On Thursday, the Australian Government published a report showing that, despite the stable growth of country’s economy during the past quarter, the trade surplus declined, causing the Australian Dollar to drop by 90.75 US cents. However, the New Zealand Dollar seemed to top the value of its counterparts, especially the US Dollar and the Japanese Yen.

Now days, residents of Pennines are dealing with problems caused by bogus callers and police are appealing to the residents to take extra care. Various numbers of helpless people have become the victim of these bogus callers which has attracted police attention. Leaflets have been posted by police community support officers in the residents. Police is also giving crime prevention advice to the residents.

As stated by Alex Vanselow, Chief Financial Officer, BHP Billiton Ltd., the Company’s $44 billion worth of bid to acquire Potash Corporation would consider the short-term financial impact of the takeover and would remain cautious about that.
Mr. Vanselow added that they are opportunistic and never leave a chance to grab an opportunity whenever it comes. They are keeping a positive attitude towards the long-term economic influence of the takeover of the Canadian firm, but the short-term impact is also a matter of worry.

In the 90,000+ circulation category for daily newspapers, the Sydney Morning Herald has grabbed the first prize at Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers Association (PANPA), which is being held every year. Even last year, the prize was won by the Herald.
The award ceremony was held during a gala dinner in Sydney on Saturday night, where more than 450 newspaper executives marked their presence.

The share market slipped down by 1% till the noon trading as the uncertainty of the election results kept affecting the share markets. The S&P index has gone down by 47.9 points or 1.08% to 4381.1 points while other markets have fallen down by 0.93% or 42.3 points to 4418.2 points.

The engineering major Macmahon has recorded a 120 percent growth in its revenue in this year so far. The total amount of profit has been doubled to its previously 37.9 million of dollars.