Archive for May, 2010
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
PERTH - AUSTRALIAN coal miners made a joint A$4.85 billion (S$5.67 billion) cash bid for a rail-track network in the country's biggest coal state, aiming to prevent it being sold onto the stock market in a wider privatisation. The group of 13 firms headed by BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Xstrata said its bid for the network was conditional on the Queensland state government dropping its plan to ...
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Miners bid for rail network
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
Oklahoma-based Legacy Bank has chosen Cypress Software Systems LPs Mark IV loan software to automate the banks lending processes, which has helped the bank enhance its lending efficiency and profitability. read more
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Legacy Bank Gains Underwriting, Loan-Pricing Consistency With Cypress Softwares Mark IV System
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
As major cuts in government spending were unveiled this week, Network Rail chief information officer Susan Cooklin faces a tough challenge to deliver the IT supporting a £35bn plan to revamp Britain's railways.
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
BEIJING -- The White House dispatched 200 dignitaries to China's capital for relationship-cementing talks this week, a number that bespeaks a world order rapidly turning upside down. From China's threefold economic growth in a decade to today's swarms of five-star hotels and six-figure autos, it is a cliché to say that the world has never before seen anything like this juggernaut.
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Chinese Economy Treads Risky Path. (Ask Japan.)
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
The Queensland government says it will consider a & #36;4.85 billion offer for the state & #39;s coal rail tracks, but it still thinks a public float is the best option.
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Mining firms offer & #36;4.85b for QR assets
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
* Miners bid jointly for rail network of biggest coal state
Continue here: Australia coal miners bid $4 bln for rail network
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
Enchanted April 7:30 p.m. Ramona Hillside Players is putting on Enchanted April, the the story of four English women who vacation in an Italian castle in the 1920s.
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Things to do! Some of the Valleys best events over the next seven days.
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
Europe's first privately owned high-speed train operator will launch services in September next year in a "historic event" for Italy's rail system, the company's chairman has announced.
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Private high-speed rail for Italy
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
MELK, Austria. May 21. At the Wachauring, that serves as a driver safety center and racetrack for Austrian series, Mini organized the first meeting between the Countryman and the media and The Auto Channel was the only NA web site here.
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Mini Becomes Maxi - First Mini Countryman Drive and Review
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