Sydney businesses can expect a pilgrim-led boom this week, with World Youth Day WYD expected to inject about $231 million into the economy.The NSW Business Chamber said business could expect a "bumper week" with the arrival of 200,000 international and interstate visitors for WYD, which officially begins later this...
By James Regan SYDNEY (Reuters UK) - Miner BHP Billiton BHP BLT raised estimated reserves at its biggest iron ore operation by a quarter on Tuesday, a day after rival Rio Tinto RIO set a lofty new benchmark price for the commodity. Rio RIO agreed a...
The largest Olympic stadium in the world was created for the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Stadium Australia could seat 110,000 people and is now used a multi purpose sports and concert hall. To include, where appropriate and where budgets permit, the latest in technology. To 'future proof' build in flexibility to...
Sydney and Melbourne's inner city areas have turned into buyers' markets for property investors willing to brave possible interest rate risks and inflation.The upbeat message for residential property investors from RP Data's research director Tim Lawless comes as house prices soften nationally.Rental yields are also well below the...
Sydney Opera House is a global landmark and one of the busiest performing arts centres in the world. Over 1,500 events are presented each year spanning art forms and cultures, and ranging from the traditional to the contemporary. Presenting thousands of events and accommodating literally millions of visitors every year,...
Researched by Industrial Info Resources(Sugar Land, Texas) -- Plans are in motion by CPS Energy (San Antonio,Texas) to install peaking capacity at the V.H. Braunig Power Station nearElmendorf, Texas. Now with reserve margins shrinking, the company is in theprocess of adding peaking units to increase capacity by 200 MW. CPS...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Factum Electronics AB today announced that it has won the tender to supply head-end systems for the roll-out of DAB+ broadcasting networks for commercial radio in Australia. This initial phase of the roll-out will cover 42 existing services and up to another 50 additional digital services in...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-9 July 2008-Factum Electronics awarded contract by Commercial Radio Australia LtdC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Factum Electronics AB, a provider of system solutions for signal encoding, decoding and processing to professional broadcasters, announced on 9 July that it been given the tender to supply head-end systems for the...
Inside the industry Imagine the moon was colonized a few years after humans first landed. That's sort of what has happened to Olympic TV. NBC's Beijing TV schedule, released Tuesday, includes 2,900 hours of live coverage -- including all 32 swimming finals and the team and...
Tim Johnston seemed to have found the answer to the global energy crisis: a pill, which when popped into a car's engine, improved fuel efficiency by one-third and cut harmful emissions. Investors were impressed, buying more than A$80m (38.6m) worth of shares in Mr Johnston's company, Firepower,...
SANTA CLARA, Calif. & SYDNEY, Australia -- Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:A) and University of Technology Sydney UTS have teamed up to establish a unique research facility here to study trace metals and other elements in tissue, and their effects on health. The UTS Elemental Bio-Imaging Facility opened on...
SYDNEY AFP — Australia's world champion hurdler Jana Rawlinson said Wednesday she had ruled herself out of next month's Beijing Olympics because of a toe injury. "I'm very upset because the Olympic Games has always been a dream of mine, but I'm trying to remain positive and I'm...
LEAWOOD, Kan. & SYDNEY, Australia -- Euronet Worldwide, Inc.'s ("Euronet" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:EEFT) prepaid subsidiary, e-pay Australia ("e-pay"), announced today a prepaid agreement with Caltex Australia Petroleum Pty Limited ("Caltex"), Australia's largest petrol convenience retailer. Under the agreement, e-pay will be the recommended supplier of prepaid mobile...
NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-9 July 2008-Swedish broadcasting solutions developer Factum Electronics AB wins major DAB+ order in AustraliaC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Swedish broadcasting solutions developer Factum Electronics AB, a subsidiary of Effnet Holding AB (OMX First North: EFFN), said on Wednesday (9 July) that it has received a...
SYDNEY AFP — A nagging hip injury has not prevented Lleyton Hewitt from being named to the Australian Olympic team for Beijing, along with rising women's star Casey Dellacqua, officials said Tuesday. Hewitt, who was bundled out of Wimbledon in a fourth round showdown with Roger Federer, is...
Superproducer Sets Concerts In Australia And New Zealand SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- With Timbaland Presents Shock Value triple platinum in Australia, and the smash hit singles "Apologize" and "The Way I Are" among the biggest selling songs of the past year down under, beatmaster...
SYDNEY, Australia, July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Saft has received an AUD $3.5 million (approx. EUR2.1 million) order from the Australian Defence Materiel Organisation for BA-F300 lithium-sulfur dioxide batteries, with deliveries scheduled to begin later this year. The BA-F300 battery is a custom battery comprised of Saft LO 26 SX...
Local & state: Piles, Lowman sit in third at junior tournament Topekan Riley Piles and teammate Ben Lowman of Manhattan shot a 5- under 66 during Monday's first round of the KGA Junior Team Championship at Emporia Municipal Golf Course and are tied for third entering today's...
Local & state: Piles, Lowman sit in third at junior tournament Topekan Riley Piles and teammate Ben Lowman of Manhattan shot a 5- under 66 during Monday's first round of the KGA Junior Team Championship at Emporia Municipal Golf Course and are tied for third entering today's...
