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GUNNS Ltd's controversial pulp mill project in Tasmania appears dead, says former premier Paul Lennon, one of its biggest supporters.
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GUNNS'Tasmanian pulp mill project is fast going backwards, the Wilderness Society says after the timber giant announced it will not seek to renew a state government wood supply agreement.
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SHARES in woodchipper Gunns have fallen sharply after the Federal Government declined full approval for Gunns' $2.2 billion pulp mill in Tasmania's Tamar Valley.
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Senior defensive tackle received a fifth year of eligibility after missing most of last season because of a knee injury, and he's determined to make the most of it. UCLA's Brigham Harwell had finally received the telephone call he'd waited for all last winter. A fifth year of eligibility to play football had been granted.
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The road to Murrayfield opened last night with the first round of pool matches of this season's Heineken Cup. It culminates with the final at the home of Scottish rugby next May which will be one of the highlights of the sporting calendar in Scotland.
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World financial leaders met to quell market stress and strengthen institutions.
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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Friday that the Bush administration will move ahead with a plan to buy stock in financial institutions.
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Blaming a drastic recent downturn in revenues, Channel 4 announces a policy reversal and pulls out of a consortium in which it is the majority shareholder
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Finance officials from the world’s top economic powers endorsed a sweeping plan Friday to stem the worst financial crisis in more than a half-century.
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Rangers have been given the goahead for a multimillionpound development at Ibrox.
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US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says the US government is planning to invest directly in US banks to prevent them from failing, expanding the focus of the government's $US700 billion ($1 trillion) rescue plan.
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Group Managing Director/CEO of BGL Plc, Mr. Albert Okumagba has said that a well articulated Development Action Plan (DAP) is imperative for economic transformation of Northern Nigeria to free the region from the firm grip of poverty.
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The Group of Seven finance chiefs announced Friday a plan of action to fight the global crisis, including the use of "all available tools" to support key institutions and prevent their failure.
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A RADICAL plan to allow first-time buyers to purchase new houses with a mortgage financed by the State is set to be unveiled in the Budget, the Irish Independent has learned.
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Parliament passed a law unlocking Central Bank lending to private banks in a $36 billion bailout, continuing a strategy that has relied on making government oil profits available to banks.
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A series of exhibitions go on display showing detailed plans for a controversial relief road through Dorset.
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Nasa pushes ahead with plans to launch its 2009 Mars mission, but acknowledges the need for extra funds to make it happen.
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The Group of Seven finance chiefs announced Friday a plan of action to fight a global crisis including the use of "all available tools" to support key institutions and prevent their failure.
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PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday welcomed a plan by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to buy equity in financial institutions if necessary to halt market turmoil.
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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Friday that the Bush administration will move ahead with a plan to buy stock in financial institutions.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- After consulting with Barack Obama, Democratic leaders are likely to call Congress back to work after the election in hopes of passing legislation that would include extended jobless benefits, money for food stamps and possibly a tax rebate, officials said Saturday....
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The new approach, which would have the government inject capital directly into banks, is one that administration officials had publicly opposed.
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A new approach that would inject capital into banks raises questions on whether officials squandered time with an earlier $700 billion plan to buy securities.
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Financial companies are shedding tens of thousands of jobs, yet applications to graduate business schools rose this year.
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Slumping Rays third baseman Evan Longoria gets a mild lecture from Manager Joe Maddon about maintaining the same strike zone.
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On the evening of Sept. 30, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) helped unveil a bipartisan deal that would open the door to massive government intervention in the financial markets, calling it "one of the finer moments in the Senate."
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Rare, not well done - the species on the brink of extinction
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Pressure mounted at the weekend on the world's leading economies to spell out the specific 'urgent and exceptional' steps they have promised to take to stabilise financial markets before they open on Monday
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Last week's scare, an unverified rumor that Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack, sent Apple stock plummeting, expert investment analysts scolding, and some writers believing that Apple needs a public succession plan to avoid confusion and concerns about these kinds of incidents. That's nonsense. First of all, Apple does have a succession plan.
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Romania 2-2 FranceGoals from Franck Ribéry and Yoann Gourcuff earned Les Bleus a crucial point in Constanta as they came from 2-0 down to draw with Romania.
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The International Monetary Fund is backing a plan by Canada and the other G7 countries to fight the worldwide credit crisis, which continues to play havoc with the world's major financial sectors.
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With global financial markets in turmoil, the British government is reportedly about to launch the biggest bank rescue in the country's history.
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Market confidence in the G7's financial rescue plan outlined yesterday will be put to the test this week when US banks report what are expec-ted to be a downbeat set of results for the third quarter.
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European leaders hoped to agree on a detailed plan in Paris on today to prevent market panic and stave off what the International Monetary Fund warned could be a global financial meltdown.