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SYDNEY, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) — More than 2,500 people have been left without jobs after Toyota announced it would close its manufacturing plant in Melbourne’s west in Australia. Toyota said its total staff in Victoria would drop from around 4,000 to 1,300 people when it stops manufacturing and moves its workforce to the CBD. In […]
Read MoreBEIJING, Feb.1 (NsNewsWire) — China’s power use is expected to grow by 3 percent in 2017 due to a slowing economy, the China Electricity Council has said. The growth marks a slow down from 2016, when the nation’s power consumption grew 5 percent year on year to stand at 5.9 trillion kilowatt hours boosted by […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 1 (NsNewsWire) — Grameenphone Ltd. reported revenue of BDT 114.9 billion for 2016, up 9.6% from last year. Subscription and traffic revenue (excluding interconnection) grew by 12.0% with growing contribution from data. Data revenue grew by 69.7% with 56.1% growth in user and 167.9% growth in volume. Voice revenue also grew by 5.1% […]
Read MoreNEW YORK, Jan. 31 (NsNewsWire) — U.S. stocks slid Monday as Wall Street awaited the Federal Reserve’s two-day policy meeting scheduled to begin Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 122.65 points, or 0.61 percent, to 19,971.13. The S&P 500 dipped 13.79 points, or 0.60 percent, to 2,280.90. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 47.07 […]
Read MoreNEW YORK, Jan. 31 (NsNewsWire) — Oil prices fell for the second consecutive session on Monday, after data showed a recovery for U.S. drilling activity. The number of U.S. rigs classified as drilling for oil was up 15 to 566 last week, according to oilfield service firm Baker Hughes on Friday, the highest since November […]
Read MoreBERLIN, Jan. 31 (NsNewsWire) — The inflation rate in Germany as measured by the consumer price index (CPI) is expected to reach its highest level since July 2013, German federal statistics office Destatis said on Monday. According to the preliminary figures of Destatis, the inflation rate in January is expected to increase by 1.9 percent […]
Read MoreWELLINGTON, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) — New Zealand’s top two export commodities, meat and dairy, both fell in value in 2016, the government statistics agency said Monday. The total value of all export goods was 48.4 billion NZ dollars (35.24 billion U.S. dollars) in 2016, down 544 million NZ dollars (395.87 million U.S. dollars) from the […]
Read MoreBRUSSELS, Jan. 30 (NsNewsWire) — The European Union (EU) is shooting itself in the foot as it has decided to impose higher anti-dumping rules on Chinese steel products, a clearly protectionist move. The European Commission on Friday decided to levy anti-dumping duties on stainless steel pipe products manufactured by Chinese businesses for a five-year period, […]
Read MoreSYDNEY, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) — Low job numbers and slow population growth continue to plague the growth of Tasmania’s economy, a report has found. The Deloitte Access Economic report, released on Monday, said the state had stable growth in most areas, particularly retail, domestic visitor numbers and house prices in Hobart. Chris Richardson, an economist […]
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