Colorado Water Resources Sub Bonds Raised to AAA by Moody's
Moody's Investors Service said it has upgraded to Aaa from Aa1 the ratings of the Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority's drinking water and wastewater subordinate bonds. The ratings...
View ArticleLouisiana GOP Lawmakers Sue over Jindal Budget
Byline: Jim Watts Two Republican Louisiana state representatives have filed suit in a Baton Rouge state district court contending that Gov. Bobby Jindal's operating budget is unconstitutional. The suit...
View ArticleTexas Lawmaker Targets Cancer Agency's Bonds
Byline: Jim Watts DALLAS - The $3 billion of bonding authority given to the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas by voters in 2007 would be stripped by a measure proposed by an east Texas...
View ArticleCoal Port Strike on Cards as Talks Fail
Byline: Ewin Hannan Jan 24, 2013 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Negotiations between Pacific National and the Rail, Tram & Bus Union (RTBU) over a new enterprise agreement have broken down...
View ArticleGuard Sacked for Asylum 'Excesses'
Byline: Paige Taylor Jan 24, 2013 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- A guard at Sydney's Villawood Immigration Detention Centre has been sacked for allegedly using excessive force against a...
View ArticleWhere Are Our Tennis Heroes?
Byline: John Stensholt and Peter Wells Jan 24, 2013 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Tennis Open is very successful in terms of the amount of revenue it generates...
View ArticleWounded Telcos Take the Fight to Apps
Byline: John McDuling Jan 24, 2013 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Telecommunication companies are losing revenue on both text and call services to so-called "over-the-top" smart...
View ArticleFortescue Wants to Cut Debt, Expand
Byline: Jamie Freed Jan 24, 2013 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Fortescue Metals Group is selling a 30-40 per cent stake in The Pilbara Infrastructure. The list of potential...
View Article'Real Work' That Meets Benchmarks
Byline: David Hillard Jan 24, 2013 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- There is varying support for pro bono work among Australian law firms. Figures on pro bono work in 2012 by 24 large law firms...
View ArticleQuiet Giant Recruits Strategically to Expand
Byline: Susannah Moran Jan 24, 2013 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Global law firm Jones Day is expanding its Australian business. The firm has had a small office in Sydney for some years. Its...
View ArticleCurrency Wars Bring Extra Risk
Byline: Philip Baker Jan 24, 2013 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Investors are advised to consider the impact of currency fluctuations on their investments. Those who are...
View ArticleRinging in a Challenger
Byline: Michael Bleby Jan 24, 2013 (BRW - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Rolf Hansen founded amaysim, a low-cost mobile provider, in 2011. The native German was motivated by the realisation that Australian mobile...
View ArticleRecovery 2013: What Are You Waiting For?
Byline: Nassim Khadem Jan 24, 2013 (BRW - ABIX via COMTEX) -- There has been encouraging economic news so far in 2013, with Australian shares gaining ground and growth of more than eight per cent...
View ArticleTake the Plunge
Byline: Leo D'angelo Fisher Jan 24, 2013 (BRW - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Avdiev Group MD Rita Avdiev says pessimism in the business sector is more pronounced than she has ever seen. Companies can either...
View ArticleFortescue 'Highly Unlikely' to Pay MRRT This Year
Byline: Jamie Freed Jan 24, 2013 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Government is understood to have not generated any revenue from the minerals resource rent tax...
View ArticleSims Buckles from Old Scrap
Byline: Ayesha de Kretser Jan 24, 2013 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian-listed Sims Metal Management reported on 21 January 2013 that it had elected to write down the...
View ArticleERA Signs Ranger Deal with Owners
Byline: Angela Macdonald-Smith Jan 24, 2013 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- An important agreement has been struck between Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) and the Mirarr...
View ArticleKeep Religion out of Bias Laws: Bishops
Byline: Joanna Mather Jan 24, 2013 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Catholic Church has expressed its opposition to the proposed changes to Australia's anti-discrimination...
View ArticleThis Harsh Medicine
Byline: Jill Margo Jan 24, 2013 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Weight-loss surgery can dramatically benefit obese people, but the surgery carries risks and needs lifelong...
View ArticleLifecycle: Nick Arnold
Byline: Michael Bailey Jan 24, 2013 (BRW - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Experience as a musician taught Nick Arnold that up-and-coming bands signed to major labels suffer constant creative frustration. Arnold...
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