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Sunday, 23 November 2008
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BHP suspends Australia iron ore mining after death
BHP Billiton suspended all its iron ore mining in Australia on Friday, shutting in a third of the country's production after the second mine worker death in the past 10 days, raising broader safety concerns in its mines.
05 Sep 2008 |
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Brown warned over fuel bill "betrayal"
Britain's most powerful union, Unite, warned embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Friday that failing to impose a one-off tax on utility firms to help families cope with soaring fuel bills would be a "betrayal".
05 Sep 2008 |
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Southern Cross CEO to leave
Southern Cross Healthcare said Thursday Chief Executive Bill Colvin is to leave the company, as it announced another tranche of property sales.
04 Sep 2008 |
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Chinalco won't buy into BHP
Chinalco is still pondering BHP Billiton's takeover bid for Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto and is not decided whether to accept or reject the offer, but stressed on Tuesday it will not seek to buy into BHP.
02 Sep 2008 |
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BHP Billiton posts record year profit
Top miner BHP Billiton, bidding for rival Rio Tinto in what would be the world's second-biggest takeover, posted a 12.4 percent rise in full-year net profit to a record $15.4 billion (8.2 billion pounds), as Chinese demand stoked a commodities boom.
18 Aug 2008 |
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Battling BHP and Rio to post record profits
Mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto should post record half-year profits as they reap the benefits of an industrial commodities boom, and are likely to use the results to bolster their arguments in a $123 billion (66 billion pound) takeover stand-off.
15 Aug 2008 |
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Arkansas Democratic chair shot at HQ dies
The chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party, Bill Gwatney, died in a hospital after being shot by a lone gunman at the party's headquarters in Little Rock, officials said on Wednesday.
14 Aug 2008 |
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Utd Utilities plans water bills rise
United Utilities said on Monday it planned to increase household water bills by just over 2 percent a year in real terms between 2010 and 2015 to help fund a 4 billion pound investment plan.
11 Aug 2008 |
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