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Fatal fire: fleeing pair heard laughing - Sydney Morning Herald
A neighbour, who did not want to be identified, said she heard noises about 2am. "I thought I heard smashing on the floor, so my husband got up to turn some lights on. "I heard a man and a woman walking past our place and they went to a car and slammed ...
India's JSW Steel eyes $5b bid for New Hope - Sydney Morning Herald
The company is studying the assets and may make an offer, according to the people with knowledge of the plan, who asked not to be identified because the discussions are at an early stage. JSW will look at ways to raise money to fund the acquisition ...
Google seeking to finance acquisition of Yahoo: source - Sydney Morning Herald
The company may opt not to take part in any offer and hasn't engaged in serious discussions with would-be partners, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the deliberations are private. Yahoo is weighing strategic options after firing ...
For tycoon, palatial house is not a home - Sydney Morning Herald
He asked not to be identified for fear of ruining his relationship with Ambani, whose net worth Forbes has estimated at $29 billion. ''He said, 'Yes, we'll go next month. Let it be done.' They don't talk about it.'' Another family friend confirmed that ...
Google's $3b tax haven loophole probed - Sydney Morning Herald
The agency is bringing more than typical scrutiny to how the company valued software rights and other intellectual property it licensed abroad, said the person, who requested anonymity because the audit isn't public. The IRS has requested information ...
Piqued agency does a search of searcher - Sydney Morning Herald
The IRS has requested information from Google about its overseas deals after three acquisitions, including its $US1.65 billion purchase of YouTube, a source said. The transfer overseas of these kinds of rights has enabled Google to attribute earnings ...
High-speed broadband (600+ Kb/s) - Sydney Morning Herald
12.49pm: A group of baggage handlers and ramp workers, who did not want to be identified, spoke to smh.com.au about what the mood was like for employees of the airline. A ramp worker said morale was good: "We are staying strong and together. ...
Europe rescue plan to force bank changes - Sydney Morning Herald
Banks face capital requirements as high as 9 per cent as part of European Commission President Jose Barroso's plans to help lenders survive the region's debt woes, according to a person familiar with the proposals. “Temporarily higher” capital rules ...
Sony buying movie rights to Steve Jobs bio - Sydney Morning Herald
According to a person familiar with the matter, the studio is negotiating to pay about $US1 million ($A1.03 million) for the rights to the project. The person declined to be identified because the deal has not been finalised. Sony Corp was also behind ...
'Solar industry set in stone': Energy Minister - Sydney Morning Herald
The director of one of WA's leading solar panel companies, who asked to remain anonymous, said inconsistent and volatile government policies had caused instability in the industry and businesses had been unable to properly plan. ...
Chaos at crash scene as ambo blows whistle on stressed paramedics - Sydney Morning Herald
A paramedic, who did not want to be identified, said there was "no doubt" the lives of patients were being put at risk as callers were often forced to wait one to two hours for an ambulance, with one caller on the weekend enduring an eight-hour delay. ...
The impact of high pay - Sydney Morning Herald
Speaking on condition of anonymity, the executive said the impact of high pay on executive performance was “negative”. Further, he argued that aligning management with shareholders through equity was based on a “fallacy of logic”. ...
Solar businesses collapsing two months after feed-in tariff cut - Sydney Morning Herald
Another Perth businessman, who asked not to be named, said he had seen inquiries fall from 150 in July to just three in September. Meanwhile Perth-based business Renewablelogic has seen inquiries for solar panel installation decline by 90 per cent, ...
Cashing in on the Corby clan - Sydney Morning Herald
She remains a source of fascination for our readers, and that is very profitable for those selling their stories,'' a magazine figure, who asked to remain anonymous, told PS this week. In recent months alone, and for hefty fees, both Woman's Day and ...
Nurturing Apple's crop - Sydney Morning Herald
''Steve was looking to his legacy,'' said a former Apple executive who spoke on the condition of anonymity to preserve his relationship with the company. ''The idea was to take what is unique about Apple and create a forum that can impart that DNA to ...
Federal agencies lack firepower to deal with fraud - Sydney Morning Herald
Immigration's values and conduct team wrote in a memo - obtained by the Herald - to senior officers that cases were not investigated ''where the allegations are from an anonymous source and there is insufficient information or no identifiable lines of ...
Palestinians claim envoy Blair is 'pro-Israel' - Sydney Morning Herald
As meetings of senior Palestinian Liberation Organisation and Fatah officials continued in Ramallah, convened to discuss the Middle East Quartet proposal for resuming peace talks with Israel, one Palestinian official, who asked not to be named, ...
US probe of News identifies 'gangster' tactics - Sydney Morning Herald
The US government last month asked a lawyer at Williams & Connolly for documents from a 2009 trial between News America and a New Jersey advertising company, Floorgraphics Inc, according to the person, who declined to be identified because the request ...
Israel, Palestinians urged to resume talks - Sydney Morning Herald
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been discussing Israeli security arrangements for the West Bank with US administration officials, a source close to the talks said. The four powers also set forth plans for an international donors ...
Collar bomb suspect Peters heading back to Sydney - Sydney Morning Herald
"We can't discuss details," a US Marshal spokesperson, who declined to be named, said. "It is a security issue. In America we have very strict policies on prisoner movement." However, sources say Peters is expected to be flown from Louisville to Los ...
Police drop Guardian push - Sydney Morning Herald
In the US, prosecutors have written to Murdoch parent company News Corporation asking for information on whether employees of its British arm, News International, bribed British police for information, an anonymous source told the Bloomberg news ...
'Stun-gun home intruder' stabbed to death: police yet to decide whether to ... - Sydney Morning Herald
A Glassop Street woman, who did not want to be identified, said the 30-year-old man had knocked on her door about 2.30 pm yesterday. "I had never seen him before, but he just wanted to know if any Iraqi people lived in the area. ...
Sheen close to settlement - Sydney Morning Herald
... from his starring role on the hit sitcom Two and a Half Men in March, will receive about $25 million to settle the dispute, according to a person with knowledge of the situation who requested anonymity because the negotiations are confidential. ...
All the way with the US in the fifth domain of warfare - Sydney Morning Herald
A senior Australian official speaking on background said Australians should assume that all systems, in the private sector and the public, had been penetrated and their secrets stolen. "It's more serious than most people realise," says Alan Dupont, ...
Greece to launch more austerity measures - Sydney Morning Herald
Secretary general for fiscal policy Ilias Pentazos sent an email to several ministries listing about 15 conditions demanded by those leading the bail-out, the source said. These included lay-offs in all public bodies, a freeze on retirements between ...