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China: Consumer Price Index Kept Jumping in August 2008
added: 11-09-2008

In August, consumer price index rose by 4.9 percent over the same period of the previous year. Of which, urban and rural area was up by 4.7 and 5.4 percent respectively; the price of foodstuff, non-foodstuff, consumable and services expanded 10.3, 2.1, 6.0 and 1.4 percent respectively.
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Doing Business 2009: Regulatory Reforms Hit Record Levels
added: 11-09-2008

Regulatory reforms are gaining momentum worldwide, reaching record numbers this year, finds Doing Business 2009 - the sixth in a series of annual reports published by IFC and the World Bank. The new report identifies 239 reforms between June 2007 and June 2008 that make it easier to do business in 113 economies.
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Fitch: Regulatory Environment Could Become Obstacle For Some Central European Utility Investments
added: 11-09-2008

Fitch Ratings says the regulatory environment for power and gas utilities in many central European (CE) countries, especially Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria, is proving to be challenging for some entities amid elevated wholesale electricity prices and rising costs for gas imported from Russia.
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US Employer Costs for Employee Compensation - June 2008
added: 11-09-2008

Employers spent an average of $1.25 for employee retirement and savings plans for every hour worked in June 2008, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
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Economics Committee Calls For Legislation To Improve Financial Market Supervision
added: 11-09-2008

Two formal requests for the European Commission to introduce legislation to improve the supervisory framework for financial markets were adopted in the Economics Committee on Wednesday. The first relates to specifically to hedge funds and private equity, while the second is concerned with the future architecture of market supervision in general.
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China's Inflation Battle Succeeding
added: 11-09-2008

Well, the leak last week in the official Chinese media was spot on: China's inflation rate at the consumer level continues to soften.
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Another Big Loss For Lehman Brothers
added: 11-09-2008

Struggling US investment bank, Lehman Brothers says its third quarter loss will be a much worse than expected $US3.9 billion ($A4.87 billion).
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OPEC Cuts, Australian Dollar Falls
added: 11-09-2008

World oil prices jumped and the weakening Australian dollar steadied after OPEC revealed a surprise cut in its production of 520,000 barrels of oil a day.
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The Leading Index for the U.K Declined 0.7 Percent in July 2008
added: 11-09-2008

The Conference Board announced that the leading index for the U.K declined 0.7 percent, and the coincident index increased 0.1 percent in July.
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Procurement a High Priority at Most Companies, Yet Many Are Failing to Implement Cost, Operational Improvements
added: 11-09-2008

Almost three-quarters (74 percent) of executives believe procurement issues are a high priority at their companies, yet about half (49 percent) say that the procurement function in their companies focuses too much on cost reduction instead of value creation, according to a survey of almost 600 global procurement and C-level executives by KPMG LLP, the audit, tax and advisory firm.
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