Yahoo Finance Yahoo Finance’s Monday morning wrap
The ASX is expected to open flat today, after concerns over the US-China trade war triggered sharp falls on Wall Street.
Investors have been rattled by Donald Trump's recent decision to slap a 10 per cent tariff on $300 billion worth of goods, effectively taxing all Chinese exports to the United States.
The Aussie dollar is buying 67.96 US cents from 68.45 US cents on Friday.
Queensland apprentices will have their training costs paid by the state government, under a $32 million job creation program.
The move is expected to progress around 60,000 young people into a trade in the next four years in occupations suffering skill shortages.
Christmas Eve night will be declared a public holiday in Queensland, with public holiday rates kicking in at 6:00pm.
That means those working in hospitality the night before Christmas could end up with around $146 more in their pay.
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In case you missed it, a $43 Aldi scotch whiskey just won international gold, Fraser Anning faces bankruptcy and a Nintendo game sold for a whopping $13,000.
We even took a look at Woolworths’ grocery prices in 1973. While they might boast 39 cents for a kilogram of apples, were they actually that cheap?
And, here’s Warren Buffet’s one piece of money advice to parents.
Have a great day.
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