CANBERRA/SYDNEY, Dec 8 - Australia's government began to hand out more than A$8 billion ($5.2 billion) in cash to consumers ahead of Christmas, but some analysts say the money may not be enough to stop...
The holiday season has officially started, with Christmas or New Year's vacation just around the corner. For most people these events will include some sort of travel, which means pulling down the luggage and digging out the carry-on bags.
In the midst of a recession, does anyone really give a loved one a $50,000 car for Christmas? Television commercials featuring Santa building a Mercedes or Lexuses wrapped in red ribbon aside, luxury automakers' sales are slumping along with those of more affordable brands.
SYDNEY, Dec 3 - Commonwealth Bank of Australia <CBA.AX> and Westpac Banking Corp <WBC.AX> are expected to raise up to A$3.5 billion ($2.3 billion), possibly before Christmas, as they prepare for rising bad debts in...
SYDNEY, Dec 3 - Commonwealth Bank of Australia <CBA.AX> and Westpac Banking Corp <WBC.AX> are expected to raise up to A$3.5 billion ($2.3 billion), possibly before Christmas, as they prepare for rising bad debts in...
Come Christmas, McKenna Hunt, a gregarious little girl from Safety Harbor, Florida, will receive the play kitchen and the Elmo doll she wants. But her mother, Kristen Hunt, will go without the designer jeans she covets this season.
BEIJING (AFP)--China on Tuesday laid part of the blame for poor product safety on foreign companies whose designs were flawed, as millions of parents around the world prepared to buy Chinese-made toys for Christmas. In...
LONDON --A cut in U.K. value added tax won't bring lasting respite for embattled retailers who are already trying to counter slumping consumer spending by slashing their prices ahead of Christmas, analysts said Monday. U.K....
LONDON --The U.K. government's temporary 2.5% cut in sales tax won't bring lasting respite for embattled retailers who are already trying to counter slumping consumer spending by slashing their prices ahead of Christmas, analysts said...
LONDON -- A cut in U.K. value added tax won't bring lasting respite for embattled retailers who are already trying to counter slumping consumer spending by slashing their prices ahead of Christmas, analysts said Monday....