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Emerging countries fuel oil demand as world runs out of oil

HFA Asset Management chief investment strategist Jonathan Pain attributes the rise in oil prices to the increase in demand from growing nations including China and India and a serious inability for oil producing countries to sustain production. Mr Pain ...

WTO Plea

Business groups from the US, Europe, Asia and Latin American urged political leaders today to face up to the difficult decisions needed to reach a new world trade deal. In a petition sent to members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the 35 business ...

Major industrial nations see strong economic growth ahead

The world is poised for strong economic growth this year and next, the world's major industrial nations concluded at a weekend meeting, even though there are concerns about high oil prices and continuing unrest in the Middle East. Finance ministers ...

Asia-Pacific set for strong 2004

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2004
The resilience shown by Asia-Pacific economies in the past year is set to continue in 2004 - barring unexpected shocks - driven by intraregional trade, the UN's economic and social arm said today. The UN's Economic and Social Commission for Asia and ...

Australia slips down world export rankings

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2004
Australia has slipped down the rank of trading countries, new World Trade Organisation (WTO) figures show. The drought and the higher Australian dollar meant Australia's share of world trade dropped 0.1 percentage points to 0.9% during 2003. Australia ...

Market Wrap

U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday, erasing the previous session's losses, as investors anticipated upbeat comments on the economy from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan in testimony on Wednesday. The Dow was lifted by manufacturer 3M Co., which raised ...

IMF admits mistakes in controversial handling of Asia crisis

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) admitted today it made mistakes in its controversial handling of the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis which put affected countries under stringent programs. Charles Adams, assistant director of the IMF Office for ...

Midday market wrap: All Ords lower at noon after OPEC news

The Australian sharemarket remained lower at noon, still affected by a fall in United States stocks after an OPEC announcement fuelled concern about energy prices. The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries' overnight decision to cut its oil ...

Morning market wrap: Wall Street hit by OPEC cut in supply

Higher energy prices, as OPEC cut back 3.5 per cent of its supply, have adversely-affected Wall Street as the Dow Jones fell 150.53 points or 1.6% of its value. The Nasdaq also fell, by 58.02 points or 3.15% in trading overnight. The FTSE-100 has managed ...

Commonwealth ministers meet in Brunei, focus on poverty

Commonwealth finance ministers in their annual meeting, which began in Brunei's capital Bandar Seri Begawan today, said that the failure of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting in Cancun cast a shadow on their Brunei gathering. Don McKinnon, the ...