U.S. policy makers will raise their key rate three times by the end of next year to 2 percent, surpassing Australia's which will only increase to 1.75 percent, according to a Bloomberg survey. The extra yield on Australia's 10-year bonds over similar-maturity Treasuries has shrunk to just 12 basis points from
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The top Year 13 accounting and business studies students were presented with awards valued at $500 each by BDO Gisborne managing partner
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The technology didn't emerge first in the West partly because consumers — even in bike-crazy Holland — haven't really needed such a cost-effective solution. (Ironically, as Bloomberg View columnist Adam Minter recently pointed out, it's not so clear this particular innovation can work economically even
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“Over the past few years, we have seen a concerted effort by the central government to drive competitive federalism among states,” said Abhishek Gupta, Mumbai-based India analyst with Bloomberg Economics. “Irrespective of political affiliation, we should see state governments competing against each
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Rio Tinto Group, the world's second-biggest mining company, named industry veteran Simon Thompson as its new chairman after investors rejected a
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