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- Telcommunications Commissioner Douglas Webb has stuck to his guns on an earlier recommendation that mobile termination rates -- which are recognised to be among the highest in the world -- be regulated. |
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- Westpac staff who are members of Finsec will strike on Thursday, the last full banking day before the holidays. |
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- Two Department of Labour reports released today showed that employers may be finding it easier to recruit suitable candidates than they did a year ago, but the labour market remains tight. |
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- Takeovers panel member Sue Suckling has been appointed as chair of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority Board, effective from 1 April 2006, Education Minister Steve Maharey announced today. |
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- New Zealand is contributing $1.2 million to a Siberian chemical weapons destruction project and to assist with decommissioning Russia's last plutonium-producing nuclear reactor, Disarmament and Arms Control Minister Phil Goff announced today. |
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- The shifting sands of time have revealed Australia's earliest human footprints, giving a glimpse of life at the height of the last ice age. |
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- Smiths City Group has announced an unaudited pre-tax profit from operations of $2.423 million for the six months to 31 October 2005 - a decrease of 5.9 per cent over the six months to 31 October 2004. |
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- Inland Revenue's Briefing to the Incoming Minister gives direction to potential reforms in administration and policy for both the company and personal tax regimes. |
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- Television New Zealand has lost its bid to televise a police videotape of a man apparently confessing to killing Katherine Sheffield. |
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- Telecom announced today its 3G mobile network now includes coverage of every main town and city in New Zealand. |
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- Conservation Minister Chris Carter today released a damning scientific critique of Japan's scientific whaling programme, JARPA II, now underway in the Southern Ocean. |
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- Santos Limited today announced that a conditional contract has been executed for its Patricia Baleen plant to process up to 350 PJs of gas over 10 years from Nexus Energy's Longtom field off Victoria and for Santos to then purchase the processed sales gas. |
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- Consumer confidence fell sharply in the December 2005 quarter, to 110.1 from 120.2 in the previous quarter, according to a major Westpac survey. |
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- In a surprise move labelled long overdue by his critics, Rongo Wetere today resigned as chief executive of Te Wananga o Aotearoa. |
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- What is now mostly undeveloped farmland in Marana could become home to a pair of regional commercial centers near Interstate 10. |
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- Some of Toni Miller's saddest moments come when a customer finds the perfect item in her Southwest gift shop on East Speedway. |
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- PHOENIX ? A jury on Thursday rejected claims by a former sheriff's deputy that stun-gun maker Taser International Inc. failed to give adequate warning of the weapon's potential dangers. |
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- GLEN ALLEN, Va. ? The Sony Grand Wega ? a monster-sized, high-definition TV ? almost didn't fit into the large SUV idling in front of a Circuit City store. |
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- ? Two Tucson-based companies have received Federal and State Technology Partnership Program (FAST) |
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- TROY, Mich. ? The cell phone with a camera, that modern marvel of convenient communication, also can be used to rip off Christmas shoppers. |
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- NEWTON, Iowa ? Maytag Corp. shareholders on Thursday approved the company's sale to rival appliance-maker Whirlpool Corp., marking the end of independence for the iconic home-appliance maker that failed to overcome cheaper competitors and a waning of its trademark image for dependability. |
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- Stocks rose modestly for a second straight session Thursday as unemployment claims fell unexpectedly and consumer spending grew, if somewhat tepidly, without triggering inflation. Disappointing earnings from Micron Technology Inc. threatened to pressure technology stocks, but other tech stocks made gains, led by strong earnings from Research In Motion Ltd. Light volume ? blamed in equal measure on the upcoming holidays and New York's transit strike ? |
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- "Annuity Owners ? What You Don't Know Can Hurt You" ? Bookman's, community room, 6230 E. Speedway. The seminar is offered by the Annuity Doctor and will cover the six most common mistakes made by annuity investors. |
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- Arabic News: Politics: "The US Congress yesterday approved a law outlawing the use of torture, or cruel and inhuman treatment of detainees being held by the US military and civilian federal agencies" |
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- In the battle over whether it';s better to say "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays", "Merry Christmas" won by a huge margin in actual consumer usage in 2005. [PRWEB Dec 23, 2005] |
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- New logistics data exchange technologies enables rapid shipping and logistics transactions. [PRWEB Dec 23, 2005] |
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- Q Television Has Recently Acquired 26 Episodes of “The Judy Garland Show.” Lorna Luft, daughter of the celebrated Judy Garland, will appear on the network’s “ |
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- Clients counting on firm after news of alleged voting machine problems and corporate internal control issues. [PRWEB Dec 23, 2005] |
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- Green Industry Yellow Pages, an interactive media publisher, and Today’s Garden Center, a leading green industry trade magazine, are teaming up to see to it that home gardeners get the plants they want. [PRWEB Dec 23, 2005] |
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- TouchStar Software, a leading Predictive Dialing and Contact Center solutions provider, announces the creation of a new division dedicated to the collections industry. TouchStar also announces the appointment of Tiffany Kreinbrink as President of this division. [PRWEB Dec 23, 2005] |
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- ExtraQuest Corporation today announced the appointment of Thor R. Culverhouse as chief executive officer of the company. ExtraQuest founder Venkat S. Devraj will step up to the role as chairman & chief architect of ExtraQuest while dedicating most of his time to driving the vision and strategies for next-generation database management solutions. |
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- The magic of Christmas and a Savannah-style devotion to genteel civility filled a joyous broadcast live from Hamilton-Turner Inn with children singing, chefs in the kitchen, storytelling in front of the warm hearth, and greeting new friends. With gracious southern home-for-the-holidays appeal, Samuel Hamilton’s high society family home (ca. 1873) once again extended its elite invitation and holiday greetings. [PRWEB Dec 23, 2005] |
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- iFurn.com, a division of Norris Enterprises, added a new line of high quality plasma screen TV stands to their selection. This brand new line of contemporary TV and Audio stands from Alphason adds a level of depth to the website’s great collection of entertainment products. [PRWEB Dec 23, 2005] |
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- Accord Software and Systems Pvt. Ltd., a pioneer in the area of GPS related research and product development has created world’s first GPS Radio for the Second Civil Signal L2C. [PRWEB Dec 23, 2005] |
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- CelebPoker.com has opened a poker store online for all players and followers of the site. There will be an assortment of merchandise available from poker clothes to table tops and celebrity signed items. [PRWEB Dec 23, 2005] |
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- Pure Air Control Services Once Again Named Among Florida’s Top 100 [PRWEB Dec 23, 2005] |
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- Video poker games for Mac and iMac users are now available online at MacOnlinePoker.com. The software plays right in the user';s web browser, so there is nothing to download or install. Also available for Macintosh users are blackjack, slot machines, roulette, and many more casino games. |
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