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 Meralco, GSIS set showdown
By Efren L. Danao, Senior Reporter | The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) and the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) will face off in what Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago had billed as "The Clash o... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) The Manila Times
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 Surging food prices bite across Asia
| From the rice paddies of Asia to the wheat fields of Australia, the soaring prices of food are breaking the budgets of the poor and raising the specters of hunger and unrest, experts warn. | A billi... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick) The Manila Times
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 'Mother of all hangovers' looms after boom, Rudd warns
| KEVIN Rudd last night warned Australia faces "waking up with the mother of all hangovers" in its failure to address "a multitude of economic weaknesses" hidden by the m... (photo: Creative COmmons) The Australian
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 UBS commits to local operation
| AUSTRALIA'S largest investment banking operation is "absolutely" not for sale and its owner, Switzerland's UBS, will not spin off its global investment bank division de... (photo: AP Photo) The Australian
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 Markets to play it safe ahead of budget
| AUSTRALIAN share traders are expected to remain cautious ahead of tomorrow night's federal budget and the mid-week release of quarterly wage data. | Despite another siz... (photo: AP / Mark Baker) The Australian
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 Deadly power of 'delicate daffodil'
| NARGIS, the name of the killer cyclone that has devastated Burma, was revealed by Indian officials yesterday to be an Urdu language word meaning "delicate daffodil". | ... (photo: AP Photo / Pavel Rahman) The Australian
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 Chinese firms eye Aussie farmland
| CHINA'S fast-growing farm corporations may be the next wave of Chinese investors in Australia, joining their already influential mining comrades. | China's Agriculture ... (photo: WN) The Australian
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 Beijing's behemoths want more iron action
| THE first ship to load iron ore produced by Fortescue Metals Group will dock on Thursday at Port Hedland in Western Australia. It will leave with 170,000 tonnes of ore,... (photo: AP Photo / Andy Wong) The Australian
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