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Fletcher earnings down 10pc
Christchurch :: New Zealand | 21 days ago
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Fletcher Building has posted $154 million net earnings for the half year to December, down 10 per cent on the same period in 2008/2009. The company said operating earnings were $271 million compared with $322 million in the previous corresponding period.
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Economists fear growth too tepid to trim unemployment
Santa Clara :: Cuba | about 1 month ago
Credibility The economys 5.7 percent growth last quarter – the fastest pace since 2003 – was a step toward shrinking the nations 10 percent unemployment rate. Theres just one problem: Growth would have to equal 5 percent for all of 2010 just to lower the average...
Tags: unemployment, employment, economy, jobs, percentage point, unemployment rate, economic activity, Arthur Okun, Cuba, Santa Clara, Okun's law, Early 2000s recession, Recessions, Arthur Melvin Okun, Business Finance, Economics, Macroeconomics, Economic growth, Labor economics, Labor, Late 2000s recession in Europe
Deficits, Debt and Demand
Eugene :: OR :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The Federal Government had a deficit of $1.4 trillion dollars last year and is projected to have a deficit of $1.35 trillion this year. These numbers are so large that to an average person looking at them they immediately engender a sense of impending...
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Formula shows why it's so hard to cut jobless rate
Belleville :: IL :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Growth would have to equal 5 percent for all of 2010 just to lower the average jobless rate for the year by 1 percentage point. And economists don't think that's possible. Most analysts say economic activity will slow to 2.5 percent or 3 percent growth...
Tags: unemployment, employment, economy, jobs, unemployment rate, percentage point, joblessness rate, economic activity, gdp growth, Arthur Okun, Belleville, Okun's law, Recessions, Business Finance, Economics, Late-2000s recession, Macroeconomics, Gross domestic product, Economic growth, Labor economics, Labor, Late 2000s recession in Europe
Fed Report Notes Modest Improvement in Economy
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The central bank’s report on economic growth across the country registered “modest” improvement in areas like consumer spending and home sales. But the report stopped short of offering any evidence that the economy was on track for an energetic rebound...
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Real estate market still soft: Fed Beige Book
New York :: NY :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Commercial real estate was still soft across the United States, according to a compilation of reports from Federal Reserve Bank districts known as the Beige Book . Federal Reserve branches in New York, Philadelphia, Kansas City, and San Francisco reported...
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Economic Recovery Continues
İstanbul :: Turkey | 2 months ago
Credibility We enter the new year with the good news of the Turkish economy’s continued recovery from its worst recession in more than six decades. The Turkish economy has been among the hardest hit by the Great Recession, although it did not suffer directly from...
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Trial of Swiss businessmen postponed
Tripoli :: Libya | 2 months ago
Credibility Libya — A Libyan court has postponed the second trial of two Swiss businessmen accused of illegal economic activity, the attorney of one of the men said Sunday. Rachid Hamdani and Max Goeldi - were detained in 2008, days after Swiss police arrested Hannibal...
Tags: Libya, Switzerland, economic activity, illegal economic, Max Goeldi, Rachid Hamdani, Tripoli, Pan-Africanism, Foreign relations of Switzerland, LibyaSwitzerland relations, Chadian-Libyan conflict, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Law Crime
Credit offtake remains subdued in 2009!
Noida :: India | 2 months ago
Credibility Updated on Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 20:35 IST Mumbai: Credit offtake remained subdued at 11 per cent during the one-year period ending December 18, indicating the economic activity is yet to fully pick up momentum.
Tags: credit offtake, economic activity, remained subdued, offtake remained, India, Noida, Economy of India, Business Finance
Small, medium sector to be economic activity hub: Industry
Commerce :: CA :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility IT and IT-enabled services stood to gain the most if the government decision is favourable. The chamber noted that there are about 13 million SMEs in the country, manufacturing about 8,000 products and accounting for 60 percent of India's exports. "Some...
Tags: MSME, Assocham, economic activity, msmes sector, India, Commerce, Business Finance, Small and medium enterprises
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