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In 2012, these television services spent $ 1.39 billion on Canadian programming, representing a 9.6 per cent increase over the previous year.

The investment indicator in the Business Outlook Survey weakened significantly from the summer report, as the balance of opinion between firms planning more spending on machinery and equipment versus those predicting less dropped to 17 per cent from 29 per cent in the summer and 35 per cent at the start of the year.

New vehicle sales in Western Australia registered a slight increase in March compared with the same month last year, while sales for the 12 months to March were up 5.3 per cent on the prior year, according to the latest data from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries.

Shares in scooter manufacturer Vmoto have dived 20 per cent today after the company announced on Friday it expected to record a $ 2.24 million loss for the first half of the 2011 financial year.

Henderson - based contractor Civmec lifted profit to $ S10.4 million ($ A10 million) for the first half of the financial year, up 59 per cent, on the back of a big surge in revenue.

St. Louis - based Anheuser - Busch, the largest U.S. brewer, said earlier this month it had cut its water use by 32 per cent in the last five years by sponsoring preservation initiatives in water basins critical to its breweries, and by installing U.S. Department of Agriculture real - time weather and crop water - use data meters on suppliers» farms.

Motor vehicles sales in Western Australia for the year to November are down 8.5 per cent on the same period last year, with sports utility vehicles the only part of the market that held up.

New vehicle sales are on the rise, with new data showing 4.8 per cent more cars were sold in the six months to June 30 than the same six month period last year.

Personal income tax will hit a 20 - year high of 12.5 per cent of GDP by 2020 - 21 under the budget forecasts as the government relies on bracket creep and an increase in the Medicare levy to return the budget to surplus.

Car dealers in Western Australia will be hoping for a pickup this year, after the release of data showing a 7.9 per cent fall in new car sales in 2015 in WA, while the rest of the nation reported its best year on record.

In 2013, the average rate on a five - year fixed mortgage was 2.99 per cent.

Apartment units posted the largest year - on - year price gains in March, up 17.8 per cent, followed by townhouse / row units at 9.4 per cent.

On the Toronto Stock Exchange, the airline's shares, which tripled last year, closed down three cents at $ 8.77 in Tuesday trading.

Home values in Perth were up 0.2 per cent over the past three months, but were 3.1 per cent lower year - on - year.

For instance, business spending on research and development has actually dropped to 0.89 per cent of gross domestic product in 2011 from 1.29 per cent 10 years earlier.

The Federal government has sought to allay community concerns about tree farms - which have jumped 20 per cent in five years in Western Australia to reach almost 400,000 hectares - releasing a report on the impact of timber plantation.

The longest - term portion of the offering, $ 8 billion of bonds maturing in 30 years, sold originally at 99.4 cents on the dollar to yield 1.95 percentage point more than comparable Treasuries.

Sandfire Resources has posted a 9 per cent slide in half - year profit to $ 30.5 million on the back of lower prevailing copper prices.

Gold miner Northern Star Resources has increased its dividend payout after confirming a 65 per cent jump in full - year profit, on the back of higher gold prices and a reduction in costs.

Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has reported a $ 9.6 million slump in full - year profit to $ 7.7 million on the back of a 21 per cent fall in revenue to $ 218.2 million.

Analysts on average were expecting earnings of 65 cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S. Revenue was $ 41.7 billion, compared with $ 41.8 billion in the year - earlier period.

Perth - based trucking company CTI Logistics has flagged an 18 per cent slide in half - year profit on the back of the economic downturn.

Perth - based Amcom Telecommunications has posted a 16 per cent slide in half - year profit to $ 9.3 million on the back of a fall in revenue from its IT services business.

Engineering contractor Monadelphous Group has announced a 6.3 per cent fall in full - year profit to $ 146.5 million on softening activity in the mining and minerals sector.

Iron ore explorer Gindalbie Metals has detailed a $ 586 million loss for the financial year, which was previously flagged on the back of a write - down of its 48 per cent stake in the Karara project.

Gold and nickel producer Independence Group has raised its full - year profit by 60.7 per cent to $ 46.6 million on the back of the production commencement at Tropicana and an improved nickel price in the second half of the year.

Nickel miner Western Areas has reported a 37.5 per cent rise in net profit despite a small drop in revenue, with the company focusing on reducing costs in the year ahead.

Financial services provider Pioneer Credit says it's on track for a record FY16, after delivering a 105 per cent rise in half - year profit.

Mining services company Ausdrill has suffered a 148.5 per cent fall in full - year profit to make a loss of $ 43.9 million, on the back of $ 77.9 million in write - downs and impairment charges as a result of the diminished outlook for mining services.

Capital spending on major mining, energy and infrastructure projects in Australia is set to drop more than 60 per cent over the next three years, according to analysis by ANZ Banking Group.

A new report on small business banking in Australia has found that about 11 per cent of businesses changed their bank over the past two years.

RBC's capital markets division saw a 13 per cent jump year - on - year in net income to $ 748 million, primarily due to a lower effective tax rate largely due to U.S. tax changes and higher results in corporate and investment banking and global markets.

In the previous year, the company posted 12 cents on revenue of $ 479 million.

That compared with a profit of $ 232 million or 58 cents per share on $ 10.40 billion in revenue in the same quarter last year.

Criticism of Google's dominance in search — it enjoys a 90 per cent market share in Europe — reached a fever pitch this year, with competing search engines and major publishers attacking the company, and even consumer rights groups piling on.

Failure of prices to recover raises the prospect of even deeper cuts to investment by oil and gas companies next year and would likely result in Canada's economy remaining on a slower growth path than the 2.2 per cent pace we are expecting.»

The bank's return on equity was seven per cent compared with 23 per cent in the same quarter last year.

In a market update on Tuesday, the Perth - based integrated screening and verification company said quarterly revenues lifted to a record $ 3.3 m in the third quarter of this financial year, up 21 per cent on the same quarter last yeaIn a market update on Tuesday, the Perth - based integrated screening and verification company said quarterly revenues lifted to a record $ 3.3 m in the third quarter of this financial year, up 21 per cent on the same quarter last yeain the third quarter of this financial year, up 21 per cent on the same quarter last year.

The share price of mining junior Batavia Mining Ltd has more than doubled in the first few days of 2006 on a 140 per cent gold resource upgrade that could bring its Gullewa copper gold project in Western Australia back in production within a year.

«This encouraging start to the year shows that we are firmly on the path laid out in February that will take us above an eight per cent return on equity in the medium term,» said chief executive of the company Bill Winters.

New vehicle sales in Western Australia have fallen 8.1 per cent year on year, according to a report from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries.

' cents S - corp conversions: Normally when a corporation elects «S corporation» status, it has to pay taxes on any gains it earned while still a C corporation («built - in gains») and realized in its first ten years as an S corporation.

They noted in a jointly issued statement that it «pinned its hopes on revenues growing at a robust average rate of 5.6 per cent over the next five years while holding program spending increases to an average rate of 1.6 per cent.»

The Australian bourse has clocked up its best two - day gain in over 33 years after the market closed four per cent higher, following the biggest point gain ever on Wall Street and news of the federal government's $ 10.4 billion economic stimulus package.

TORONTO — The 2013 - 14 financial year was an unusually strong one for the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, which earned a 16.5 per cent annual return on the billions of dollars in assets it manages for the national retirement system, but its CEO cautions that level of growth likely won't soon be repeated.

Cenovus reported fourth - quarter net income of $ 620 million or 50 cents per share on Thursday, well ahead of $ 91 million, or 11 cents per share, in the year - earlier period, thanks to better refinery profits, stronger oil prices and production that almost doubled after it bought out its oilsands partner, Houston - based ConocoPhillips, last year.

The dollar has eased off in the last couple of days since Trump complained about it being too strong, but, after rising half a cent on the back of Draghi's press conference, it's still close to a 14 - year high against the euro.

The Montreal - based carrier was expected to post an adjusted loss of 21 cents per share on $ 2.8 billion of revenues in the quarter, and five cents on $ 12.1 billion of revenues for the year, according to analysts polled by Thomson Reuters.

The poll also found that 31 per cent of those surveyed say they aren't planning on putting away retirements savings at all this year, a jump from 28 per cent in 2012.