Bloomberg.com Region - Australia & New Zealand News http://www.bloomberg.com Bloomberg LP en-us Financial News Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- The Australian dollar advanced for the first time in five days as global stocks rose and gold climbed to a record. New Zealand’s dollar also gained. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=avNKF2qWZJoA&refer=australia http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=avNKF2qWZJoA Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:24:02 EST Financial News Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Australian stocks rose after metal prices advanced and James Hardie Industries NV said it expects full-year earnings at the top range of analyst estimates. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=a9Oq4tHm38sM&refer=australia http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=a9Oq4tHm38sM Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:46:38 EST Financial News Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd., Australia’s biggest electronics retailer, said first-half profit before tax and minority interests should jump more than 40 percent after sales increased. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=a420nDUVkLGI&refer=australia http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=a420nDUVkLGI Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:28:20 EST Financial News Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- The Australian Securities and Investments Commission declined to waive the 50.1 percent minimum acceptance condition for Lion-Asia Resources Ltd.’s offer for all of the shares of Polaris Metals NL. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=awd1MXOyepmc&refer=australia http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=awd1MXOyepmc Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:54:56 EST Financial News Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Akzo Nobel NV’s National Starch business agreed to buy Penford Australia Ltd’s specialty grain wet milling and manufacturing facility in Lane Cove, the company said in a statement today. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=aRhrSq3fJXUM&refer=australia http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aRhrSq3fJXUM Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:05:42 EST Financial News Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- British Airways Plc could revive plans for a tie-up with Qantas Airways Ltd., using its merger with Spain’s Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana SA as a template, Chief Executive Officer Willie Walsh told the Financial Times. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=aHzoLdI2GxSM&refer=australia http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aHzoLdI2GxSM Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:38:51 EST Financial News Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Almost one in five capesize vessels, used to haul coal and iron ore, are anchored at ports, close to the all-time high reached earlier this year, Global Ports said. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=a0dHQ.KsiKKk&refer=australia http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=a0dHQ.KsiKKk Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:16:49 EST Financial News Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil rose as a weaker dollar heightened the appeal of commodities to investors and an Iranian military exercise bolstered concern that Middle Eastern supplies may be disrupted. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=a61xejGo14C0&refer=australia http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=a61xejGo14C0 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:16:06 EST Financial News Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Qantas Airways Ltd., Australia’s largest airline, will spend A$4.4 billion ($4 billion) over the next two years as it purchases new aircraft and embarks on a campaign to shore up margins. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=aspR6_p6j00E&refer=australia http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aspR6_p6j00E Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:55:14 EST Financial News Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- National Australia Bank Ltd. said it’s studying assets that may come up for sale in the U.K. after Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and Lloyds Banking Group Plc said they would sell units and branches to meet state aid rules. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=abiUXve5rZwQ&refer=australia http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=abiUXve5rZwQ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:22 EST General News Nov. 22 (Bloomberg) -- The Australian government, which intends to make an offer tomorrow to opposition lawmakers of a revised carbon reduction proposal, said there is time to get the plan through parliament before the session ends on Nov. 26. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=ae1IFsA0x1LA&refer=australia http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=ae1IFsA0x1LA Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:54:37 EST General News Nov. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Cooler breezes today and tomorrow in Australia’s New South Wales state are expected to bring relief from 40 degree-plus Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) weather and help firefighters trying to put out bushfires, the Sydney Morning Herald said. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=aq5KunK_GLjA&refer=australia http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aq5KunK_GLjA Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:35:08 EST General News Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Antarctica is losing ice from its larger eastern side as well as the western part, an indication the southernmost continent may add “significantly more” to rising seas, researchers in Texas said. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=atJRfSKS0cOA&refer=australia http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=atJRfSKS0cOA Mon, 23 Nov 2009 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