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Radio Australia News nospam@your.abc.net.au nospam@your.abc.net.au 2008-11-25T08:55:57+11:00 2008-11-25T08:55:57+11:00 The head of the Saipan Chamber of Commerce has backed a new report, which says the Northern Mariana Islands is in depression, and that the situation is forcing thousands of people to leave the islands, and those left behind are struggling to survive.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2428627.htm2008-11-25T08:55:57+11:00The 21 APEC leaders have ended their summit in Peru with a final declaration that says they will take all necessary economic and financial measures to respond to the global crisis.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2427513.htm2008-11-25T08:07:49+11:00Leaders from Asia and the Americas have pledged to push global trade talks and to reform global lending institutions in an effort to keep the world from sliding into a deep recession.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2427233.htm2008-11-23T13:20:37+11:00The leaders of South Korea, Japan and China will meet next month to discuss closer cooperation in combating the global financial crisis.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2426796.htm2008-11-21T22:02:23+11:00New figures from Japan showed exports last month fell at their fastest pace in more than seven years.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2425632.htm2008-11-21T03:33:33+11:00Australia's Reserve Bank governor, Glenn Stevens, has told a business gathering in Melbourne that Australians should be quietly confident they can make it through the global financial downturn.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2424578.htm2008-11-20T14:14:33+11:00The head of Solomon Islands Central Bank says economic growth will slow as a result of the global financial crisis.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2423297.htm2008-11-18T20:05:13+11:00Asian governments are scrambling to stave off recession as Japan, the world's second largest economy and Australia's top export destination, officially slides into negative growth.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2421613.htm2008-11-17T22:53:04+11:00World leaders have pledged rapid action to rescue a weakening global economy from the worst financial crisis in over 70 years and agreed to give emerging nations more say in running financial affairs.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2421009.htm2008-11-17T09:53:58+11:00In Australia, the Federal Government is giving stronger indications that it will spend the remainder of the budget surplus to make sure the Australian economy stays in positive growth.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2421036.htm2008-11-16T20:13:46+11:00World leaders grappling with the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s have pledged to deliver a concrete plan to ward off recession and prevent future meltdowns.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2420771.htm2008-11-15T19:22:54+11:00Cambodia's land prices have fallen by up to 25 per cent from a historic peak in June amid the global financial crisis and a border dispute with Thailand that scared off investors.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2420688.htm2008-11-15T14:49:03+11:00Pacific Island nations that are heavily reliant on tourism are beginning to feel the effects of the global financial crisis.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2420278.htm2008-11-14T19:08:24+11:00There have been angry outbursts in Australian Parliament as the Opposition leader, Malcolm Turnbull, accused the prime minister of leaking a converstion with the US President.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2416882.htm2008-11-12T07:54:42+11:00Australian economists say the Reserve Bank needs to urgently cut rates, after a new a business confidence survey recorded its biggest fall ever.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2416905.htm2008-11-12T07:54:41+11:00The Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced a series of measures aimed at stopping the growth of unemployment.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2416904.htm2008-11-11T18:33:57+11:00The Australian sharemarket has hit its lowest closing level in nearly a fortnight.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2416883.htm2008-11-11T18:33:54+11:00China's inflation rate has hit a 17-month low of four percent in October, down from 4.6 percent the previous month.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2416683.htm2008-11-11T15:35:43+11:00Pets and vets are feeling the pinch as South Korea's economy slows.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2416681.htm2008-11-11T15:35:43+11:00Australia and Indonesia are holding their ninth annual bilateral ministeral talks in Canberra this week.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2416680.htm2008-11-11T15:35:43+11:00Australia's finance minister, Lindsay Tanner, is standing by his view that the worst of the global financial crisis is over, despite more gloomy economic figures.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2415932.htm2008-11-11T14:02:17+11:00New figures show Australian house prices have continued to remain weak in most capital cities.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2416060.htm2008-11-11T14:02:15+11:00