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  • Albanese pushes Barnett to follow through

    The cross-country battle over billions in transport funding for WA continues, with federal infrastructure minister Anthony Albanese bluntly telling Premier Colin Barnett it is time to act on his election promises.Mr Albanese was in Perth today to inspect the progress of the $360 ...

  • Afghans seek WA advice on mining

    The Afghan Government will push Australia to sponsor the training of geologists and mining experts at WA universities as part of efforts to kickstart the war-torn country's resources industry.Afghan Mines Minister Wahidullah Shahrani met State and Federal ministers and a number of small WA mining companies in Perth yesterday seeking investment for the fledgling Afghan resources ...

  • I started my business in 2013

    Why now: Affordable rent made the decision easy I was laid off from my job as a research assistant at West Texas A&M last year. I had been looking for work without much success, but what I really wanted to do was open a business. I just needed a good idea. I think this year was the perfect timing for opening the store. It was a kind of a sweet spot. The rents were still low, but the ...

  • Bernankes advice for college grads

    "During your working lives, you will have to reinvent yourselves many times," Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told new graduates at Bard College at Simon's Rock on ...

  • The Winklevoss twins are Bitcoin bulls

    A few months ago, word spread that the twins, Cameron and Tyler, had set up their own investment firm and decided to focus on a curious market niche: ...

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Blowup

Blowup

Michelangelo Antonioni's "Blowup" is an important film of the sixties that has not aged well. It seems to have been made with the intention of exploring the lack of morality and responsibility in "Swinging London" of the mid-sixties, but for better or worse, the culture of the nineties has sunk far below that level, and at this point, the film looks mostly tame. Inspired by a short story by Julio ... ...

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  • Yahoo board to meet on $1.1B offer for Tumblr

    Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is rumored to be planning a Monday announcement, possibly of Yahoo's purchase of Tumblr for a reported $1.1 ...

  • Bill Gross Jeff Gundlach Make Bold Calls Based On Monetary Policy

    Bond Gurus Jeff Gundlach of DoubleLine, and Bill Gross of PIMCO have started to make market calls that don't directly have to do with the direction of interest rates or which type of bonds provide the most value. Rather, they have both started to make market calls based on their understanding of how central ...

  • Taxes on some wealthy French top 100 percent of income - paper

    PARIS (Reuters) - More than 8,000 French households' tax bills topped 100 percent of their income last year, the business newspaper Les Echos reported on Saturday, citing Finance Ministry data. The newspaper said that the exceptionally high level ...

  • French probe finds LVMH built up Hermes stake in secret-paper

    to build a stake, and not merely make a financial investment as the luxury group has claimed, a newspaper reported.LVMH said it would fight the findings of the watchdog's probe before its sanctions committee when it meets on May 31 to hear the company's defence.Hermes was not immediately available for comment.LVMH, which owns 22.6 percent of Hermes, surprised the market in October 2010 ...

  • Bernanke in commencement address upbeat on innovation outlook

    Reuters © Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank Ben Bernanke attends the Treasury Department's Financial Stability Oversight Council in Washington April 25, 2013. REUTERS/Gary ...

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