ABC Learning shares jump after board overhaul

August 5th, 2008

Shares in childcare operator ABC Learning have jumped following the company’s announcement that it has overhauled its board.

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Brisbane fuel hits 4-month low

August 5th, 2008

The RACQ says motorists are continuing to benefit at the petrol bowser from falling global oil prices.

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QR faces legal action over Sunnybank station assault

August 5th, 2008

Queensland Rail (QR) is being sued by a man who suffered permanent injuries when he was bashed at a south side Brisbane station in 2006.

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Ivanhoe says to list in Australia on Wednesday

August 5th, 2008

KALGOORLIE, Australia, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Canada’s Ivanhoe Mines Ltd IVN.TO will list its Australian division on the Australian stock exchange on Wednesday, Ivanhoe’s executive chairman, Robert Friedland said on Tuesday.

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Radcliffe vows to race marathon in Beijing (Yahoo!7)

August 5th, 2008

Marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe has confirmed that she will run in the Beijing Olympics despite problems with a stress fracture in her left thigh. “I’m racing unless my leg breaks down. The aim has always been to start the race,” the 34-year-old said on arriving at the British Olympic preparation camp in Macau.

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Favre reports to camp (Yahoo!7)

August 5th, 2008

Brett Favre reported to the Green Bay Packers training camp just one day after being reinstated.

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Strauss upset over snub (Yahoo!7)

August 5th, 2008

Andrew Strauss says he is disappointed to miss out on the England captaincy to Kevin Pietersen.

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Zedex Minerals Ltd (ASX:ZDX) Announce New Pejiru Sector Estimate Increases BAU Gold Resource Inventory To 1.3 Million Ounces

August 5th, 2008

Auckland, New Zealand, Aug 5, 2008 - (ABN Newswire) - Zedex Minerals Ltd (ASX:ZDX) (the Company) is pleased to announce that as part of its continuing JORC (2004) upgrade of the Bau Gold Project resource inventory, a re-assessment of the Pejiru deposit has now been completed to include a north-easterly extension of the deposit at Kapor. This assessment has lifted the Pejiru resource to 497,000 oz (up 113,000 oz from the 21 April 2008 estimate).

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APEC ministers back need for reform in tough times

August 5th, 2008

MELBOURNE, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Global economic turmoil should spur, rather than stop, Asia-Pacific nations from taking steps to make their economies more productive and competitive, finance ministers agreed at a two-day conference in Melbourne.

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AIR ARABIA H1 NET PROFIT SOARS TO US & #36;43.6 MLN, UP 39 PCT

August 5th, 2008

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