Rising Debt Stokes Economy
The boom that never ends has suddenly accelerated into top gear. Australia’s output shot up 1.6 per cent in the March quarter, with revisions lifting annual growth to 3.8 per cent, the fastest in thre...
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World Briefing | Europe: Ireland: Another Metric System Fault
A judge in Ireland reduced a speeding charge after concluding that 180 kilometers an hour did not look as bad when converted into miles: 112 m.p.h....
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Sanofi-Aventis Profit Up 31%
Net profit in the fourth quarter rose to 753 million euros ($1.09 billion), helped by sales of the blood-thinner Plavix in the United States and cost-cutting measures, the company said....
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The World: Peace? Sure, I?ll See What I Can Do
U.S. presidents heed the Mideast siren song, but dance to different tunes....
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EMI Poaches Universal Talent Spotter
Guy Hands has unveiled EMI’s new chief talent-spotter with the announcement that Nick Gatfield, former head of Universal’s Island Records, will head up the company’s labels acr...
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Entertainment News

A Serbian Director’s Eye Remains Fixed on Uncomfortable Truths
2008-01-10 06:01 - He has been a Yugoslav and a Serb and worked under Tito and Milosevic. So it makes sense that the place where Goran Paskaljevic really likes to work is Ireland.

Starry trails
2008-01-10 05:05 - Dinkum Australian stories, complete with convict ancestors and skeletons in the cupboards.

Talk-show jokes a write-off. Chick boom
2008-01-10 05:05 - Yes, Dave is back. Back on my screen, back on Ten and back with a beard! What the?

Britney gets flat tyre
2008-01-10 05:05 - Britney Spears has been spotted driving in Los Angeles and getting a flat tyre on Sunset Boulevard.

Posh tops worst dressed
2008-01-10 05:05 - A decade after singling out the Spice Girls as fashion disasters, Mr Blackwell puts just one of them at the top of his 48th annual worst-dressed list.

No Golden Globes Show, Just a News Conference
2008-01-09 05:43 - The announcement came in response to the threat of pickets from the Writers Guild of America.

Minogue infuriates Paul McCartney’s ex
2008-01-08 06:01 - Kylie Minogue reduced Paul McCartney’s estranged wife to tears by performing a sexy duet with the former Beatle on a New Year’s Eve special.

Natalie Imbruglia and Daniel Johns to divorce
2008-01-08 06:01 - Diverging music careers have forced Natalie Imbruglia and Silverchair’s Daniel Johns to divorce.

In Strike, Separate Deals Draw Ire of Big Producers
2008-01-08 05:43 - A deal between United Artists and the Writers Guild of America West may have opened the door to a full-blown brawl.

Kylie to cover up
2008-01-08 05:05 - Kylie Minogue is set to tone down her raunchy dance routines during her next concert tour.


 
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