India's cheap car plant remains shut, Tata mulls plant's future
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:40:38 GMT SINGUR, India (AFP) - Protests against a factory being built in eastern India to make the world's cheapest car forced a halt to work for a second day Saturday as vehicle giant Tata Motors mulled the plant's future.
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New delay for Emirates Airbus 380
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:45:06 GMT PARIS (AFP) - Delivery of a second Airbus A380 to Emirates, the airline of the United Arab Emirates, will suffer a further delay of two months, French daily Le Figaro reported Saturday
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QR's planned Riverfire dinner shows wrong priorities: Nicholls
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:12:00 GMTThe Queensland Opposition says the forced cancellation of a lavish Queensland Rail (QR) dinner in inner Brisbane tonight reflects the organisation's disinterest in the service problems facing commuters daily.
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NSW Labor officials confident of electricity privatisation resolution
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:27:00 GMTSenior New South Wales Labor figures say the fight between the party's head office and the State Government over electricity privatisation may soon be resolved, but a key power union says it will not be involved in any peace deal.
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Govt unveils & #36;1.6b boost for public housing
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:23:00 GMTThe New South Wales Government says a & #36;1.6 billion upgrade and repair project for the state's public housing will overhaul the way maintenance work is carried out and create 250 new jobs for apprentices.
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Snap strike to impact electricity bill payments
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:11:00 GMTA snap strike by power workers across New South Wales this weekend means people will be unable to pay their electricity bills.
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Allianz says is in talks to sell Dresdner Bank
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:57:14 GMT FRANKFURT (AFP) - German insurance giant Allianz is in & quot;advanced talks & quot; on the future of its Dresdner Bank unit, & quot;that may or may not lead to a deal, & quot; it said Friday in a brief statement to financial markets.
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Former BoJ chief to join Matsushita advisory panel: report
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:48:03 GMT TOKYO (AFP) - Former Bank of Japan governor Toshihiko Fukui, who stepped down in March, is set to become a member of Matsushita Electric Industrial's advisory panel, a newspaper reported on Saturday.
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QR cancels & #36;30,000 Riverfire function
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:42:00 GMTQueensland Rail has cancelled a function planned for tonight's Riverfire celebrations in Brisbane.
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Water woes hit town's tourism, economy
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:28:00 GMTIt is feared that the north-west Queensland town of Cloncurry will soon run out of water, thanks to dry weather and a resources-driven population boom.
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Inflation making women unhappy: survey
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:14:00 GMTAnyone with a mortgage or struggling with rising inflation will be counting on the Reserve Bank to ease the interest rates squeeze when the board meets next Tuesday.
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UK in 'worst downturn since WWII'
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:47:00 GMTThe British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, says he's deeply pessimistic about the country's economic outlook.
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WA living costs soar
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:19:00 GMTWestern Australia's peak welfare body says the cost of basic living expenses for families on average incomes soared by more than & #36;61 a week over the past 12 months.
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Govt re-evaluates light rail proposals
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:39:00 GMTThe ACT Government is taking another serious look at light rail.
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Indigenous credit union wins management award
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:50:00 GMTThe Northern Territory's Traditional Credit Union has taken out a & #36;10,000 award from Reconciliation Australia for good management practice.
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