources and industrial sectors were hurt by worries that China may tighten its policy to cool the overheating economy after the country's latest inflation data. Consumer price index for February in China rose a faster-than-expected 2.7% in February from a year earlier. Thursday Asian markets closed mixed. Several major markets dropped after Chinese economic data. Japan's Nikkei index was up 1 per cent and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index inched up 0.1%. Taiwan's Taiex lost 0.4 per cent and South Korea's Kospi shed 0.3 per cent. China's Shanghai Composited gave up most of its early gains and closed with a 0.1 per cent gain.
2010/03/04 15:26 - On the 100 occasion of the centennial anniversary of the International Woman's Day, China International Women's Health-Beauty-Fashion Brand Summit, the prime event of 2010 International Beauty Industry, is to be held at March 7th, 2010 in Shanghai. This event have being supported and guided by Shanghai Women's federation, hosted by Shanghai International Cosmetic Center(IBC)-the largest procurement center of high-end international cosmetics products in Easten China and organized by Wingo PR.
2010/03/02 16:21 - Ashoka Buildcon has been independently certified by International Standards Certifications (ISC) against the international standard for greenhouse gas reporting, ISO 14064. The news comes following India's announcement in December last year that it would slow the growth of the nation's greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.
2010/02/24 13:00 - Yesterday Asian markets ended mixed. Japan's Nikkei index was 0.5 per cent lower due to profit-taking after the previous day's sharp gains. China's Shanghai Composite lost 0.9 per cent led by financials on concerns over banks' fundraising plans. Hong Kong shares, however, was pushed higher by property sector stocks.
2010/02/19 09:30 - The Australian sharemarket fell on Thursday as investors digested some mixed earnings results. Investors also managed to take profit for the market after two days gains. At the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index lost 13 points, or 0.28 per cent, to 4654.9, while the broader All Ordinaries index gave up 12.9 points, or 0.28 per cent to 4673.9.
2010/02/16 09:30 - Australian shares dropped on Monday as investors were nervous ahead of the EU meeting over Greek debt. Trading was quiet in local market while most Asian bourses were closed for Lunar New Year on Monday, Wall Street also closed because of a public holiday. At the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 16.6 points, or 0.4 per cent, at 4545.5, while the broader All Ordinaries index shed 18.4 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 4570.4.
2010/02/15 11:31 - The Australian sharemarket eased some early gains and closed slightly higher on Friday. This was the first weekly gain in five weeks while the global markets had been shadowed by China's monetary tightening, worries on US economic recovery stability and sovereign debt issue in Euro zone.
2010/02/12 11:00 - ABN Newswire stocks to watch today include: SAI Global Limited (ASX:SAI), Galaxy Resources Limited (ASX:GXY) (PINK:GALXF) and Dynasty Metals Australia Limited (ASX:DMA).
2010/02/11 09:45 - SAI Global Limited (ASX:SAI) today announced a record half-year net profit after tax of $13.7M, representing an increase of 33.2% over the corresponding period.
A strong contribution from the property services business which includes a sizeable contribution from Espreon, together with continued organic growth, more than offset the adverse impacts of the stronger Australian dollar and the weaker trading conditions experienced by the standards training and automotive assurance businesses.
2010/01/21 11:50 - ASF Group Limited (ASX:AFA) (PINK:ASFTF) announce further to the Company's ASX announcement on 16 September 2009 concerning its strategic co-operation with Fujian Materials (Group) Co., Ltd ("FMGC"), a Fujian state-owned enterprise, the Company is pleased to announce that, through its wholly-owned subsidiary ASF Energy Pty Limited, it has entered into a Coal Sales Agreement with FMGC for the immediate sale and export of coal to China.
2010/01/18 09:30 - The Australian shares closed with little change on Friday. The market rebounded from early losses as a surprise guidance upgrade by Commonwealth Bank pushed the financial sector higher in late trade. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 1.6 points to 4899.6, while the broader All Ordinaries index added 0.1 point to 4929.5.
2010/01/13 09:30 - Australian stocks declined yesterday on profit taking selling after US aluminium giant Alcoa reported its fourth quarter earnings result, which missed the market expectations. The resources sector drove the local shares lower. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed down 51.2 points, or 1.03 per cent, at 4,899.5 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index lost 49.6 points, or one per cent, to 4,931.6 points.
2010/01/05 13:30 - Asian shares could be lifted after US and European markets rallied overnight on optimistic outlook of 2010. Yesterday Asian markets mostly kicked off the new year with gains. Japan's Nikkei surged 1 per cent on yen's weakness and a financial lifeline to Japan Airlines. The global markets also cheered for the strong manufacturing data from China and India. However, China's Shanghai Composite fell 1 per cent on Monday over fears on inflation.
2009/12/18 10:30 - The Australian share market lost much of its early gains after NAB's surprise bid for the local and New Zealand assets of AXA Asia Pacific Holdings. Woodside's capital raising also gave the market a pullback. At the close, the local market was slightly higher. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed up 8.4 points, or 0.18 per cent, at 4670.3 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index gained 13.5 points, or 0.29 per cent, to 4689.6 points.
2009/12/17 13:30 - US stocks closed mixed overnight as the market wobbled after the US Federal Reserve decided to maintain its interest rates at record low to support the subdued recovery. The central bank's upbeat outlook of the economy has led to speculation about a faster interest rate rise.
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