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Blue Sky enters receivership

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... Blue Sky to maintain a minimum cash balance, minimum cash recurring EBITDA, minimum net tangible assets and minimum annual capex. These were to be measured quarterly. Blue Sky met them for the December quarter but on May 9 said it was in breach of the ...

And so this is Christmas, another year (almost) over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... expensive and tax reform could still stall or fail. In addition, benefits from tax overhaul could be partly dampened by R&D and capex, as well as price investments. Is economy in a sweet spot or on verge of overheating?: - A couple of articles on the ...

Chief economist update: RBA more likely to cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... printed that: "Business conditions are positive and non-mining business investment is expected to increase." The latest capex spending plans proved the RBA's expectations to be true. As per the ABS, "This is 4.4% higher than Estimate 4 for 2017-18. ...

Chief economist update: The angel in the capex details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... over the quarter that was partly offset by a 2.2% increase in equipment, plant and machinery. Year-on-year, actual total capex declined by 0.6% in the September quarter, a sharp reversal from the second quarter's 1.7% increase and a sharp downturn ...

Elon Musk steps down as Tesla chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... counterparts trying to compete in the electric vehicles space like Volkswagen. Tesla's research and development spending and capex far outpaces competitors. And it has battery manufacturing experience to top that. "There is capacity for Tesla's ...

Chief economist update: Japan's core strengthens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... contribution to growth (0.5 percentage points) over the same period. Latest data on core machinery orders - a leading indicator of capex six to nine months ahead - indicate continued expansion in business investment in the coming months. The Cabinet ...

Chief economist update: Capex and credit and the trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
... we'll be signing" the imposition of a 25% tariff on steel imports and 10% for imports of aluminium. Australian actual capex increase by 0.4% in the March quarter, faster than the 0.2% gain (revised from -0.2%) in the December quarter but only half ...

The tools to capture quality

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... sustainability. Investigations typically delve into the consistency of dividend policies at a company, as well as cash flow and capex metrics. "It means we're really only looking at 60 or 70 companies in any detail at any point in time. That allows us ...

Chief economist update: Next move in rates will likely be up, but it's not certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... from 5.7% in January 2017 to 5.5% in the same month this year; business confidence and conditions are stronger; so too is capex, actual and expected. Download The Good Economics Guide: Making sense of key economic data These were reasons enough for both ...

Capex brings cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... and businesses' animal spirits weren't lifting. My database shows that, instead, actual private new capital expenditure (capex) continued to slow before registering outright negative year-on-year growth from the March quarter of 2013 to the June quarter ...