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...Tending to Covid-19 patients in the early days of the pandemic, Leora Horwitz felt like a doctor from the 18th century, desperately trying to discover more about a new disease to learn how to stop people...
...John McFarlane, the former chief executive, had made staff engagement his priority through a cultural change programme called Breakout....
...“They are fast becoming large clients in terms of revenues,” says John Edwards, acting director of executive education at MGSM....
...But the MBS board under-estimated the deep commitment to an independent business school retained by stakeholders such as John Gough, a former chairman of ANZ bank and John Dahlsen, an ex-chair of retailer...
...“This is not quite the rebalancing Dr Bollard has in mind,” said John Edwards, HSBC’s chief economist for Australia and New Zealand....
...Prime Minister John Howard on Tuesday announced a A$714m aid package to support farmers through what his government has termed “the worst drought in our nation’s history”....
...During his 11 years in office, Prime Minister John Howard has often been accused of doing too little to right the problems of communities such as Hopevale....
...The earlier deal between Ansteel and Gindalbie, witnessed by Chinese president Hu Jintao and Australian prime minister John Howard, was one of several in resources to be discussed during Mr Hu’s visit to...
...The float, which is underwritten by UBS, values the company at A$884.6m, with founder and majority shareholder John Kinghorn retaining a 20 per cent stake....
...Analysts have tipped board member John Schubert, chairman of Commonwealth Bank and a director of BHP Billiton, as a possible successor to Ms Jackson....
...But John Ellice-Flint, managing director, said Tuesday the company’s growth options were strong....
...But John Fletcher, Coles chief executive, said he did not expect the result would affect the final price tag for the company....
...John Mulcahy, the Suncorp chief executive who will head up the merged entity, said his priority would be the appointment of senior executives....
...Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation said on Monday it had sold its strategic stake in John Fairfax Holdings, the Australian newspaper publisher, for A$380m (US$314m)....
...The board of Alinta invited bids in January after receiving a proposal for a management buy-out, led by former chairman John Poynton and chief executive Bob Browning, and aided by Macquarie, Australia’s...
...In its three years as a publicly listed company, Multiplex – founded in 1962 by Perth-based builder John Roberts, who died last June – has been dogged by disputes with subcontractors, cost overruns and delays...
...Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp said on Friday it had secured 7.5 per cent of rival newspaper publisher John Fairfax Holdings as the carve-up of Australia’s media industry accelerated ahead of sweeping deregulation...
...Divisions emerged in Canberra on Friday over a flurry of deals in the Australian media sector this week as Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp confirmed it had secured a 7.5 per cent stake in rival newspaper publisher John...
...Cameron McKnight, a media analyst at JPMorgan Chase in Sydney, says there is considerable interest from buy-out firms in media assets, with John Fairfax, publisher of the Australian Financial Review, a prime...
...Australian Prime Minister John Howard welcomed the jobs increase but denied suggestions that the nation’s central bank was poised to raise interest rates for a third time this year....
...The new laws, which will come into effect in 2007, are expected to lead to a flurry of media deals, with newspaper groups John Fairfax Holdings and West Australian Newspapers considered likely takeover targets...
...But John Mulcahy, chief executive of Suncorp, said the proposed takeover wouldn’t harm competition in local markets. “It’s a very competitive environment being in general insurance....
...John Edwards, chief economist at HSBC, said the “yawning deficit will weigh on the New Zealand dollar and consequently on the speed with which inflation can be brought back within the target band”....
...John Howard, Australia’s prime minister, said on Thursday the A$23.8bn privatisation of the country’s telecoms incumbent Telstra – the world’s largest share sale – might be delayed if its share price was...
...In April, prime minister John Howard; Alexander Downer, foreign minister; and Mark Vaile, trade minister, all insisted to the inquiry that they had not seen any of the 21 diplomatic and official cables warning...
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