10:27AM | Chris Jenkins | The Australian Financial Review
The federal government's $6.2 billion "green car" motor industry package could be opened up to research organisations such as the CSIRO provided they are willing to form partnerships with players in the troubled auto sector.
07:12AM | Julian Bajkowski | The Australian Financial Review
The general manager for sustainability of Sims Group, Peter Netchaef, has called on the federal government to impose a levy on imported computers to claw back the cost of disposing of a rapidly-growing mountain of electronic junk, as part of its overhaul of waste policy.
12:00AM | The New York Times | The Australian Financial Review
Hewlett-Packard has delivered a comparatively optimistic forecast for sales in the coming year, bucking the recent trend of gloomy predictions from other major technology companies.
12:00AM | Ben Woodhead | The Australian Financial Review
Grain handler AWB has reaffirmed its commitment to a $22 million business software overhaul in a sign that corporate computer buyers are going ahead with major projects despite expectations of widespread technology cost cutting.
12:00AM | Bloomberg, AP | The Australian Financial Review
Google chief wades in
12:00AM | Ben Woodhead | The Australian Financial Review
Developer upbeatMining software developer Qmastor yesterday confirmed August guidance for an 80 per cent improvement in 2009 revenue to $9 million and earnings a share of between 3.25¢ and 4¢. However, the company also cautioned that a number of its customers were reviewing the spending plans for the financial year as fallout from the credit crisis spreads. Ben Woodhead
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Commodities: Crude slips
Bassanese: Little optimism
Currencies: $A tumbles
The idea of a first federal budget deficit in a decade might prove controversial, but market economists agree now is the time. Read more
RBA governor Glenn Stevens goes in search of silver linings, and manages to find a few.
China's President, Hu Jintao, is leading scores of Chinese businessmen on a sweep through Latin America. Read more
Capital expenditure on mining and energy projects - a major driver of economic growth in recent years - has fallen in the last six months. Read more
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