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Fix productivity, fix education

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
... review just released by the Australian Mathematics Teachers Association (AAMT) in conjunction with the University of New England (UNE) in NSW called Maths Why Not? has found that interest in mathematics is falling. It's washing through to the job market ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
... points, or 1.27 per cent, at 2,351.70. LONDON - Britain's top share index ended a choppy session lower after the Bank of England cut interest rates as expected and warned over rising inflation. The FTSE 100 ended 18.8 points or 0.3 per cent lower at ...

FSA changes practices after Northern Rock

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
... review Northern Rock's liquidity crisis. In February, Newcastle-based Northern Rock sought financial aid from the Bank of England after the firm could not refinance its mortgage loans as a result of the US sub-prime fallout and eventual credit crisis. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
... 39.95 points, or 1.70 per cent, to 2,284.41. LONDON - UK stocks gained 1.01 per cent, led by financials, after the Bank of England (BoE) promised extra funds to ease liquidity pressure, while miners also supported the benchmark as metal prices rose. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
... up 7.13 points, or 0.31 per cent, at 2,285.88. LONDON - UK stocks slid 2.58 per cent, shrugging off an expected Bank of England interest rate cut as a raft of results disappointed investors, with GlaxoSmithKline a significant loser. The FTSE 100 closed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
... LONDON - UK stocks ended lower as M&A activity featured but jitters over the global economy weighed ahead of the Bank of England (BoE) rate-fixing meeting later this week. The FTSE 100 ended 3.0 points or 0.05 per cent lower at 6,026.2. FRANKFURT - The ...

Oil sours economic rally

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... reduce energy demand. It's understood that high oil prices have staunched interest rates cuts in Europe where the Bank of England and the European Central Bank remain worried about high inflation. However, energy supply concerns are a guilt-edged sword. ...

Conflicting rate calls

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
... European economists that the European Central Bank (ECB) will be forced to follow the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England and start lowering interest rates. Ironically, iterations from executive board member Juergen Stark suggest the ECB stands poised ...

Scottish Equitable puts lid on withdrawals

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008

Operation auction squad

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2007
... the sub-prime fiasco, a quiet revolution is happening inside Australia's Reserve Bank. The Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank, the US Federal Reserve and the Swiss National Bank have just announced a new plan to create an ...