Let's first take a check of the markets. And stocks have been modestly higher this morning. There was a good rise when the markets open but now the All Ords and the ASX 200 are on the up around one-fifth of a per cent. Tabcorp is leading the way afte

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Representatives from a group of mining companies say they are feeling positive after holding talks with the Prime Minister Julia Gillard in Perth. Rio Tinto boss Sam Walsh and Atlas Iron head David Flanagan were among about 20 miners who met the Prim

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Positive economic news from around the world has driven global markets higher with Wall Street adding 3 percent. China has reported the largest rise in exports in six years. Japan's annualized growth has come in at 5 percent. And the markets have res

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Checking business news, the G20 leaders meeting in Cannes have agreed to boost resources of the International Monetary Fund as we've heard. They say a firm growth plan should be in place by February. Much of the discussion at the summit focused on th

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And official figures show economic growth in the 17-nation eurozone has come to a virtual standstill. Eurozone economies grew by just 0.2 of one percent between July and September. Economists are predicting an even worse result in the final quarter.

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In business,the rating agency Moody has downgraded 21 European banks over concerns about their ability to handle the region's debt crisis.Moody says it downgraded 12 British institutions,including the royal bank of Scotland, because it believes the U

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And Eurozone leaders are meeting in Brussels tonight to come up with a strategy to confront Europe's worsening debt crisis. But there's already been a setback with one of the scheduled meetings cancelled. The finance ministers were going to thrash ou

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A series of grim warnings about the global economy have caused more sharp falls on world markets overnight. Shares in New York, Europe and Asia have all suffered heavy losses. European markets were down around 5 per cent. Wall Street closed around 3.

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Standard Poor's has lowered New Zealand's credit rating one notch to AA. The ratings agency says it's because of the country's high external debts and the cost of rebuilding after the Christ Church earthquake. In a statement, Standard Poor's says the

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The Italian Senate has approved a $68 billion austerity budget. The four-year package aims to balance the budget by 2014. It passed by 161 votes to 135. The package now moves to the Lower House where its expected to be approved tomorrow. Italy is the

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The coal industry says mines will close and jobs will be lost if it doesn't get appropriate government assistance under a carbon tax. The Federal Government has begun the hard sell on its new carbon price but hasn't outlined how much compensation ind

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When markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE 100 was up 28 points. The Dax and Euro were also up 64 and 22 points, respectively. In the US, trading comes to a close shortly and the Dow Jones is up 173 points, while the SP 500 is

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Figures released by the US government show the economy grew at an annual rate of two percent in the third quarter. That's only tiny fraction more than most analysts had forecast, but much better than the 1.3 percent growth in the second quarter. Cons

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Now time for business news, and markets in Europe all closed down, the FEST 100 was down slightly, the Dax and Euro also closed lower. In the US, markets have closed lower this morning as well, with the Dow Jones down around 1% after their job figure

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Now lets move to finance. The chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve says Americas economic recovery is being held back by Europes debt crisis. And Ben Bernanke has told a congressional hearing that the U.S. economy has slowed significantly in recent m

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US Farmers Preparing for Long-Term Effects of Trade War Brian Duncan slowly moves his hands over the waves of grain growing behind his home in rural Illinois. Images like this make one think of the good life on a successful American farm. But it hide

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Farm Ministers Call for Commodity Market Regulation Wild swings Woody Barth has been farming and raising cattle in North Dakota for about 30 years. He says he always looked to the commodity markets for stability. But that's changed in recent years. W

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西班牙危机加深 欧洲质疑紧缩政策 Spain's economic crisis has deepened as unemployment has reached a record high and its credit rating is downgraded. It comes as fears grow across the continent that the worst of the euro crisis may not b

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工作计划会 Meeting of Work Plan 咱们现在就开始干吧。 Let's get started now. A: What do you think of the new work plan? B: We all accept.Let's get started now. 接着说 go on talking about this A: Smith,would you like to take it from h

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Weldon: You know its interesting. I think there are pluses and minuses to decentralized and centralized. I think J and J is probably the reference company for being decentralized. There are challenges to it, and that is you may not have as much contr

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