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Business wants runs on the board - Sydney Morning Herald
''Infrastructure will only be renewed at the same rate it has been over the past decade because of this [decision],'' a source said. A senior Liberal source said: ''The honeymoon has gone on for a long time with the electorate but it's fair to say the ...
Business wants runs on the board - Sydney Morning Herald
''Infrastructure will only be renewed at the same rate it has been over the past decade because of this [decision],'' a source said. A senior Liberal source said: ''The honeymoon has gone on for a long time with the electorate but it's fair to say the ...
Toddler drowns in floods - Sydney Morning Herald
A friend of the family, who asked not to be named, said the small community was ''devastated'' by the news. ''There's only one school in the town,'' the friend said. ''Everybody knows everybody else's children here. We all look after each other's ...
Sex, drugs and public liability - Sydney Morning Herald
A promoter, who asked not to be named, said he did not stipulate what a band can and can't do at performances but always chose bands based on their performance history. "As soon as you start dictating the rules, the bands will go wild," a spokesperson ...
A punch in the aspirations - Sydney Morning Herald
One 20-something Goldman Sachs employee, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he is not allowed to speak on the record, says he tells new acquaintances he works at a consulting firm. The mood has got so dark that even the young Wall Street ...
Rainmakers weathering the storm - Sydney Morning Herald
Recently, Meek and his roommate, another unemployed banker who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he did not want to jeopardise his job search, sat together in the kitchen filing for unemployment and drinking a bottle of champagne. ...
New Greek PM fights for aid - Sydney Morning Herald
According to a source close to the troika, the team was to depart Athens on Sunday. It is expected to return later to discuss whether it will release an 8 billion euro tranche of aid, without which Athens will default in mid-December. ...
Coalition backbenchers favour supporting mining tax - Sydney Morning Herald
The MP, who did not want to be identified, said public sentiment had swung behind the tax and the Coalition needed the revenue to pay for some of its promises. The MP claimed this was a growing view within the Coalition. ...
Oil slips on supply worries - Sydney Morning Herald
The ECB bought Spanish and Italian debt today, said at least three people with knowledge of the trades who declined to be identified. The euro gained as much as 1.2 per cent against the dollar after weakening yesterday to its lowest rate in more than a ...
Markets Live: Stocks dive as euro woes bite - Sydney Morning Herald
US President Barack Obama spoke with Aung San Suu Kyi and will send Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Myanmar next month, a senior administration official said. The official said Obama and Suu Kyi, in their first ever conversation, ...
CVC, Nine unit to seek debt extension - Sydney Morning Herald
The source with direct knowledge of the situation asked not to be named because of the confidential nature of the talks. Nine has about 80 lenders, with hedge funds holding between 20 percent and 40 percent of the debt. Media reports have said the ...
US stocks post late falls - Sydney Morning Herald
John Paulson, the billionaire hedge-fund manager having his worst year, is cutting risk in his hedge funds further as the European sovereign-debt crisis roils markets, according to two people briefed on the matter. New York-based Paulson & Co., ...
US stocks steady on growth concerns - Sydney Morning Herald
John Paulson, the billionaire hedge-fund manager having his worst year, is cutting risk in his hedge funds further as the European sovereign-debt crisis roils markets, according to two people briefed on the matter. New York-based Paulson & Co., ...
Third year of losses puts Elders boss under pressure - Sydney Morning Herald
One analyst, speaking off the record, said investors would look to the new group general manager of Elders' Australian network, former Macquarie Pastoral chief executive David Goodfellow, who starts in January, as a potential successor. ...
France may be next domino to fall - Sydney Morning Herald
... President Nicolas Sarkozy and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany privately urged Italy's president, Giorgio Napolitano, to pick the technocrat Monti, said a former top-ranking Italian government official who spoke on the condition of anonymity. ...
Pressure on Elders boss as shares hit new low - Sydney Morning Herald
One analyst, speaking off the record, said investors would look to the new group general manager of Elders' Australian network, a former Macquarie Pastoral chief executive, David Goodfellow, who starts in January, as a potential successor. ...
Markets Live: Aussie stocks hold onto gains - Sydney Morning Herald
On the one hand, Greece is still sorting out its leadership: A short-term Greek coalition government will be announced later on Wednesday following a meeting of party leaders, a government official said. 10.11am: Despite the sales fall, ...
Markets Live: Stocks gain on Berlusconi exit - Sydney Morning Herald
On the one hand, Greece is still sorting out its leadership: A short-term Greek coalition government will be announced later on Wednesday following a meeting of party leaders, a government official said. 10.11am: Despite the sales fall, ...
Mystery plane crashes in China - Sydney Morning Herald
When asked about reports of the plane crash, a local government official, who refused to be named, said that an investigation was "on-going" but refused to comment further. Residents living near the crash site said there was talk the plane carried one ...
Apple security chief 'leaves' after lost iPhone flap - Sydney Morning Herald
The consumer device giant's vice president of global security, John Theriault, has retired, a person close to Apple said. Apple declined to comment. Theriault joined Apple after a stint as chief of security at Pfizer, according to his LinkedIn profile. ...
Police plan industrial action over changes - Sydney Morning Herald
One Sydney officer, 41, who did not wish to be identified, said he could lose $300000 under the changes. The officer, married with two children, said he is receiving ''hurt on duty'' pay after a series of back operations and a major infection following ...
Macquarie's head of equity derivatives quits - Sydney Morning Herald
The sources requested anonymity as they were not authorised to speak to the media. Steinberg was appointed to the role in May last year and joined from BNP Paribas. In announcing his appointment at the time, Macquarie said he was to lead a team of 250 ...
Mexico: Video threatens to disclose Zetas allies - Sydney Morning Herald
An official with the Veracruz state attorney general's office, who could not be named because he was not authorized to speak on the record, said the office could not confirm video's authenticity or the case of the kidnapping. Veracruz, an oil state on ...
India shuts server linked to Duqu computer virus - Sydney Morning Herald
"We couldn't track down this customer," said one of the two employees, who did not want to be identified for fear of losing their jobs. An official in India's Department of Information Technology who investigates cyber attacks also declined to discuss ...
Paid to party like Stars - Sydney Morning Herald
... so many events on in Sydney and there is only limited media opportunities to have your event featured in, sometimes you have to pay for the big names to guarantee you get attention,'' one event organiser, who asked to remain anonymous, explained. ...