Archive for July, 2007

Australia’s Alumina says H1 earnings fall 10 pct (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

SYDNEY, Aug 1 - Australia’s Alumina Ltd. , said on Wednesday its underlying 2006 profit fell 10 percent, due to higher operating costs and a strong Australian dollar.

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Australia’s Alumina says H1 earnings fall 10 pct (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

SYDNEY, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Australia’s Alumina Ltd. , said on Wednesday its underlying 2006 profit fell 10 percent, due to higher operating costs and a strong Australian dollar.

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Beat the winter chill and hit coastal Australia (Scoop.co.nz)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

More than 10,700 beaches stretching over 50,000 kilometres, Australia’s coastline offers a sandy beach for around every five kilometres.

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Australia July Performance Of Mfg Index +4.3 Pts Vs Jun (The Forex Market)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

SYDNEY (Dow Jones)–Australia’s manufacturing sector recorded faster growth in July, underpinned by stronger domestic demand, a performance gauge produced by an industry group published Wednesday shows.

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(AFX UK Focus) 2007-08-01 00:29 GMT: Australia’s Macquarie Bank says two investment funds face losses (Interactive Investor)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

SYDNEY (Thomson Financial) - Retail investors in two high-yield investment funds managed by Australia’s leading investment bank, Macquarie Bank Ltd, face losses of up to 25 percent or about 300 million Australian dollars, the bank said in a statement released late Tuesday .

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Singapore’s Bezurk on list of 31 hottest startups (Scoop.co.nz)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Singapore, 31st July, 2007 - Bezurk.com , the Asia Pacific Travel Search Engine, today announced that Business 2.0 magazine, published by The FORTUNE/MONEY Group of Time Inc., has named Bezurk as one of “31 of the world′s hottest startups″.

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Australia’s Macquarie funds face losses (Reuters Finance News, Australia via Yahoo!7 Finance)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

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

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Australia’s Macquarie funds face losses (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

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

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Australia’s Macquarie funds face losses (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

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

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Flight Centre cancel second deal with Pacific Equity (International Herald Tribune)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Flight Centre, the biggest Australian travel agency, has scrapped plans to sell a stake to Pacific Equity Partners, the second time this year the companies have failed to complete a deal.

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FIH monitoring situation in Pakistan (The Hindu)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Chennai: The International Hockey Federation (FIH) is monitoring the situation in Pakistan carefully, consequent to the withdrawal of Australia from the Champions Trophy citing security concerns. Pakistan is to host the next edition of …

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Now, select post offices to provide railway ticket reservation (Calcutta News)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

New Delhi, July 31: The Department of Posts and the Indian Railways signed a Memorandum of Understating (MOU) here today to provide computerized rail travel tickets through select post offices.

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Frequently Asked Questions (KWQC-TV 6 Davenport)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Through the years we have received thousands of phone calls, e-mails and letters with various questions. To assist our viewers, we have compiled a list of the most frequently asked questions.

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Now, select post offices to provide railway ticket reservation (New Kerala)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

New Delhi, July 31: The Department of Posts and the Indian Railways signed a Memorandum of Understating (MOU) here today to provide computerized rail travel tickets through select post offices.

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Flight Centre rejects deal in blow to private equity (The Age)

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Further evidence that the global credit crunch is affecting private equity deals in Australia has emerged with Flight Centre rejecting a joint-venture deal with Pacific Equity Partners.

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