The Australian sharemarket rose after US housing data suggested economic growth in the world's biggest economy was likely to continue, and above-consensus GDP data from China showed that an economic recovery in Australia's biggest trading ...
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The sharemarket closed at its highest level in 20 months yesterday as consumer staples, consumer discretionary, financial, energy and healthcare sectors enjoying strong gains as investors were frustrated with a lack of significant dips in ...
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The Australian dollar barely moved in sleepy Asian trading yesterday but the outlook for the currency remained upbeat, with one major domestic bank sharply lifting its forecast for the currency this year. "It's very, very quiet," Rochford ...
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Numbers of Germans out of work rose for the ninth month running in December but held close to a post-reunification low, adding to signs Europe's largest economy remains relatively unscathed by the region's crisis. Labour Office data ...
The construction industry shed 2.2 million workers between January 2007 and last year. So now there's an overabundance of them eager for jobs, right? Wrong. Contractors are struggling with shortages of workers as the home-building market ...
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Indian Express cited the steel ministry as saying that Tamil Nadu public sector SAIL will scale down operations unless the state waived the company's accumulated liabilities of INR 470 crore and re-validated its mining leases.The move to ...
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Taipei, Dec. 24, 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan’s unemployment rate reached 4.27% in November, a five-month low, dispelling the concern over the deterioration of the unemployment problem amid the sluggish economy, reported the Directorate ...
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PTI reported that the Goa Government has decided to pump in INR 100 crore to INR 150 crore in various developmental works in the mining belt of the state, which has been hit with recession due to closure of iron ore extraction activity. ...
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A fortnight after closure of its one million tonne alumina refinery at Lanjigarh on December 5, Vedanta Aluminium Ltd said it will inform the Odisha labour department in two days on its plan to lay off employees. Mr Mukesh Kumar chief ...
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The study examines the medical device coating and surface modification treatment industry, a global enterprise that BCC Research anticipates will reach nearly $8 billion by 2017. It describes the eight coating and surface treatment ...
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NYMEX January crude futures settled 88 cents lower at $85.89/barrel Thursday, while the rest of the complex also declined on a weak equities performance and US dollar strength. January heating oil settled 2.31 cents lower at ...
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By this amendment the Italian government wants to reiterate ILVA faculty of trading its own products, including those produced before the Decree issuing date and presently confiscated. The Environment Minister, Mr Corrado Clini, will soon ...
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Salem Community College,Cumberland County College and the Cumberland/Salem Workforce Investment Board have partnered with glass industry leaders on a new,fast-track training program to put unemployed workers back to work. Comprised of 150 ...
According to the OECD's latest Economic Outlook,the global economy is expected to make a hesitant and uneven recovery over the coming two years.Decisive policy action is needed to ensure that stalemate over fiscal policy in the United ...
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IRIS reported that Broking firm Kotak Commodity Services gave following outlook on base metals segments: Copper - MCX Copper may note some decline amid firmer Indian rupee however downside is limited. LME Copper trades in a narrow range ...
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