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Australia dubbed the educational hub

Kaplan Professional, The Washington Post-owned group that bought Tribeca and Finsia's educational arm last year, has flagged plans to make Australia an "educational hub" in the Asia-Pacific region. While the name Kaplan is little known locally - up ...

Iraqi economic growth to hit 7 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... reserves, said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) last week. The upbeat assessment is based on a meeting convened in Washington between the IMF and the Iraqi Minister of Finance Jabr Al-Zubaydi, Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) Al-Shabibi ...

We'll cut rates again if we have to: US Fed

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
... prices will continue to skyrocket. Speaking at the Women in Housing and Finance and Exchequer Club Joint Luncheon in Washington last week, Bernanke said, "We stand ready to take substantive additional action as needed to support growth and to provide ...

Billionaire bull run

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2007

Sub-prime 20/20 hindsight

... release, Greenspan said he "didn't really get" how the sub-prime lending boom could hurt the economy. In a speech in Washington last week, Greenspan noted, "The behaviour in what we are observing in the last seven weeks is identical in many respects ...

Kaplan adapts Finsia teaching model

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
... Kaplan also plans to offer a wider range of subject options, drawing on courses taught overseas. Kaplan is part of the Washington Post Company and operates in nine countries. It operates 76 vocationally-oriented higher education institutions offering ...

Return of the 'R' word

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
... that the credit crunch and housing recession have clearly spilled over into the broader US economy. In a speech in Washington, Alan Greenspan, former US Federal Reserve chief said, "The behaviour in what we are observing in the last seven weeks is identical ...

Blood and Gore fund sustainable

... global and public equities with a concentrated portfolio of 30 to 50 companies. The group has offices in London and Washington with plans to open an office in Melbourne next year. Michelle Baltazar

Finsia sells education to focus on member services

... concentrate on providing enhanced membership services. Kaplan Inc, a global education services provider owned by The Washington Post, is to buy Finsia Education, subject to a membership vote, for $36 million. The deal comes less than a year after Kaplan ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
... vacancies data for the February quarter. On the corporate front, Brickworks Ltd releases half year results as does Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co Ltd. The Australian stock market closed in negative territory yesterday, with the big banks and miners ...