Mining and engineered products provider Bradken Ltd is looking forward to an
improvement in trading conditions after the global downturn caused a sharp
decline in first half profit. Sales revenue totalled $463.0 million, down 25
per cent. Bradken managing director Brian Hodges said
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data out on Monday showed just 1700 fewer
international tourists visited Australia in 2009 compared to 2008, defying an
estimated worldwide drop in international tourism of four per cent. But the
number of Australians travelling overseas skyrocketed by
AAP Australia's tourism industry has weathered the global financial downturn of
2009 better than expected, with new data showing international visitors only
slightly down. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data out on Monday showed
just 1700 fewer international tourists visited
AFP Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell has reported a plunge in annual profits,
blaming a weak global economy and an uncertain outlook as it axed 1,000 jobs
and earmarked more assets for disposal. Shell said in a statement that net
profit tumbled 52 per cent to $US12.52 billion ($A14.17
Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell has reported a plunge in annual profits, blaming
a weak global economy and an uncertain outlook as it axed 1,000 jobs and
earmarked more assets for disposal. Shell said in a statement that net profit
tumbled 52 per cent to $US12.52 billion ($A14.17
Shell said in a statement that net profit tumbled 52 per cent to $US12.52
billion ($A14.17 billion) last year from $US26.28 billion ($A29.75 billion) in
2008. "Our fourth quarter 2009 results were impacted by the weak global
economy," Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Officer Peter Voser said
Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell has reported a plunge in annual profits, blaming
a weak global economy and an uncertain outlook as it axed 1,000 jobs and
earmarked more assets for disposal. "Our fourth quarter 2009 results were
impacted by the weak global economy ," Royal Dutch
AFP Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell has reported a plunge in annual profits,
blaming a weak global economy and an uncertain outlook as it axed 1,000 jobs
and earmarked more assets for disposal. Shell said in a statement that net
profit tumbled 52 per cent to $US12.52 billion ($A14.17
Honda Motor , Japan's second largest automaker, said on Wednesday its profits
soared almost seven-fold in the latest quarter from a year earlier, helped by
increased sales in India and China. The maker of the Insight hybrid and the
Civic and Accord cars sharply hiked its earnings
AFP Honda Motor, Japan's second largest automaker, said on Wednesday its
profits soared almost seven-fold in the latest quarter from a year earlier,
helped by increased sales in India and China. The maker of the Insight hybrid
and the Civic and Accord cars sharply hiked its earnings
Shell said in a statement that net profit tumbled 52 per cent to $US12.52
billion ($A14.17 billion) last year from $US26.28 billion ($A29.75 billion) in
2008. "Our fourth quarter 2009 results were impacted by the weak global
economy," Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Officer Peter Voser said
