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UK bid to attract Aussie investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... perhaps less traditional ways. "We have a cluster of sporting opportunities over the next few years arising from the London Olympics 2012, the Commonwealth Games in 2014 and a range of other major sporting will no doubt provide a good set of business ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... Friday as investors gained confidence on expectations China will act to support the mainland market ahead of the Beijing Olympics. The benchmark Hang Seng Index added 362.77 points to 22,184.55 WELLINGTON - NZ stocks trimmed early losses to nudge into ...

Commodities investors nervous about inflation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... how, while disinflation was the Sino-region's gift to the world over the past five years, inflation could be their post-Olympics follow-up, an outcome analysts began predicting more than six months ago. If the push for China to revalue its currency upwards ...

China's investor confidence crisis

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
... the party is ending. One big future risk is the rumor that some big investors might pull all their money out before the Olympics actually starts in August. What's fuelling these worries, said Shanghai-based economist at Standard Chartered Bank Stephen ...

Sydney on $24 million a day

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... the security bill for APEC had blown out to $170 million - making it a more expensive security exercise than the 2000 Olympics. Figures released to a Senate committee revealed that protecting the world leaders would cost taxpayers a staggering $24 million ...

BT gets Oarsome and rows ahead of fleet

... sport. This week he was selected to compete at this year's World Championships with a view to compete at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Melbournians can see him training on the Yarra River in the early mornings and after work. A five-time Olympian with three ...

Home-grown talent bag global awards

... three prestigious international fund manager awards, proof that Australia's globally-renowned talent extends beyond the Olympics and the Oscars. This month CFS won the La Vie Financiere' 2007 Award or 'Les Palmes 2007 de La Vie Financiere' for best performing ...

AustralianSuper moniker confusion

... AustralianSuper's merged funds, STA and ARF, went to the trouble of hiring the creative branding expert behind the Sydney Olympics, Richard Henderson, to develop the name and logo as part of the mega merger. Speaking at the time of the fund's naming ...
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