07 2008
ConocoPhillips buys into Origin assets
ORIGIN Energy has selected US gas operator ConocoPhillips as operating partner in its Queensland coal seam gas project.
07 2008
Westpac bid ‘fair’: independent expert
INDEPENDENT expert Grant Samuel has said that Westpac’s takeover offer for St George Bank is fair and reasonable.
07 2008
Emissions trade no big threat: RBA
THE Reserve Bank believes the economic effects of the emissions trading scheme should be a one-off inflationary shot.
07 2008
Recession is a risk: Stevens
Glenn Stevens says the Australian economy will slow further before it recovers.
07 2008
US Treasury rescue plan unprecedented
THE US Government’s rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has added about $US5.4 trillion to potential Treasury liabilities from the two mortgage giants - a sum that is equivalent to the entire federal debt.
07 2008
Insurance giant fights for recognition
WHAT’S worse than being known as the local arm of a US insurer that has lost $US12 billion ($14.7 billion) as a result of the sub-prime mortgage crunch and is the subject to allegations of former executives diverting funds? The answer, it seems, is not being known at all.
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