Australia’s peak national motoring organisation says the Federal Government’s $200 million assistance package for the local car industry is an admission that its changes to the fringe benefits tax (FBT) rules were a mistake. ...
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The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) says sales of new vehicles will plummet at least 10 per cent if the federal government continues with its planned fringe benefits tax (FBT) changes. FCAI CEO Tony Weber said its analysis ...
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The federal governments proposed changes to the fringe benefits tax might pass through the senate before the election, if Kevin Rudd has his way. Mr Rudd has been in contact with numerous world leaders in regards to the G20 summit and is ...
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The Australian financial services sector could be a major beneficiary if the Labor government is able to finalise the long-awaited free trade agreement with China. Analysts in Beijing believe China would be willing to allow Australian ...
Federal opposition leader Tony Abbott says the Coalition does not support the Labor Government’s changes to fringe benefits tax (FBT) rules and will not proceed with the policy changes if elected. The government has attracted ...
Leading industry figures insist the Federal Government's changes to rules on fringe benefits tax (FBT) will have "dire consequences" for Australia's automotive industry. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd yesterday announced a $1.8 billion cut in ...
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Today, Gov. Bobby Jindal and Honeywell Performance Materials and Technologies president and CEO Andreas Kramvis announced that Honeywell will invest $208 million in new manufacturing projects at its four production sites in Louisiana. The ...
In a refined kernel-carving shop at China Artwork City in Guangfu, Xu Zhongying is busy receiving customers from home and abroad. Some of them would like to pay hundreds of thousands dollars for her work, but few of them know Xu almost gave ...
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The necessity to purchase utilized plant and hardware never goes less and out of movement. Very nearly each sort of association should purchase equipped and well-performing plant and hardware. With a specific end goal to produce high ...
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Due to the increasing demand of customers, utilization of Ledtech Electronics in the second quarter further enhanced, the growth in utilization is good for the continuous improvement in gross margins, so that the revenue in the second ...
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The recent incidents in Bangladesh, including Rana Plaza building collapse, Tarzeen and Spectrum fire accidents, have negatively impacted the growth of readymade garment (RMG) sector of the country. The clothing manufacturers of Bangladesh ...
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One of the most politically charged phrases in IT these days is "skills shortage." That phrase may come up Tuesday when the Senate Judiciary Committee, as expected, takes up a series of industry-sponsored amendments to the immigration bill. ...
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MORE than one-third of Australian chief information officers received a pay rise in the past year, but overall they were less fulfilled in the role than their global counterparts, a survey found. The number of Australian CIOs who were ...
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The U.S. tech industry added nearly 64,000 software-related jobs last year, but as the workforce expanded, the average size of workers’ pay cheques declined by nearly 2 percent. There are multiple theories for the decline in pay, ...
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During the past year, chief financial officers (CFOs) have grown significantly more confident in the U.S. economy, according to the 2013 Spring CFO Survey from Grant Thornton LLP. The survey findings reveal that 45% of respondents believe ...
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