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<title>Finance Industry Today: Business Confidence News</title>
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<title>Economic cheer at last</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185531323</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 02:06 GMT</pubDate>
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... AUSTRALIA has suffered a period of gloomy reflection with indicators of household and business confidence falling sharply. The grizzled economists who comprise the union of (private) bank economists have  ...
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<title>Dollar Rallies After Better Than Expected GDP</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185529193</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 01:36 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the economy seemed to be priced in for the foreseeable future. What&apos;s more, with business confidence at a three-year low and the German economic contracting through the second quarter, it  ...
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<title>Concerns revealed in business survey</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185525746</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 01:09 GMT</pubDate>
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...  and consumers, a Bank SA survey has found. The State Monitor survey revealed regional business confidence was up marginally but consumer confidence had fallen. Bank SA managing director Rob Chapman  ...
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<title>Economy to pick up next year: Rudd</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185524370</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 00:58 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Opposition put Mr Rudd him under pressure over job losses, the low level of business confidence and other signs of the slowing economy. This morning Mr Rudd told Fairfax radio  ...
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<title>Aegis Group warns of slowing demand</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185524177</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 00:58 GMT</pubDate>
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...  in recession. Worsening economic conditions triggered by problems in the construction sector have damaged business confidence and Spain is now the group&apos;s most difficult market &quot;by a significant margin&quot;. The  ...
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<title>Business lobby upset by rail failure</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185517660</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 23:55 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Chamber of Commerce and Industry says the problems with the rail network are affecting business confidence and investment decisions. Pacific National is selling its Tasmanian rail operations. The company is  ...
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<title>Japan To Release CPI, Retail, Jobs Data On Friday</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185513474</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 23:09 GMT</pubDate>
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...  housing starts and construction orders will be announced, as well as the August small business confidence score. The Nomura/JMMI index posted a score of 47 in July. Tokyo inflation is  ...
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<title>Businesses turn pessimistic on 3rd quarter</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185491301</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 20:52 GMT</pubDate>
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...  bank, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). The BSP third-quarter business expectations survey showed the business confidence index reversed to -12.9 percent in the third quarter from 12.6 percent in the  ...
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<title>Comment: The dilemma Merkel faces to save Germany</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185477710</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 18:57 GMT</pubDate>
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...  for the German economy. This week there was a fresh dip in the Ifo business confidence index and statistics showed that investment dived in the second quarter. The mighty economy  ...
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<title>Danes and Germans rattle the eurozone</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185465574</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 17:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  blazing a trail for the rest of the world. &quot;We have been warned.&quot; German business confidence plunged to a three-year low this month, with a sub-index of future prospects at  ...
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<title>Economics: Small&apos;s the tip on rates</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185463519</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 17:18 GMT</pubDate>
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...  history,&quot; Opposition finance spokesman Peter Dutton said. &quot;It&apos;s just unbelievable that Labor could trash business confidence so quickly and comprehensively.&quot; - with AAP ...
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<title>Fannie and Freddie Failure Would be Catastrophic for Global Financial System</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185458090</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 16:36 GMT</pubDate>
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...  month highs against the euro. The fall in the euro was due to German business confidence declining by more than expected to a three-year low in August, adding to concerns  ...
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<title>Small&apos;s the tip on rates</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185454707</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 16:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  history,&quot; Opposition finance spokesman Peter Dutton said. &quot;It&apos;s just unbelievable that Labor could trash business confidence so quickly and comprehensively.&quot; - with AAP ...
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<title>Business shrugs off fear of slump</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185453604</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 16:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Industry Minister Kim Carr played down the latest Sensis small business survey in which business confidence has fallen to the lowest level in the survey&apos;s 15-year history. Senator Carr said  ...
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<title>Retail sales hit 25 year low</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185448726</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 15:34 GMT</pubDate>
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...  CBI started the survey in 1983. A similar drop is predicted for September as business confidence remains weak. The economic slowdown has taken its toll on jobs as well, with  ...
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