Malcolm Scott News
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China’s deadly bird-flu outbreak is rippling through industries from restaurants to travel, adding economic headwinds after last quarter’s unexpected slowdown.
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Pakistan’s central bank left interest rates unchanged after inflation eased to the lowest in at least three and a half years.
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China isn’t slowing in Sydney. Three new restaurants, Mr Wong, China Lane and the Century, offer three different interpretations of the Middle Kingdom’s ascent.
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Australia’s Treasurer Wayne Swan said the local currency’s strength reflects the health of the economy, and said the government supports a floating currency. Swan made the comments in an e-mailed statement today.
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With the Australian dollar’s rise, Sydney is now an expensive place to dine by global standards. Thankfully, creative chefs, fresh ingredients and spectacular settings mean diners aren’t short changed.
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Prime Minister Julia Gillard has been eclipsed by her opposition rival Tony Abbott as Australia’s preferred leader as the governing Labor party popularity slides ahead of elections due Sept. 14.
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Tank Zhao is being forced to ditch tradition by taking a bride before buying a home as Shanghai bans unmarried non-locals like him from purchasing property.
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A mile-high skyscraper, almost double the height of today’s tallest building, may become a reality by 2025 as developing countries splurge cash in an ego- fueled race to construct the world’s highest tower.
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Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, one of Australia’s leading philanthropists and the mother of News Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Rupert Murdoch, has died. She was 103.
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Macquarie Group Ltd.’s debt rating was placed on review for possible downgrade by Moody’s Investors Service, which cited the company’s earnings outlook against a backdrop of “protracted weakness in the financial markets.”
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