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Brisbane trade mission to build ties with Asia: Newman
It is hoped an overseas trade mission to Asia will help open up new opportunities for Brisbane businesses. The Lord Mayoral-led delegation will take in China, Japan and South Korea for 10 days fro.......
ABC- Friday May 16, 2008, 7:33 pm
Blue diamond fetches $5 mln, sets record per carat
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, May 16 (Reuters Life!) - A pear-shaped blue diamond has sold for 5.2 million Swiss francs ($4.93 million), setting a new world record price per carat for any gemston.......
Reuters Finance News, New Zealand- Friday May 16, 2008, 7:26 pm
Leighton 'snowed under' in Middle East
Leighton Holdings Ltd chief executive Wal King says the Middle East region is in an investment and construction frenzy because of record oil prices and his company intends to take full advantage of th.......
AAP- Friday May 16, 2008, 7:12 pm
British Airways earnings up sharply despite high fuel costs
LONDON (AFP) - British Airways said Friday its annual net profit more than doubled as it cut costs to help offset record high fuel prices.BA however warned of a difficult future amid an economic down.......
AFP Business News- Friday May 16, 2008, 7:03 pm
Conlon: tram stoppage 'not the end of the world'
South Australian Transport Minister Patrick Conlon says it is not the end of the world that tram services had to stop today because of the wet conditions. Passengers were forced to get off in the .......
ABC- Friday May 16, 2008, 7:02 pm
Renault global sales up 8.3% in April
PARIS (AFP) - French automaker Renault said on Friday its global unit sales rose 8.3 percent from a year earlier to 228,146 vehicles in April.Renault has set a 2008 sales growth target of 10 percent .......
AFP Business News- Friday May 16, 2008, 6:54 pm
Council gives proposed Tarkine road its seal of approval
One of the councils covering the Tarkine wilderness in Tasmania's far north-west has given the green light for a tourism road in the area. Forestry Tasmania proposed the $20 million sealed roa.......
ABC- Friday May 16, 2008, 6:36 pm
Annoyed customers 'keen to switch banks'
First, it was the mass closure of bank branches and long queues at those that remained open that made bank customers angry.They were eventually weaned off face-to-face banking and actively pushed towa.......
AAP- Friday May 16, 2008, 6:27 pm
Market turmoil bites at Bell
Broker Bell Financial Group admitted that it was embarrassed by its low share price and warned that volatile markets had slashed 35 per cent from its earnings for the first four months of this calenda.......
AAP- Friday May 16, 2008, 6:25 pm
Market buoyed as mining shares hit new highs
The All Ordinaries index has climbed above 6,000 points for the first time in three months, driven by growth in mining industry shares. BHP Billiton shares have reached a fresh high of $50 tod.......
ABC- Friday May 16, 2008, 6:11 pm
Australia's Graincorp bids $392 mln for Ridley
(Adds Graincorp CEO comments, updates share price) By Fayen Wong PERTH, Australia, May 16 (Reuters) - Australian grain handler Graincorp Ltd (ASX: GNC.ax) offered to buy livestock feed maker Ridle.......
Reuters Finance News, Australia- Friday May 16, 2008, 5:53 pm
Infineon CEO to quit: report
FRANKFURT (AFP) - The chief executive of troubled German chipmaker Infineon, Wolfgang Ziebart, is to quit after losing the confidence of the board, a newspaper report said Friday.Ziebart's contract r.......
AFP Business News- Friday May 16, 2008, 5:46 pm
Dairy Farmers says Parmalat seeks bid clearance
(Adds details) MELBOURNE, May 16 (Reuters) - Australian dairy producer Dairy Farmers said on Friday that Italy's Parmalat PLT.MI has sought clearance from Australia's competition regulator to make a.......
Reuters Finance News, Australia- Friday May 16, 2008, 5:43 pm
More takeoff fallout as lengthy delay for pilots gets even longer
Two Qantas pilots charged over an incident in Launceston almost seven years ago have been ordered to appear in the Launceston Supreme Court in a couple of months. Captain Peter Maxwell and his co-.......
ABC- Friday May 16, 2008, 5:39 pm

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