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Australia - immigration information
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Australia to focus on high skills, cancels 20K visas
IBN Live
Canberra: Australia will dump 20,000 low-skilled migrant applications to re-focus its immigration intake on high-skilled jobs critical to the economy and help meet growing Chinese resource demand, the government said on Monday. | The move was welcomed by Australia's mining sector, where major firms ...
Money In Pocket - Euro.
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Euro dips as eurozone fiscal woes fester
The Guardian
* Euro hovers near 8-½ mth lows vs USD, 1-yr low vs yen * Investors sceptical of G7 assurance on Greece * Yen broadly higher, near 7-mth peak vs Aussie dollar By Masayuki Kitano TOKYO, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The euro and growth-linked currencies were on slippery ground on Monday as risk appetite was sub...
Comments by Guma spark fears of rate hike
Business Report
  | Talk of end to stimulus plan | By Ethel Hazelhurst | Submit your comment | Comments from Reserve Bank deputy governor Xolile Guma, implying that South Africa's rate cutting cycle may soon be reversed, took economists by surprise. | According...
US will 'never lose its AAA debt rating'
Business Report
  | Investors still confident of economic recovery - Geithner | By Rebecca Christie Washington | Submit your comment | The US is not in danger of losing its AAA debt rating even though the government has predicted a $1.6 trillion (R12.4 trillion...
Euro edges up, investors look to EU summit
The Guardian
* Traders await EU economic summit on Thursday * Investors still appear cautious about risk-taking By Kaori Kaneko TOKYO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The euro inched up against the dollar on Tuesday but remained within sight of an 8-½ month low hit last week,...
CORRECTED-(OFFICIAL)-UPDATE 1-ECB's Trichet to leave Australia e
The Guardian
(Corrects nature of meeting after an RBA official clarifies) * Trichet to return to Europe to attend EU council meeting * European Council meeting on Feb 11 on economy SYDNEY, Feb 9 (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet is l...
Greece's Socialist leader George Papandreou,countersigns the appointment to his post after he was sworn in as a Prime Minister, at the presidential mansion, in Athens, on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. Papandreou, a 57-year-old former foreign minister and scion of one of Greece's top political families, now follows in the footsteps of his father Andreas and grandfather and namesake George, both of whom served several terms as prime ministers.
AP / Petros Giannakouris
A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world
Star Tribune
| A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Tuesday: | ___ | ATHENS, Greece — Greece will follow an austerity program to cut debt &...
 Sugar Factory, CSR, Sugar industry, Sugar Production, sugar prices. tp1
WN/Theresa Poongan
Australia CSR rejects $1.4 bln Chinese sugar offer
The Guardian
* CSR rejects Chinese offer; to proceed with sugar demerger * Bright may need to sweeten offer by as much as 20 pct * Others could be interested once demerger completed * CSR share...
Malaysia Airline.
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MAS modernising fleet
The Star
| hungyee@thestar.com.my | MALAYSIA Airlines (MAS) is embarking on a fleet modernisation and capacity expansion plan to stay ahead of its competitors. | Towards this end, its senio...
Macquarie on track to meet profit forecasts
The Guardian
* H2 profit may rise 10 pct over H1, in line with forecast * US$4 bln in surplus capital * Strong market conditions have moderated (Adds background, details, quote) SYDNEY, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Macquarie Group , Australia's top investment bank, signalle...
EMC Metals enters Agreement to Explore and Develop Australian Rare Earth Scandium Deposit
redOrbit
Posted on: Monday, 8 February 2010, 09:00 CST TSX: EMC NR 10-01 www.emcmetals.com | VANCOUVER, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - EMC Metals Corp. (TSX: EMC) is pleased to announce the formation of a Joint Venture with Jervois Mining Limited of Melbourn...
Macquarie sees H2 in line with H1, strong cash
The Guardian
SYDNEY, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Macquarie Group , Australia's top investment bank, on Tuesday forecast second-half profit roughly in line with the first half and reported a strong balance sheet with around US$4 billion in excess capital. Macquarie, dubbed ...
Economy
Australia - immigration information
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Australia to focus on high skills, cancels 20K visas
IBN Live
Canberra: Australia will dump 20,000 low-skilled migrant applications to re-focus its immigration intake on high-skilled jobs critical to the economy and help meet growing Chinese resource demand, the government said on Monday. | The move was welcomed by Australia's mining sector, where major firms like BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto have been expandin...



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