SBS Presenter Ricardo Goncalves with the latest in finance. Follow @BUSINESSRicardo !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); http://www.sbs.com.au/rss/Blog/117771 The bears tore through the Australian dollar over the past two weeks, falling from US$1.03 to nearly US$0.97. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127810/End-of-parity-Experts-say-A-heading-south http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127810/End-of-parity-Experts-say-A-heading-south Fri, 17 May 2013 18:13:38 +1000 The 2013 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, will be held at a time when many parts of the eurozone struggle with recession and austerity measures that have prompted protests in some countries across the continent. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127794/The-winning-costs-of-Eurovision-2013 http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127794/The-winning-costs-of-Eurovision-2013 Tue, 14 May 2013 17:40:21 +1000 Shares in Manchester United have opened on the New York Stock Exchange, falling by almost 5 per cent in light volume in the first five minutes of trade following the retirement of manager, Sir Alex Ferguson. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127778/Investors-react-to-Alex-Ferguson-s-retirement-at-Manchester-Utd http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127778/Investors-react-to-Alex-Ferguson-s-retirement-at-Manchester-Utd Wed, 08 May 2013 23:47:12 +1000 Experts at one of Australia’s most accurate forecasters is predicting the Reserve Bank will continue to cut official interest rates throughout this year. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127770/Westpac-s-tips-2-cash-rate http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127770/Westpac-s-tips-2-cash-rate Wed, 08 May 2013 14:27:05 +1000 Spain is now on par with Greece with having one of the worst jobless rates in Europe. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127726/Spain-s-population-falls-as-unemployment-hits-a-record http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127726/Spain-s-population-falls-as-unemployment-hits-a-record Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:25:08 +1000 Virgin Australia is now one step closer in its bid to take on arch rival Qantas at all levels of the aviation market, but just how strong is the newest brand to its stable? http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127714/Virgin-s-rebirth-in-the-discount-market-with-Tiger http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127714/Virgin-s-rebirth-in-the-discount-market-with-Tiger Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:26:23 +1000 SBS may be helping to tell seven Billion Stories every day, but from tomorrow, it will be telling those stories, for the first time, to 23 million Australians. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127702/Milestone-23-million-Australians http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127702/Milestone-23-million-Australians Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:09:34 +1000 When I was growing up in Wollongong in the 80s and 90s virtually all car brands were represented in my family. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127660/Does-quot-Australian-made-quot-drive-you http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127660/Does-quot-Australian-made-quot-drive-you Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:00:18 +1000 It's not just Dubai's architecture that seems to be out of this world, but its people are mostly alien too. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127650/Dubai-Alien-City http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127650/Dubai-Alien-City Sat, 06 Apr 2013 21:13:58 +1100 From Sunday, Qantas passengers will be able to fly to Europe via Dubai, which the company claims will cut total flying time from Australia. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127626/G-Day-Dubai-Qantas-and-the-Middle-East http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127626/G-Day-Dubai-Qantas-and-the-Middle-East Wed, 27 Mar 2013 20:16:50 +1100 The superannuation industry has had it pretty tough lately. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127600/Defining-quot-financial-advice-quot http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127600/Defining-quot-financial-advice-quot Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:29:11 +1100 It was once, one of the Barmy Army's most loved chants at the expense of Australians at the Ashes. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127560/-3-to-the-pound-no-more http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127560/-3-to-the-pound-no-more Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:50:10 +1100 It looks like more and more of us are doing the right thing by purchasing music legally, with global recorded music revenues rising for the first time since 1999. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127514/Global-recorded-music-sales-recover http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127514/Global-recorded-music-sales-recover Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:09:46 +1100 As I was looking through old Telstra ASX releases, I found a headline from the mid-2000's which read "Sensis exceeds FY04 target". http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127480/Waking-up-to-its-Sensis http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127480/Waking-up-to-its-Sensis Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:54:16 +1100 I'm a bit of a statistics nerd, so when the ABS released some details about how it determines the unemployment rate, I took a look, and found it interesting, that one of the most watched indicators of the strength of our economy, the unemployment rate, is determined by 60,000 people. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127456/How-the-ABS-determines-the-unemployment-rate http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127456/How-the-ABS-determines-the-unemployment-rate Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:25:54 +1100 Emirates says an Instagram account called 'EmiratesPromotions' offering free economy flights to Dubai is fake. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127396/Emirates-Instagram-promotion-fake-says-airline http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127396/Emirates-Instagram-promotion-fake-says-airline Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:19:42 +1100 Toyota has been crowned the most popular global car maker for 2012, but its record sales last year, may say something more about the global economy. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127365/Toyota-s-record-sales-and-the-global-economy http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127365/Toyota-s-record-sales-and-the-global-economy Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:42:48 +1100 Tomorrow we'll get the official jobs report from the Bureau of Statistics which is closely watched by the Reserve Bank board. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127300/The-relationship-between-jobs-and-shares http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127300/The-relationship-between-jobs-and-shares Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:29:04 +1100 Social media buffs are likely to get even more frustrated, with reports Facebook is about to launch autoplay advertising videos on news feeds. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127233/Facebook-considers-autoplay-videos http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127233/Facebook-considers-autoplay-videos Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:33:23 +1100 NAB has kept its promise to hold the lowest standard variable interest rate for 2012. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127213/NAB-keeps-its-mortgage-rate-promise http://www.sbs.com.au/news/blogarticle/127213/NAB-keeps-its-mortgage-rate-promise Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:52:51 +1100