The Rudd government could have circulated a rumour that it was capping Chinese investment in an Australian mining company for domestic political consumption, a US think tank suggests.Another theory was the rumour was a media ploy to boost circulation, private sector intelligence group Stratfor says.Either way it was unlikely...
Goldman Sachs, the most powerful investment bank on Wall Street, has found itself at the centre of a storm over the events that led to the collapse of Bear Stearns, as regulators issued subpoenas in the hunt for evidence of market manipulation. The heads of Bear Stearns...
'We do have to stand up and say these are our fundamental liberties and our freedoms, and lines have to be drawn somewhere' Richard Thomas,Information Commissioner on rumoured proposals for a telephone and email database...
The Wednesday Book DISGUISE By Hugo Hamilton FOURTH ESTATE, Pounds 12.99 Order for Pounds 11.69 (free p&p) on 0870 079 8897 "Everything was in chaos." In the last days of the Second World War, in the aftermath of the bombing of Berlin,...
MARKET REPORT A broker upgrade and bid rumours boosted British Energy, which rose while the FTSE 100, spooked by risking inflation, falling retail sales and the spectre of yet more turmoil in the US financial system, sunk deeper into bear market territory yesterday, The...
Singer-Songwriter/Guitarist Begins U.S. Tour This Fall BURBANK, Calif. -- Warner Bros. Records will release the fifth solo album from singer, songwriter, and guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, entitled Gift of Screws, on Reprise Records September 16, 2008. Gift of Screws unites the broad appeal Buckingham showed as the...
SEOUL AFP — South Korea's parliament Monday opened an inquiry into a US beef import agreement which sparked weeks of mass protests, with the ruling and opposition parties sparring over its scope. The probe will refocus attention on the controversial deal which rocked the Seoul government just as...
FRANKFURT AFP — Shares in German auto parts company Continental shot up in early trading on Monday on reports it could be taken over by the family-owned Schaeffler group. Continental shares showed a gain of 25.02 percent to 67.46 euros on the Frankfurt stock exchange, while the Dax...
IT'S NOT often I tip my hat to RTE, but thank goodness they've shown a bit of sense and taste by signing up Andrea Roche for new reality show Failte Towers. The concept of the show is bad enough with so-called celebrities running a real-life hotel....
BEST-SELLING Irish author Maeve Binchy, 68, has laughed off rumours that she's at death's door. Although the Circle Of Friends writer has been dogged by heart problems in recent years she said the stories of her imminent demise were wildly exaggerated. The...
PROBLEMS? What problems? Guy Ritchie and Madonna put the rumours of a rift behind them as they leave New York's Kaballah Centre together. The film director had reportedly turned his back on the Jewish sect after a series of rows, but whatever...
The prospect of another Northern Rock-style crisis has left America reeling from a fresh bout of economic turbulence, as concerns have deepened over the future of two of the countrys biggest financial firms. President George Bush was forced to reassure the nation that he was working very...
By Mike Nicks "We have the bikes, and we have the infrastructure and the people to run three bikes, but we will not pay for the third bike ourselves" That's the verdict of Kawasaki's communications manager Ian Wheeler on the wave of rumours swirling through the...
World News IN BRIEF *PARIS France's first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, has denied she is pregnant and blamed any apparent weight gain on her penchant for the occasional beer. "I think I will have to stop drinking beer, that's the truth," she told Metro. "If I were pregnant,...
By Mike Nicks Sete Gibernau will take over Marco Melandri's ride on the Marlboro Ducati for the remaining seven MotoGP rounds of the year from the Czech Republic event on August 17, but may race in the Alice Ducati satellite squad in 2009. The vacant Marlboro...
By Mike Nicks Andrea Dovizioso, currently sixth in the world standings on the JiR Scot Honda, is the favoured son likely to take Nicky Hayden's Repsol Honda factory bike. "Yes, it's true that Honda want me," the 22-year-old Italian has said here at the Sachsenring. ...
In a rare and candid assessment of his ownership of Newcastle United, Mike Ashley revealed publicly for the first time yesterday that he is seeking outside investment in the Tyneside club, an admission that will concern Newcastle fans already troubled by the club's lack of activity in the transfer market...
BIRMINGHAM, England AFP — Aston Villa finally completed the protracted signing of midfielder Steve Sidwell from Chelsea on Thursday. Sidwell, 25, agreed a three-year contract after passing a medical and is believed to have cost five million pounds (6.2 million euros). The deal had been in...
FRANKFURT AFP — The head of General Motors Europe, Claus-Peter Forster, dismissed rumours that the auto giant was close to bankruptcy in a German press interview released on Thursday. "These rumours do not correspond to reality," Forster told the weekly news magazine Der Spiegel. "It is true however...
Despite his denials, rumours continue to link double Formula 1 World Champion Fernando Alonso with a move to Ferrari in 2009 - with new suggestions that a major sponsor switch will help to seal the deal. According to German magazine Sport Bild, key McLaren-Mercedes sponsor Santander is set...
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