MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO – George Media Inc. is pleased to announce the April issue of The Canadian Business Journal is now available online at www.cbj.ca. Click on the cover to enter the magazine. This edition’s cover story deals with business innovation through the eyes of Microsoft Canada... Read More
April Issue of the International Resource Journal Now Online
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – George Media Inc. is pleased to announce that the April issue of The International Resource Journal is now available online at www.internationalresourcejournal.com. Click on the magazine cover to enter the publication. Renewable energy is the star of this issue and an ... Read More
March Issue of The Canadian Business Journal Now Online
MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO – George Media Inc. is pleased to announce the March issue of The Canadian Business Journal is now available online at http://www.cbj.ca/EMAG/2013/Mar/CBJ.php. This edition’s cover story focuses on the negative financial impact gridlock is having on some of our large... Read More
March Issue of the International Resource Journal Now Online
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – George Media Inc. is pleased to announce the March issue of The International Resource Journal is now available online at www.internationalresourcejournal.com/E-MAG/2013/Mar/IRJ.php. Taking Rio Tinto’s $3 billion write-down on its Mozambique coal assets as a star... Read More
February Issue of The Canadian Business Journal Now Online
MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO - George Media Inc. is pleased to announce the February issue of The Canadian Business Journal is now available online at http://www.cbj.ca/EMAG/2013/Feb/CBJ.php. This edition focuses on the progression of the public-private partnership business model in Canada and how it has im... Read More
February Issue of the International Resource Journal Now Online
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - George Media Inc. is pleased to announce the February issue of The International Resource Journal is now available online at www.internationalresourcejournal.com/E-MAG/2013/Feb/IRJ.php. This edition looks at the emerging mining super power of Latin America and considers the ... Read More
Australian banks in good health, says RBA
AuBJ – 25 September – The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has confirmed the good health of Australia’s banks and said the financial system is resilient to outside shocks. However, it also warned banks they should not take this opportunity to to lower lending standards in order to boost profits... Read More
BHP halts operations after worker dies
AuBJ – 24 September – BHP Billiton, the world’s largest mining company, has put its Pinto Valley copper business on hold after a contract worker was fatally injured. A statement published to the miner’s website today says the incident is under investigation. Operations at the Pinto Valley bu... Read More
Retailers need rate cut to survive: investor
AuBJ – 21 September – The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) must cut interest rates before Christmas to ensure retailers can stay in business and keep their staff, said retail brand owner Premier Investments today. This call was made despite a 32 per cent rise in annual profit for Premier, who own... Read More
Lehman Brothers bank found liable for losses
AuBJ – 21 September – Investment bank Lehman Brothers has been found liable for losing millions of client’s dollars by advising them to invest in risky investments that failed. A group of 72 parties sued the bank for $248 million for breaching contracts and fiduciary duties, and engaging in mi... Read More
RBA pays dividend after posting $1bn profit
AuBJ – 20 September – The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has paid the federal government a $500 million dividend after posting its first profit in years. The RBA recorded an accounting profit of $1 billion in the 12 months to 30 June, following a loss of almost $5 billion in 2011. Yet its under... Read More
David Jones profit plummets 40 per cent
AuBJ – 19 September – Australian department store chain David Jones’ annual profit has fallen 40 per cent, providing further proof the retail sector is suffering as shoppers remain reluctant to spend. The retailer’s net profit for the 2011/12 financial year was $101.1 million, down from $168... Read More
Cattle exports still suffering after 2011’s ban
AuBJ – 18 September – Recent statistics show that Western Australia’s cattle industry is still struggling after last year’s furore over live exports to Indonesia. WA has exported fewer than 120,000 animals this year – less than half the number sold in 2011. The situation began when the Ind... Read More
Mining at risk unless policy changes
AuBJ – 17 September – High costs and increased sovereign risk are damaging the competitiveness of domestic mining in Australia, according to a report. Minerals Council of Australia chief executive Mitchell Hooke says Australia’s policies must change if it is to compete with emerging resource n... Read More
MRRT causes spate of coal mining job losses
AuBJ – 14 September – Following announcements on Monday that Xstrata Coal and BHP Billiton are collectively axing 900 workers, Brazilian miner Vale is following suit. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Vale’s decision to lay-off workers at its coal operations was due to a rise in the MRRT ... Read More
Australia lacks competitiveness, says report
AuBJ – 5 September – For the second year in a row Australia has ranked 20th in the World Economic Forum’s international productivity league table, just below South Korea and Saudi Arabia. The report cites restrictive labour laws as the main limiting factor, with government regulation, sloppy b... Read More







