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Radio Australia News nospam@your.abc.net.au nospam@your.abc.net.au 2008-09-05T15:43:39+11:00 2008-09-05T15:43:39+11:00 Nauru's finance minister says his country is again making money from phosphate, as the global food crisis has driven up prices of phosphate which is used to make fertiziler.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2356774.htm2008-09-05T15:43:39+11:00There's been a surprising slump in Australia's trade balance but economists predict a turnaround.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2355807.htm2008-09-04T19:41:56+11:00A key regional organisation says the world's fuel and food crisis is affecting Pacific islanders, susceptible to global economic downturns.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2355553.htm2008-09-04T15:30:50+11:00US soft drinks giant Coca-Cola says it plans to buy Chinese juice maker Huiyuan Juice Group.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2354670.htm2008-09-03T23:51:02+11:00Telikom Papua New Guinea has announced it will sell off 50 per cent of its B-Mobile business and bring in a consortium of new joint venture partners.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2354539.htm2008-09-03T15:58:14+11:00Australia's Reserve Bank has announced it's lowering the official interest rate by a quarter-of-a-per-cent.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2353335.htm2008-09-02T15:18:53+11:00Japanese companies say they will establish a motorcycle production plant in Cambodia.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2352760.htm2008-09-02T10:37:53+11:00The Australian federal Government is warning banks that they'll have no excuse not to pass on an interest rate cut, if the Reserve Bank reduces the official cash rate this week.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2351229.htm2008-08-31T17:26:04+11:00The Reserve Bank of Australia is expected to cut rates for the first time in six and a half years today.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2352615.htm2008-09-02T12:21:15+11:00Angry Papua New Guinea landowners say they will continue to halt construction at a Chinese owned nickel mine until they meet with the PNG government next week.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2349743.htm2008-08-29T09:46:01+11:00New Zealand's Finance Minister Michael Cullen says the country is confronting its most challenging economic conditions for two decades.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2349260.htm2008-08-28T15:11:28+11:00There's doubt over the future of another West Australian gas project with Australia's oil and gas exploration company Woodside threatening to cut back spending on a gas resource off the Kimberley.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2348782.htm2008-08-28T12:02:20+11:00India's most powerful businessman Mukesh Ambani has condemned protests against a plant building the world's cheapest car, saying they hurt the country's ability to attract investment.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2348783.htm2008-08-28T10:48:32+11:00New Zealand companies are confident about future profits for the first time in six months as interest rates and fuel prices fall slightly.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2348666.htm2008-08-28T09:31:54+11:00The Asian Development Bank is moving to help Pacific countries cushion the impact of soaring global fuel and food prices.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2347962.htm2008-08-28T04:20:34+11:00Business analysts say exports to China have played a major role in better than expected half-year profit for Anglo-Australian mining company Rio Tinto.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2347564.htm2008-08-27T11:55:33+11:00Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej has accused anti-government protesters of trying to destroy the economy and warns violence would not be tolerated.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2346422.htm2008-08-26T11:05:07+11:00Papua New Guinea's government says a Liquefied Natural Gas project agreement signed between Australian oil and gas developers is above board.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2346284.htm2008-08-26T11:05:07+11:00The Australian Council of Trade Unions says telecommunications company Telstra plans to cut the wages of thousands of its workers by 15 per cent over the next four years.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2345511.htm2008-08-25T13:16:24+11:00There's been a call for the Reserve Bank of Australia to help Pacific Islander seasonal workers coming to Australia at the end of the year.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2345509.htm2008-08-25T13:16:24+11:00Analysts say they're not surprised by the Australian Federal Government's decision to approve plans by Chinese aluminium giant Chinalco to increase its stake in mining company, Rio Tinto.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2345359.htm2008-08-25T10:33:14+11:00The Business Council of Australia is lobbying the Australian government to change its proposed emissions trading scheme because of the cost to the economy.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2342890.htm2008-08-21T17:45:53+11:00There are signs that Australians are feeling better about the economy, with consumer confidence staging a significant recovery.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2334441.htm2008-08-13T18:00:28+11:00Australia's Commonwealth Bank says profit for 2008 has increased but says it's cautious about the new financial year.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2334444.htm2008-08-13T18:00:23+11:00The Olympic host China is on track for a record gold medal count in the Beijing Games, but it appears any gold win for the economy is far from certain.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2332522.htm2008-08-12T13:42:00+11:00