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High employment rate propels German GDP

Record high employment rate and domestic spending propelled German GDP rate by 1.7 percent in 2015, according to the German authorities' calculation.

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Australian dollar recovers as unemployment figures went down

The Australian dollar has slightly recovered after Australian employers created more jobs than what economists forecasted last month, pulling down the unemployment rate. According to Bloomberg, the Australian dollar was at 69.70 U.S. cents as of 11:38 am in Sydney on Thursday, down by 0.7% from the previous day. It had been at 69.53 cents just before the statistics bureau announced the number of employed in Australia climbed to 17,400 in August. An increase of 5,000 jobs is expected by analysts, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey. The rate for the jobless went down from 6.3% to 6.2 % in July.

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JPSML Copthall acquires stake in Indian clothing firm Future Retail

JPSML A/c Copthall Mauritius Investment acquired a 0.6% stake in Mumbai, India-based clothing retail chain Future Retail for INR13.5 crore at INR91.88 apiece on the National Stock Exchange.

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Australia's Hastie collapses amid struggles for building sector

Australian engineering company Hastie Group said on Monday it has appointed voluntary administrators after recapitalisation talks stalled over an "accounting irregularity".

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