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Australia announces $30-billion broadband network - Globe and Mail
CANBERRA — Australia's government will build a new $30.7-billion (U.S.) national high-speed fibre-optic broadband network, rejecting bids in a controversial tender involving some of the country's largest telecommunications firms. Prime Minister ...
2009-04-06 07:58:00 -
Carmakers make new appeal for help in Budget - Times Online
Global car markets could take five years or more to return to pre-recession levels, industry experts said yesterday, as figures showed that British car sales for March fell 30.5 per cent compared with the same month last year. The drop in sales for ...
2009-04-06 07:30:00 -
Center Warns of China`s Risky Purchase of US Bonds - Donga.com
The Washington-based think tank Center for American Progress says China, whose gigantic foreign exchange reserves has raised its global status, will implement policies to boost exports and weaken its yuan currency that will ruin both itself and the ...
2009-04-06 06:47:00 -
Japan stimulus to spend more than $139b - West Online
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso has ordered more than Y10 trillion ($A138.99 billion) in fresh spending to rescue the world's second-biggest economy from its deepest recession since World War II. The figure amounts to more than 2 per cent of Japan's ...
2009-04-06 07:15:00 -
The Willies - American Reporter
After President Bush, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke pressured congressional leaders to approve a $700 billion bailout of the financial markets as soon as possible to prevent a global economic panic, lo and ...
2009-04-06 10:21:00 -
Mortgage holidays 'a costly, lousy idea' - Stuff
Mortgage holidays are a "lousy idea" that can cost homeowners tens of thousands of dollars in extra interest, financial experts say. Australia's four biggest banks have agreed to offer a reprieve on mortgage and car loan repayments to customers who ...
2009-04-06 09:03:00 -
'We're pursuing an agenda that would serve national interest’ - Economic Times
Job losses, resulting from the global economic crisis, must worry you, as the ruling party. It is quite clear that India cannot remain totally isolated from the global economic meltdown. That the Prime Minister himself has stated this signifies our ...
2009-04-06 07:01:00 -
0.25-0.50% interest rate cut likely - Bangkok Post
The Thailand Development Reseach Institute (TDRI) expects the Bank of Thailand's Monetary Policy Committee to slash the interest rates by 0.25 to 0.50 per cent to help the government lower its cost of loans to be used for stimulating the economy ...
2009-04-06 11:19:00 -
Reduce Your Credit Card Rate - KIMA TV
The prime interest rate is the lowest it's been in 20 years, so you'd think your credit-card interest rates would be down, too, right? Wrong! Consumer Reports says they're going through the roof. But there are ways to get a lower rate so that you're ...
2009-04-06 06:39:00 -
Fall in murder rate in past nine years encouraging (Scoop.co.nz)
An annual murder rate that declined by almost 15 percent during the past nine years proves false claims by the Government that Labour was soft on crime, says Labour law and order spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove.
2009-04-06 09:47:30 -
Optimism reigns as Blue Jays come out strong (National Post)
Right up to the point a few morons in the stands felt compelled to make their impact on the game, Opening Day had gone just about perfectly for the Toronto Blue Jays. In the midst of a three-run eighth inning for Toronto that would cap a 12-5 win for the home side, umpires pulled both teams from the field after at least two baseballs and numerous paper airplanes landed on the Rogers Centre turf
2009-04-06 09:52:48 -
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-04-07 03:42 UPDATE 4-Australia to build $31 bln broadband network (Interactive Investor)
By Rob Taylor
2009-04-06 10:09:08 -
Eighty companies win int’l achievement awards (Vietnam Net)
VietNamNet Bridge – A total of 81 businesses were awarded prizes for their achievements in international integration and development at a ceremony here on Sunday.
2009-04-06 10:18:20 -
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-04-07 03:53 Political worries, falls abroad to hit Thai stocks (Interactive Investor)
BANGKOK, April 7 (Reuters) - Thai stocks are expected to edge down on Tuesday because of domestic political tension ahead of a big anti-government rally, as well as gloom on overseas markets due to U.S. financial fears, analysts said.
2009-04-06 10:23:56 -
Philippine Inflation Cools to Slowest in 12 Months (Update1) (Bloomberg)
By Clarissa Batino and Francisco Alcuaz Jr. April 7 (Bloomberg) -- Philippine inflation slowed to a one-year low in March, bolstering the case for a fourth straight interest-rate cut by the central bank this month.
2009-04-06 10:25:17