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Ammonium nitrate plant two years away

By Kylie Bartholomew Map: Moranbah 4744 Incitec Pivot spokesman Alan Grace says the plant at Moranbah was delayed a year ago when it was one-third completed because of the financial crisis. Mr Grace says the company is now pushing ahead to finish the project, which is expected to

Bligh welcomes explosives plant in Moranbah

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By Melinda Howells Map: Moranbah 4744 Incitec Pivot put the Moranbah ammonium nitrate project on hold a year ago because of the global financial crisis. The plant was originally planned by another company, Dyno Nobel, but it pulled out in 2007 because of rising costs. Ms Bligh
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Cadbury job losses "pre-date" Kraft takeover

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The union representing manufacturing workers says 23 more employees at the Cadbury factory at Claremont in Tasmania have been made redundant with a week's notice. The union says the latest redundancies are part of the roll back of manufacturing at the factory announced more than a
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Cadbury job losses "pre-date" Kraft takeover

The union says the latest redundancies are part of the roll back of manufacturing at the factory announced more than a year ago, to produce block chocolate only. The streamlining of manufacturing at the Claremont factory began before Kraft's takeover of the company last week. The union's Anne

Obama Says He Wants to Consult With Republicans on Health Care - Bloomberg.com

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Obama also said that, while jobs have always been a top priority for his administration, health-care overhaul “continues to be the right thing to do.” The president said the U.S. is seeing “the corner turned” toward economic growth. To contact the reporter on this story: Kate Andersen
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Bollard Says New Zealand Economy Fragile, Not Deteriorating

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“Domestically it’s still fragile,” Bollard told Television New Zealand’s Q+A program yesterday. “We’ve started growing, we’re seeing reasonable growth figures.” The fourth-quarter jobless rate jumped to a 10-year high of 7.3 percent, according to a government report on Feb.
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Bollard Says New Zealand Economy Fragile, Not Deteriorating - Bloomberg.com

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“Domestically it’s still fragile,” Bollard told Television New Zealand’s Q+A program yesterday. “We’ve started growing, we’re seeing reasonable growth figures.” The fourth-quarter jobless rate jumped to a 10-year high of 7.3 percent, according to a government report on Feb. 4.
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2009 rental growth flat for Melbourne

February 8, 2010 While the lack of growth in the December quarter was repeated across the country, on an annual basis, Melbourne was the only capital city with no growth in house rents. Asking rents for units rose from $320 in December 2008 to $335 in December 2009, a rise of nearly

Freighter let crew go hungry, union says

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The International Transport Workers Federation says it is concerned about the welfare of 22 Chinese crew working on a freighter moored at South Australia 's Wallaroo . Federation spokesman Matt Purcell claims amenities on the Tien Hau are "disgraceful" and food stores ran so
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Fall in US unemployment "cause for hope"

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US President Barack Obama says a drop in unemployment is a "cause for hope, but not celebration ." In January 2009, almost 800,000 people lost their jobs but last month that fell to 20,000. Mr Obama says it is a modest but welcome improvement . "These numbers, while positive,
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