China manufacturing growth hits six-month high: HSBC
China’s giant manufacturing sector recovered further over the first two weeks of September, reducing fears of a hard landing for the world’s second-biggest economy.
Australian Financial Review
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ATO told to end ‘attack’ on self-employed
The Abbott government has begun reshaping Australia’s workplace system by reversing a “concerted attack” by the Australian Taxation Office and other government agencies on self-employed people and independent contractors under Labor.