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8Jan 09 Wellstream sees growth in 2009 after solid 2008Posted by UK Economy News
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8Jan 09 Oil and gas industry equipment supplier Wellstream Holdings said business remains buoyant despite falling oil prices as it forecast 2008 results in line with expectations and continued growth in 2009.
Read full story 600,000 workers leave south China’s industrial heartland: govtPosted by UK Economy News
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8Jan 09 About 600,000 migrant workers left south China's industrial heartland last year as the economic crisis caused exports to shrink and forced factories to close, a senior official said Thursday.
Read full story Japan’s TDK to cut 8,000 jobs, close four plantsPosted by UK Economy News
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8Jan 09 Japanese electronic component maker TDK Corp. said Thursday that it was cutting 8,000 jobs and closing four plants overseas to cope with the economic crisis.
Read full story AirAsia announces plans for own airport outside Malaysian capitalPosted by UK Economy News
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8Jan 09 Budget carrier AirAsia said Thursday it will shift to its own 460 million dollar airport outside Kuala Lumpur, and abandon its overcrowded terminal next to the main international airport.
Read full story German trade surplus shrinks markedly in November: statisticsPosted by UK Economy News
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8Jan 09 Germany's trade surplus contracted sharply in November, falling to 9.7 billion euros (11 billion dollars) from 16.4 billion in October, according to the latest figures released by the national statistics office.
Read full story Global recession fears deepen as Lenovo axes 2,500 jobsPosted by UK Economy News
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8Jan 09 Global economic fears deepened as Chinese computer giant Lenovo axed 2,500 jobs and South Korea warned it was on the brink of recession amid further lay-offs in Europe and the United States.
Read full story Michael Page fourth-quarter profit down as market worsensPosted by UK Economy News
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8Jan 09 Recruiter Michael Page said on Thursday gross profit fell by 7.3 percent in the fourth quarter and warned market conditions had become noticeably more difficult.
Read full story Tullow Oil makes new Ghana findPosted by UK Economy News
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8Jan 09 Tullow Oil said its Mahogany-3 well had made a new discovery beneath its Jubilee field and that the drilling also showed the field extended far further to the southeast than it thought.
Read full story Russia, Ukraine in EU talks as gas crisis engulfs EuropePosted by UK Economy News
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8Jan 09 Envoys from Russia and Ukraine go to Brussels on Thursday for emergency EU-brokered talks to resolve a bitter gas fight between the two ex-Soviet giants that has engulfed Europe in a major energy crisis.
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