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Bajaj Allianz General Insurance, which sold 10 lakh policies in the last two years, aims at collecting premiums valued at Rs 400 crore by fiscal 2003 - 04, a 40 per cent rise on a year - on - year basis.

Last year the network handled 1.21 billion rail journeys, that's the equivalent of 20 trips for every citizen and a 7 per cent rise on the year before.

GCP estimates that the world will have emitted 40.3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2014, a 2.2 per cent rise on last year's record breaking level.

Data has also shown that across the UK, over 3,000 exam - related sessions were given to pupils, a nine per cent rise on the previous year.

The data shows that by the end of 2015, 91.2 per cent of 16 -17-year-olds were in some form of education or training, revealing a one per cent rise on the previous year's figure.

Oil prices, yesterday, resumed their free fall, with Brent crude, similar to Nigeria's sweet crude grade, falling 2.6 per cent to $ 31.34 a barrel following a 10 per cent rise on Friday, while U.S. oil shed 95 cents to $ 31.24.

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Separately, StatsCan reported that retail sales rose 0.6 per cent in May, the third consecutive monthly increase and the latest indicator that Canada's economy is on a roll.

Shares in diversified explorer Mindax have risen nearly 13 per cent on news it's in talks with a potential partner for its Mt Forrest Iron Project.

On the economic front, the U.S. consumer price index rose a slight 0.3 per cent in December, translating into an annualized rate of 1.5 per cent.

New vehicle sales are on the rise, with new data showing 4.8 per cent more cars were sold in the six months to June 30 than the same six month period last year.

Western Australian retail spending rose 0.2 per cent month on month in January, to $ 2.8 billion, slightly below the national average of 0.3 per cent.

Macy's, one of the few big winners last holiday, said on Wednesday that its earnings per share rose 30 percent to 61 cents for the third quarter.

The share price of Perth copper producer Aditya Birla Minerals risen 19.5 per cent on the announcement that its Nifty underground copper mine had been cleared to resume operations.

Meanwhile, telecom shares took a surprising upturn in the session, rising 1.6 per cent, as investors bet that stock in Canadian carriers was oversold last week on expectations that Verizon Communications Inc. could enter the domestic market.

U.S. crude rose 51 cents to $ 69.15, having hit its highest since Nov. 28, 2014 on Thursday.

Nickel miner Western Areas has reported a 37.5 per cent rise in net profit despite a small drop in revenue, with the company focusing on reducing costs in the year ahead.

Financial services provider Pioneer Credit says it's on track for a record FY16, after delivering a 105 per cent rise in half - year profit.

Excluding items, GE Baker Hughes earned 9 cents per share, beating analysts» estimates by 3 cents, according to Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S. Revenue rose to $ 5.40 billion from $ 5.32 billion on a combined basis a year earlier.

Waste management company Tox Free Solutions has announced a 60 per cent increase in net profit to 21.7 million on the back of a 30 per cent rise in revenue to $ 369.9 million.

HONG KONG — China's state - owned CNOOC says first half - profit rose 8 per cent on higher oil and gas output after buying Canada's Nexen.

Scotiabank's spend on technology, including cybersecurity initiatives, rose 13 per cent last year and now sits at more than $ 3 billion, Porter noted.

The company also announced its quarterly dividend will rise by 20 per cent to 33 cents a share, with the next payment on March 23.

The contract rose 47 cents to $ 68.57 per barrel on Monday.

The dollar has eased off in the last couple of days since Trump complained about it being too strong, but, after rising half a cent on the back of Draghi's press conference, it's still close to a 14 - year high against the euro.

On a per - share basis, earnings rose to 29 cents from 23 cents in all its stock classes: Class A, B and C.

The miner said adjusted net earnings for the quarter ended March 31 rose to $ 170 million, or 15 cents a share, from $ 162 million or 14 cents a share in the same three - month period a year ago on the back of higher gold prices and lower depreciation.

The Pantry's stock (Nasdaq: PTRY) gained $ 1 or 2.8 per cent to $ 36.52 after rising 23 per cent on Wednesday amid reports of a transaction in the works.

On the dividend front, Royal Bank will rise five per cent to 63 cents per share.

Tang said the wealth gap was actually widening at a slower pace compared with a rise of 0.004 between 2006 and 2011, thanks to the government's increased efforts to help the impoverished, including an increase of over 40 per cent in welfare spending on public housing and medical benefits for the poor.

The company's gold division, despite the strong rise in the bullion price, remains second - rate and most of this year's forecast pre-tax and pre-interest profit of $ 132 million (up 12 per cent on 2003) will come from tantalum.

Since last March, WAN has risen 38 per cent from $ 4.78 to recent sales around $ 6.63, with a 52 - week high of $ 6.70 set on January 6.

Playboy's shares rose 89 cents, or 17.1 percent, to close at $ 6.09 on Monday.

For the six months to December 31, it reported a 9.1 per cent rise in underlying earnings before interest, taxes, and amortisation to $ 72.8 million, on the back of record gross written premium (GWP) growth across both its underwriting and broker network units.

Over nine years, consumers» premiums have risen by 89.2 per cent as money paid by their insurers on their claims has risen by 91 per cent.

Private health insurer nib said it will capitalise on crumbling confidence in the public health system as the company reported an 8 per cent rise in full - year profit to $ 75.3 million.

Based on these developments, we expect Australia's terms of trade to rise by another 5 per cent or so this year, but to fall gradually thereafter (Graph 9).

There was also good news from the company's metallurgical coal division, where production from its Queensland mines rose 2 per cent during the March quarter year - on - year and 7 per cent on the December quarter.

Since January alone, the rise in the price of jet fuel from 70 cents a litre to 90 cents has taken $ 200 million off the company's bottom line on an annual basis, according to Robert Palmer, a spokesman for WestJet.

The financial sector rose nearly 1 per cent, after the People's Bank of China said late on Tuesday it would slash reserve requirement ratios (RRRs) for most banks by 100 basis points (bps), a move analysts say will reduce financing costs for lenders.

In contrast, according to the Parliamentary Budget Officer, the provincial, territorial and local government sector does not have a sustainable fiscal structure, even though their aggregate debt - to - GDP ratio is currently under 30 per cent, but expected to rise significantly due to the impact of an ageing population on their finances.

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Our impression of the structure and parameters of such models as these is that the result of the thought experiment above — a rise in short - term rates in real terms of 1 per cent — looks broadly similar in terms of its bottom line effect on activity.

In fact, that was «spot on» for the four quarters to the September quarter of 2001, but by the December quarter inflation had risen to 3.1 per cent, and by the March quarter 2002 it was 2.9 per cent.

The so - called core PCE price index rose 0.2 per cent on a month - on - month basis in March after a similar gain in February.

AAA Texas on Thursday reported prices at the pump statewide rose 2 an average cents to reach $ 2.60 per gallon.

According to Statistics Canada, total payments on debt made by Canadian households rose 6.7 per cent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, and the interest - paid component climbed 9.2 per cent.

Since the early 1980s, the proportion of household financial assets held as deposits has fallen from about 50 per cent to below 30 per cent; this has been mirrored by a comparable rise in the proportion of household assets held as claims on life insurance and superannuation funds (Graph 11).

Could the economy have successfully negotiated the period of robust growth, and rising inflation, in the first half of 2000, in the face of strong downward pressure on the exchange rate, with interest rates maintained at 4 3/4 per cent?

AAA Texas on Thursday reported the price at the pump statewide rose 6 cents to reach an average $ 2.58 per gallon.

Spending on goods and services is expected to accelerate relative to the past couple of years rising by 2.5 per cent in 2014 and 2.3 per cent in 2015.