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GE pumps $98 million into Burnley development

... The campus style low level project is planned as an expanded headquarters for GE and an Asia Pacific Training and Development Centre for employees from throughout Asia. Making the announcement with Tom Gentile, Chief Executive Officer of GE Consumer ...

OECD urges governments to improve job opportunities to the marginalised

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has said that governments must do more to improve the job opportunities for women, older workers, people with disabilities and the low-skilled. In the latest OECD Employment Outlook report ...

ASX partners with Shenzhen Stock Exchange

... relationship by seconding staff from Shenzhen to the ASX at the end of this month. "This is firm foundation for the future development of both of us, and is a further recognition of the rapid rise of the People's Republic of China, and the development ...

Stockland acquires $480 million in residential development projects

Stockland has today announced the acquisition of four new residential development projects in New South Wales and Queensland over the past three months for a value of over $480 million. "These acquisitions are in line with our strategic objective of ...

Productivity Commission in housing affordability paper for first home buyers

The Productivity Commission has today announced that it had released an issues paper for its inquiry into housing affordability for first home buyers. "The Commission will be taking a close look at how housing markets operate and the reasons for the ...

Commonwealth ministers meet in Brunei, focus on poverty

... "Trade-related issues are part of the discussions finance ministers have, because they are directly-related to investments for development," said Mr McKinnon. "There will just be a greater feeling of despondency." Success at the Cancun talks would have ...

WTO chairperson closes Cancun conference with no consensus achieved

... was disappointed but not downhearted. "It is important to ensure the negotiations are put back on track. If the Doha Development Agenda fails, the losers will be the poor of the world." Mr Panitchpakdi pledged that he would work hard for a successful ...

Macquarie inaugurates pioneer German traffic project

... road in Germany and, in common with many other countries, we are sure that it will demonstrate that private sector development, maintenance and operation of infrastructure offers real benefits for the community, often earlier than Governments could provide ...

Perpetual launches multi-manager retail platform

... been to simplify processes and administration for dealer groups, advisers and their clients. "In the course of its development, we obtained feedback and input from dealer groups, advisers and back-office staff. Based upon their responses, Perpetual incorporated ...

Australia's current unemployment rate compares favourably with OECD average

... lower than the standardised unemployment rate of 7.2% (July 2003) for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. The OECD average for the Euro area is worse, at a standardised 8.9%, which is 0.5 percentage points higher ...