| Wed, 16 May 2012 Tumbarumba wool grower gets award for finest bale
A wool grower from Tumbarumba in south-west NSW has taken out the prestigious Loro Piana Challenge Cup for world's finest bale of wool in 2011. | The 11.1 micron bale from Suzanne Triplett's property in the Riverina Highlands has also made an Australian record, for the ... | APIC ’12: Asia petrochemical industry players convene in Malaysia
| | KUALA LUMPUR (ICIS)--Malaysia is hosting this year’s biggest petrochemical industry conference in Asia, which draws more than a thousand of delegates from different parts of the globe. | The 34th annual Asia Petrochemical Industry Conference (APIC) wi... | Indian national jailed in Singapore
Singapore: An Indian national has been sentenced to 20 months in jail for drunk driving a lorry which rammed into three pedestrians - all his fellow countrymen, last year, killing one of them. | The lorry driver, Mutukrishnan Gunasekaran, 39, was also banned from drivin... | Toshiba says stops making LCD TVs in Japan
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp said on Thursday it has halted domestic production of LCD televisions in the face of price falls. The decision by Japan's leading chip maker to stop producing LCD TVs domestically follows a similar decision by Hitachi Ltd as Japanese firms... | Malaysia sentences 3 Mexicans to death over drugs
| KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A Malaysian court has convicted three Mexican brothers and two other people and sentenced them to be hanged for drug trafficking. | Judge Mohamad Zawawi Salleh in the Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled Thursday the prosecution had proven its ... | Blasting to start on Waioeka Gorge
| Blasting work will start immediately to stabilise part of the slip face in Waioeka Gorge. | This could cause delays of up to 30 minutes for drivers using State Highway 2 between Bay of Plenty and Gisborne but the temporary road will remain open. | The New Zealand Tran... | Malaysia sentences 3 Mexicans to death over drugs
| KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A Malaysian court has convicted three Mexican brothers and two other people and sentenced them to be hanged for drug trafficking. | Judge Mohamad Zawawi Salleh in the Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled Thursday the prosecution had proven its ... | East Timor's 10th Anniversary Comes in a Crucial Year
Dili. Ten years after winning formal independence following a brutal occupation by Indonesia, East Timor is struggling to escape extreme poverty, corruption and an over-reliance on energy revenues. | As the half-island nation of 1.1 million prepares to celebrate Sunday... | Commonwealth Bank of Australia stock has held up better than peers
| WHEN it comes to the information drip, bank groupies have been spoiled for choice, given the recent round of half-year reports from the September balance-date from the Big Four banks. | Now the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA, $50.95) has added to the data dump wi... | PRECIOUS-Gold up, comes off 4-1/2 month low; Greece weighs
| * Gold supported by rebound in euro * Gold to rise to $1,563.56 -technicals * Coming Up: U.S. Jobless claims Weekly; 1230 GMT (Updates prices, adds quotes) By Lewa Pardomuan SINGAPORE, May 17 (Reuters) - Gold rose half a percent on Thursday as bargain hunters resurfac... | |
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