INTERVIEW: Australia&#39;s ABC Learning On Expansion Path
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BRISBANE (Dow Jones)--Australian childcare provider ABC Learning Centres Ltd. (ABS.AU) said Thursday it has agreed to buy two rivals in aA$313 million cash and stock
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SYDNEY: Australia&#39;s Fairfax newspaper group said it is well placed for expansion if the government goes ahead with a plan to use its newly won control of both houses of parliament to relax media ownership laws.
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ELEANOR HALL: Australia&#39;s most famous punter is making a push into the fast growing and lucrative Asian gaming industry. Kerry Packer&#39;s media and casino company PBL has signed a joint venture deal with a leading
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SYDNEY : Australian airline Qantas said that China and India are key to its plans to expand in Asia, with flights to Beijing likely to start within a year.
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Campaigning was never going to be easy for opposition Labor Party leader Mark Latham: an Australian economy into its 13th year of expansion, interest rates at their lowest in 30 years, inflation in check an close race likely to be decided in just a
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creating a global company based on Australian technology and research. Moreover he did it under the noses
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ABC would love to find a way to restore the still substantial âLostâ audience to near the blockbuster level it reached when the show first became a phenomenon more than three years ago.
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Woolworths has probably won the first phase of the battle for Australian Leisure &amp; Hospitality Group. Whether that translates into clear leadership of the Australian liquor retailing
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China&#39;s rapid military expansion  risked causing greater instability in the region, Australian  Prime Minister John Howard said on Thursday.
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SYDNEY, Australia -- For anyone who's ever clicked the TV remote thinking there must be something better on another channel, it's a dream come true.Researchers have built a room where hundreds of programs appear on a large, wraparound screen.
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Takeover target Qantas is positioning itself for expansion in Asia, with the Australian flag carrier's regional low-cost brand Jetstar set to provide much of the growth, analysts say.
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MACQUARIE Communications Infrastructure Group, owner of most of Australia&#39;s TV and telco transmission towers, has begun its offshore expansion with a Â£1.27 billion ($3.1 billion) deal to buy Britain&#39;s second-biggest transmission group.
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Australian cricket chiefs are searching for a new academy boss after Bennett King&#39;s exit to coach the West Indies. &quot;Bennett King has made an outstanding contribution to the progress and development of Australia&#39;s emerging players,&quot; said Robertson.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has downplayed an early revival of a defense pact with Indonesia, preferring instead to focus on what he calls the &quot;huge achievement&quot; of a peaceful presidential election in Australia&#39;s
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The company has been rebuffed in Australia as it tries to grow.
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Australia&#39;s way ahead depends almost entirely on our community&#39;s understanding of just one word - trust. Announcing October 9 as the date for the next Federal Election, Prime Minister John Howard has hooked his star to that one word.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has launched his campaign for next month&#39;s election, promising to keep Australian troops in Iraq as long as necessary and to increase government spending on education.