Archive for July, 2007

Juninho to play in Australia: report (The Star Online)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Brazilian midfielder Juninho Paulista is about to sign with Sydney FC to play in Australian soccer’s A League, Australian newspapers reported Wednesday.

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Senate Probing NY Travel Policies (R News)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

State Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno is renewing his call for an independent investigation into the scandal involving some of Governor Spitzer’s top staffers.

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National Dirt Track Title heating up (Fullnoise.com.au)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Reigning Australian Dirt Track champion Luke Gough will be gunning for back-to-back titles in September when the North West Victorian Motorcycle Club hosts the 2007 Edge Hotel Australian Dirt Track…

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(AFX UK Focus) 2007-08-01 02:40 GMT: Commonwealth Bank of Australia buys stockbroker IWL for 373 million aud (Interactive Investor)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

SYDNEY (Thomson Financial) - Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd (CBA) has agreed to buy 100 percent of equities broker IWL Ltd for 373 million Australian dollars, or 6.57 dollars per share, through a scheme of arrangement, CBA said Tuesday.

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You be the reviewer: Eulipia in San Jose (San Jose Mercury News)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Have you been to Eulipia in San Jose? Read Aleta Watson’s review, then contribute your own thoughts about the restaurant. Please include your full name and city. We will print a selection of comments in the August 12 LifeStyle section.

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DATA SNAP: Australia June Trade Deficit A$1.75B (The Forex Market)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

SYDNEY (Dow Jones)–Australia’s seasonally adjusted balance on trade in goods and services widened to a deficit of A$1.75 billion in June from a deficit of A$970 million in May, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday.

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Ten Hut! Jabil Gears Up For Military Projects (The Tampa Tribune)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - Deep within a plain brown Jabil Circuit factory in St. Petersburg, Dung Luu hunches over a bench full of electronic parts.

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Alstom to build E250 million power plant in Australia (Energy Business Review)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

French construction firm Alstom has been awarded a contract to build a turnkey 660MW open-cycle gas-fired power plant, which will be located at Munmorah, 120km north of Sydney, Australia. The approximately E250 million deal for the so-called Colongra plant was awarded by Australian state-owned utility Delta Electricity.

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Australia’s Commonwealth to buy IWL (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

SYDNEY, Aug 1 - Commonwealth Bank of Australia said on Wednesday it had agreed to buy wealth management firm and brokerage IWL Ltd. for A$373 million as it seeks to expand its broking business.

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Australia’s Commonwealth to buy IWL (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

SYDNEY, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Commonwealth Bank of Australia said on Wednesday it had agreed to buy wealth management firm and brokerage IWL Ltd. for A$373 million ($318 million) as it seeks to expand its broking business.

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UPDATE 1-Australia’s Macquarie says investors face fund losses (Reuters Finance News, Australia via Yahoo!7 Finance)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

SYDNEY, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Australia’s Macquarie Bank MBL.AX warned that retail investors face losses of up to 25 percent in two of its investment funds as part of the fall-out from the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis, knocking its shares down 6 percent.

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Australia’s Macquarie says investors face fund losses (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

SYDNEY, Aug 1 - Australia’s Macquarie Bank warned that retail investors face losses of up to 25 percent in two of its investment funds as part of the fall-out from the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis, knocking its shares down 6 percent.

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Australia’s Macquarie says investors face fund losses (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

SYDNEY, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Australia’s Macquarie Bank warned that retail investors face losses of up to 25 percent in two of its investment funds as part of the fall-out from the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis, knocking its shares down 6 percent.

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Army Deploys More NY National Guard (R News)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

More than 1,700 members of the New York Army National Guard will be heading to Afghanistan. Officials say the New York troops will help train the Afghan army and police. The security force will include soldiers from the Second Squadron, 101st Cavalry, which has a base in Geneva, Ontario County.

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Man Illegally Sent Money to Yemen (R News)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

A Rochester man pleaded guilty in federal court to operating an illegal money transmitting business. Authorities say Mohamed Muthana ran the business out of the Yemeny Superette store on North Street.

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