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After the evident panic on global stock markets during the last week, Finance Ministers from the G20 leading economies, together with the IMF on the weekend in Washington, talked about moves towards economic stabilisation.
The Australian Treasurer, Wayne Swan, had just received the accolade of “Finance Minister of the Year” from Euromoney Magazine. … Read More »
The President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, is set to visit Australia at the beginning of next month – a visit postponed in 2009 because of troubles at the time in the world economy. … Read More »
The European Union in a fresh update on relations with Australia says new emphasis is being put on growing cooperation and exchanges in education. … Read More »
The second week of August set out with the tandem selling-off on stock exchanges in Europe and the United states, and heavy falls also in Asia. … Read More »
The business week that ended on Friday (5.8.11) saw stock markets slump, the European debt crisis getting worse, and widespread fears of a failure of economic recovery on both sides of the Atlantic. … Read More »
The European Union has sent a message supporting the Australian government’s climate change program, announced 10.7.11.
‘’Congratulations to Australia for its commitment to pricing carbon emissions and introducing a domestic cap-and-trade scheme from July 2015”, said Connie Hedegaard, the European Commissioner for Climate Action (picture). … Read More »
Torrid times in London, 13.7.11, as the Mother of Parliaments began to move on an errant element of the Fourth Estate.
The Murdoch media organisation, News Corporation, withdrew its bid to buy out the balance of the pay television network, BSkyB. … Read More »