Contributor ReportsChina refuses to budge on EU plea to boost yuan
Source: The Globe & Mail
Nanjing :: China | updated Sun Nov 29 14:51:41 -0800 2009 | business-news
Communist Party journal Qiushi Liu Jin/AFP/Getty Images European officials leave summit with no relief for region's exports
Aussie catch up no small feat
Source: New Zealand Herald
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated Sun Nov 29 15:16:59 -0800 2009 | business-news
The taskforce, chaired by former National Party leader Don Brash, estimates that closing the income gap would require New Zealand's economy to grow 1.8 per cent faster per annum than Australia's until 2025. According to the taskforce website , Australia's...
Vandals hack at massive knitted artwork
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Melbourne :: Australia | updated Sat Nov 28 05:07:28 -0800 2009 | business-news
It took a month and 15 people to create the colourful artwork which until last night was lining one side of the Stockbridge in Hobson's Road. The artwork was part of the Big West Festival and was about to be...
Methven profit down 15pc
Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated Sun Nov 29 14:58:24 -0800 2009 | business-news
Methven reported a 15 percent fall in half-year net profit as the company worked to reduce its debt levels. The listed tapware manufacturer's results for the six months to September show profit of $4.2 million, 15.4 percent down from the...
Rents to rise as housing shortage bites
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Sydney :: Australia | updated Sun Nov 29 15:16:00 -0800 2009 | business-news
Industry analyst and economic forecaster BIS Shrapnel is anticipating rental growth will surge by about 6 to 7 per cent in 2010 after more moderate growth this year. Senior economist Jason Anderson says demand remains strong with overseas migration at...
NSW Greens plot political merry-go-round
Source: The Age
Melbourne :: Australia | updated Sun Nov 29 05:14:50 -0800 2009 | business-news
Ms Rhiannon will step down from the Upper House when the federal election is called in order to stand for the Senate. Ms Faehrmann, currently the executive director of the Nature Conservation Council of NSW and a board member of...
MB: Impact of Dubai crisis on Iskandar minimal
Source: The Star
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | updated Sun Nov 29 09:18:25 -0800 2009 | business-news
The Iskandar growth region in southern Johor is not expected to be affected by the Dubai debt crisis which jolted world financial markets on Friday. Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman said this was because only one company from Dubai...
Telstra makes organisational changes
Source: The Age
Melbourne :: Australia | updated Sun Nov 29 15:52:54 -0800 2009 | business-news
Under the move Telstra is creating two new product units, to be headed by Justin Milne and Philip Jones, to drive its fixed and mobile markets strategy. There will also be a new international unit, headed by Tarek Robbiati, that...
New housing consents continue to rise
Source: Scoop
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated Sun Nov 29 14:58:31 -0800 2009 | business-news
This follows a 3.5 percent rise in September 2009 and brings the number of consents to its highest since June 2008. When apartments are included, the number of new housing units rose 12 percent. The trend for the number of...
Shipbuilders show concern over Dubai debt
Source: Taiwan News
Seoul :: South Korea | updated Sun Nov 29 09:11:58 -0800 2009 | business-news
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. led a drop among shipbuilders in Seoul trading on concerns Duba's bid to delay debt repayment may force banks to further cut financing of new vessels. Daewoo Shipbuilding, the world's second-largest shipyard, dropped 9.6...
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