U.S. STOCK MARKETS An assortment of positive economic reports strengthened investor optimism ahead of Friday’s key employment report, and stocks held onto broad morning gains heading into
MIDDAY REPORT (11.30am AEDT) The Australian sharemarket is improving modestly at lunch for the fourth time this week, with the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) up 0.2 per cent or 10.9 pts to
Australia’s agriculture sector is facing another headache in Indonesia, just weeks after it had lost the battle to Pakistan which culled 21,000 Aussie sheep. This time, the problem is the