* China calls for urgency in FTA talks * Chinese vice premier to meet PM Rudd * Australia approves another Chinese resource deal (Updates with latest China resource deal approved, background) SYDNEY, Oct 30 -...
SYDNEY, Oct 30 - Australia has given foreign-investment approval for Chinese steel-maker Baosteel <600019.SS> to take a 15 percent stake iron ore explorer Aquila Resources <AQA.AX>, Aquila said on Friday. The government will also allow...
SYDNEY, Oct 30 - Australian private sector credit and changes in financial aggregates for September, released by the Reserve Bank of Australia on Friday. Figures are seasonally adjusted in percentage terms. Sep Aug Sep '09/Sep'08...
* Australia, China stress importance of ties * Vice Premier to meet Rudd, sign agreements SYDNEY, Oct 29 - The arrival of China's Vice Premier Li Keqiang in Sydney on Thursday and a glowing editorial...
WELLINGTON, Oct 29 - Australian stocks fell 2 percent on Thursday, led by miners and banks including Australia & New Zealand Banking Group <ANZ.AX>, on concerns about the health of the global economy. ANZ fell...
SYDNEY, Oct 29 - Australian stocks are set to continue their run of losses on Thursday after disappointing U.S. data raised concerns over the health of an economic recovery and sent Wall Street tumbling. Australia...
SYDNEY, Oct 26 - Australia producer prices for the third quarter, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Monday. Final (stage 3) commodities (excluding exports): qtr/qtr pct yr/yr pct Q3 +0.1 +0.2 Dome...
SYDNEY, Oct 23 - Australia has given conditional approval to China's Yanzhou Coal <1171.HK> to acquire coal miner Felix Resources Ltd <FLX.AX>, the government said in a statement on Friday. The conditions include stipulations that...
SYDNEY, Oct 23 - Farmers in eastern Australia may experience drier-than-normal weather conditions from November to the end of January, as they bring in wheat and other grains harvests, according to a forecast by Australia's...
SYDNEY, Oct 21 - Sales of new motor vehicles in Australia rose 2.9 percent in September from the previous month, in a show of resilience that boded well for retail sales. Data from the Australian...