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Australia shares down 0.6 pct as mining services slump, banks retreat
Reuters(Adds details, comments) SYDNEY, May 21 (Reuters) - Australian shares fell 0.6 percent on Tuesday, with banks taking a break from recent sharp gains while a series of profit warnings took a heavy toll on mining services firms. Investors were also...Tags: Mining, BHP Billiton Plc., Ben Bernanke, Gold and Precious Material, Australia
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PRESS DIGEST-Australian Business News - May 21
ReutersCompiled for Reuters by Media Monitors. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW (www.afr.com) CLP Group, in a first-quarter report released yesterday, signalled it does not expect...Tags: Minority Groups, Mining, BHP Billiton Plc., Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Banking
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Special Report: The Rise and Fall of China's Sun King
ReutersHONG KONG (Reuters) - In a 2010 speech before a packed ballroom of university students in Sydney, Shi Zhengrong, founder of Chinese solar-panel maker Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd, listed the people who had been important in his rise to fame and riches....Tags: Beijing (China), Renewable Energy, Barack Obama, Shareholders, Electronics
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Travel Picks: Top 10 quirky museums around the world
ReutersLONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - Hear the word museum and odds are you conjure up an image of portrait halls and sculpture gardens - the traditional home of traditional art. However, the world is a huge, creative and even quirky place. So to satisfy those...Tags: Unexplained Phenomena, Unrest, Conflicts and War, National Government, Radio Industry, Rentals
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Co-Producing a Film in China Helped Me Discover My Roots
ReutersMay 15 (TheWrap.com) - I didn't imagine filmmaking could possibly be my field of work when I was a young girl growing up in a male-dominated Asian culture of Hong Kong in the early '70s. I didn't think it was beyond my reach; it was beyond my...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Entertainment, Hong Kong, China, Movies
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Rugby-Wayward Beale to test Australia's capacity for forgiveness
ReutersBy Ian Ransom MELBOURNE, May 14 (Reuters) - Kurtley Beale has drawn praise for his decision to enter a private health clinic to tackle his alcohol problems, and while the troubled Wallabies back has walked a fine line with his behaviour, Australian rugby...Tags: South Africa, FIFA World Cup, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Republic of Ireland, Australia
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Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions
ReutersMay 10 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Friday: ** Premium jeans maker True Religion Apparel Inc said on Friday it has agreed to be acquired by investment management firm TowerBrook...Tags: Chemical Industry, Singapore, Vodafone Group Plc, Michael S. Dell, Leveraged Buyouts
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Couple fall overboard from Carnival cruise ship
Sun SentinelA couple aboard a Carnival Cruise Lines cruise ship have gone overboard in waters off Australia, and are missing, the Miami-based cruise line confirmed in a statement Thursday. The Carnival Spirit returned to port in Sydney earlier in the day without...Tags: Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Tour Operations Industry, Carnival Cruise Lines, Australia
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Australia seeks two passengers lost from cruise ship
Reuters* Missing passengers both Australian * Search-and-rescue planes scour area SYDNEY, May 10 (Reuters) - Australian emergency crews were searching on Friday for two people who fell overboard from a Carnival Corp cruise liner off the New South Wales coast....Tags: Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Carnival Corporation, Australia
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Tennis-Controversy a constant companion for Tomics
ReutersBy Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY, May 7 (Reuters) - Control-freak and parasite or loving father determined to help his son make the most of a rare tennis talent - John Tomic does not so much divide opinion in Australia as split it into 'Bernard against the rest'...Tags: Australian Open, Immigration, Wimbledon Championships, Association of Tennis Professionals, Marin Cilic
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Cricket-Starc Ashes warning for England: Don't write us off
ReutersSYDNEY, May 3 (Reuters) - Australia paceman Mitchell Starc is well on his way back to fitness and has warned England not to write off the tourists' chances of wrenching back the Ashes in July and August. The tall left-armer, who left Australia's...Tags: FIFA World Cup, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Australia, India
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Bono's one-time Sydney holiday home sells for record A$54 million
ReutersSYDNEY, May 2 (Reuters) - A Sydney harbourfront mansion has been sold for a record-setting A$54 million (US$55.4 million) to a Chinese-born businessman, reinforcing the city's growing status as a hot property destination, newspapers said on Thursday....Tags: U2 (music group), Rentals, Marketing
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