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Kiwibank to offer tradeable preference shares to raise $100m Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 11:50PMKiwibank is planning to raise up to $150 million in tier one capital early next month through an issue of preference shares, listed on the NZX. The move is unusual for a state-owned enterprise, although they are major issuers in the domestic and international bond markets.
NZX CLOSE: Shares rise; Pumpkin Patch, MHI lead gains Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 11:50PMNew Zealand shares rose, led by children’s clothing retailer Pumpkin Patch and jewellery chain Michael Hill International after a survey showed consumer confidence in Australia continues to track higher.
ASX CLOSE: Market closes session flat Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 11:50PMAcross Asia, regional markets are mixed after a modest set of leads from Wall St and stronger-than-expected import data from China. The Hang Seng is the best performer, up 0.2% while the Nikkei, Shanghai Composite and Kospi are all weaker between 0.1% and 0.5%.
Who will be closer now? Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 11:48PMThe Twins will look inside the organization and out, but finding a replacement for Joe Nathan won't be easy.
County: Be patient about FEMA funds Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 11:44PMThe Escambia County Commission is asking residents of the county to be patient when it comes to repairs of bridges and roads damaged in the December 2009 flooding.
Relevant Links Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 11:43PMOn the constitutional impasse, Buhari said there was no problem about succession in the constitution and it would be wrong for anyone to have introduced extra constitutional measures to resolve the issue.
Biden condemns new Israeli settlement plan Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 11:40PMUS Vice President Joe Biden has condemned an Israeli plan to build hundreds of homes in disputed east Jerusalem on Tuesday - a disagreement that tarnished a high-profile visit that had been aimed at repairing ties with the Jewish state and kickstarting Mideast peace talks.
Border Patrol agents seize 500 pounds of marijuana Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 11:32PMSULLIVAN CITY — A drug smuggler left behind more than 500 pounds of marijuana while fleeing U.S. Border Patrol agents Monday near Sullivan City. Agents patrolling the Rio Grande area spotted an older-model vehicle driving north from the river and...
Buy Ringgit Versus Won, Yen on Rate Outlook, RBS Says (Update1) Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 11:27PMMarch 10 (Bloomberg) -- Investors should buy the ringgit against South Korea’s won and Japan’s yen as Malaysia’s central bank may increase its policy rate as many as two more times in 2010, the Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc said.
Biden assails Israeli housing plan Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 11:23PMJERUSALEM -- Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday condemned an Israeli plan to build new homes in disputed east Jerusalem, a disagreement that tarnished a high-profile visit that had been aimed at repairing ties with the Jewish state and kickstarting Mideast peace talks. Israel's Interior ...
David Roberts: Dear Vinod Khosla & Tom Friedman: No Amount of Sequestration Will Make Coal "Clean" Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 12:42PMOriginally posted on grist.org.Tom Friedman had a column over the weekend lauding a couple of American clean-energy innovators and entrepreneurs. Like almost all his green-focused...
PARKS EXPECTS FLY-HALF FLAK Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 12:22PMDan Parks believes he and Jonny Wilkinson are cannon fodder for the critics simply because of the position they play.
Editorial: City fails to recognize budget crisis Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 12:17PMWith city officials facing a bombshell of a budget projection once Measure T expires after 2012, they should hold on to every bit of reserves they can and make the necessary cuts to keep the safety net in place. Council members last week received a mid-year budget report that spelled the most dire projections yet since voters approved of the 1 percent sales tax called Measure T in late 2007. On ...
An introduction to virtualization security Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 12:15PMVirtualization platforms are software. All software has flaws. Therefore, virtualization platforms have flaws. Simple logic, right? The major virtualization platform vendors, VMware, Xen (now Citrix),...
Possibility of Past Water on Mars Takes a Hit Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 12:13PMImages of Mars taken from orbit show a massive system of riverbeds and canyons etched by water. Or maybe not. A new study of one channel shows that it was formed by lava flow and not water, and the results make "a strong case that fluid lava can produce channels that look [...]
Opera to patch browser vulnerability soon Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 12:09PMOpera Software will soon patch a vulnerability in its Web browser that could allow an attacker to run malicious software on a Windows computer.
Opera confirms critical browser bug Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 12:09PMOpera Software yesterday confirmed a critical vulnerability in its Windows desktop browser, and said it is working on a patch.
Roots strong for UT’s Campbell Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 12:07PMKNOXVILLE —Bobby Campbell never believed his grass was always greener on the other side of the field.For 20 years as UT’s sports turf manager, Campbell has grown, watered, nurtured, clipped, edged, weeded and doctored every blade of that green grass on every living Big Orange playing and practice surface the Knoxville campus had to offer.But Campbell is calling it a career. The 64-year-old ...
DELVE FACING SUPER 15 DILEMMA Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 11:52AMRecalled Wales forward Gareth Delve is weighing up the possibility of joining England castaway Danny Cipriani in Australia next season. But the lure of new Super 15 franchise Melbourne Rebels threatens to leave Cardiff-born Gloucester captain Delve facing a huge dilemma.
Gossip Girl: Mother, May I Sleep With Danger? Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 11:49AMnewVideoPlayer(...
Idaho courting tax-weary Washington companies - Mon, 08 Mar 2010 PST Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 10:33PMIdaho Gov. Butch Otter is suggesting Washington businesses come over to his side of the border if taxes go up like they have in Oregon.
Review of The Bottom of the Glass at Ybor's Silver Meteor Gallery Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 10:23PMAn innovative collaboration treads all-too-familiar territory.... By Mark E. Leib The Bottom of the Glass: A Peculiar Vice was written, via Google Wave, by a committee of artists -- as many as 18, according to the program. If their handiwork is to be believed, life is a cheat and a bust, and then you die. Yes, there's angst aplenty in this story of the owner and denizens of a downscale bar in an ...
Memorial to ACA Victims Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 10:17PMAs the anniversary of the American Civic Association tragedy approaches, plans are underway for a permanent memorial to the victims.
Fishing / hunting report Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 10:07PMThe week's fishing and hunting highlights from the San Diego region and beyond.
Local photographers win magazine awards Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 9:58PMAdirondack Life magazine recently named the winners of itsannual photography contest.
UC Students: Get Up, Stand Up! Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 9:52PMUCI: Students at protest march about Irvine, blocking roads, raiding classes, demanding change.
Officer nominated for national award Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 9:36PMA Manheim Township Police officer who has recovered drugs and guns, located a bank robber and saved an elderly woman who wandered away from home has been nominated for the "America's Most Wanted" All-Star Award.Officer Calvin Steidler was nominated for the national award, given by the television...
Maine stitchers write for national magazine Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 9:27PMStitchers and needleworkers Mary Bird of Orono and Robin Hansen of West Bath have something in common beyond the fact they are accomplished knitters.
Late Season Sledding Results in Injuries Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:53AMSeveral folks were out on snowmobiles this weekend for "one last run." And there were several injuries resulting from bumpy rides. Two snowmobilers from Massachusetts were seriously injured when each crashed their sleds. One struck a parked camper trailer near a trailhead on early sunday morning. . . .
Education, prisons top budget battles Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:38AMThe state has tripled spending on prisons in the last 15 years while doubling the amount spent on school children, according to a document circulated at the Capitol.
Edible gardens Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:21AMHe eats the dandelions from his lawn. Grows wild strawberries and thyme amid the blades of grass. And for a border in his front garden, he plants red and green leaf lettuce. When Chris DiRaddo sees bare soil, he thinks edible landscape.[...]
News// LittleBigPlanet 2 Hitting 2010? Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 5:59AM(8 Mar 2010) Rumour flares up days before Sony's big GDC conference.
Amount of Pacific debris understated, study finds Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 5:47AMA study of plastic debris floating in the Pacific between Hawaii and California shows researchers have been sharply understating the amount of trash there. Giora Proskurowski, an oceanography faculty scientist with the Sea Education Association, said winds push plastic from the ocean surface down into the upper ocean.
Pastor seeks housing for men living in Montgomery Co. woods Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 5:34AMLatino day laborers shy away from shelters, gather in camps Valentin Del Cid lived and died in the cold woods of Rockville's Aspen Hill Park. He was drinking one night a year ago when he slipped on a patch of ice, hit his head hard and froze to death overnight.
Launceston 50 Otley 18: Purple patch is not enough Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 5:30AMWith captain Howard Parr and 18-Group international Chris Walker unavailable and Ben Hough in Australia, Otley's task at third-placed Launceston was even more daunting. (08/03/2010 11:20:47)
History does not hold much hope for tiddlers in hung parliaments Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 5:24AMThe Lib Dems and SNP should not be writing their coalition demands just yet, writes Alan Cochrane.
Moomba's crowning achievement Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 5:23AMMOOMBA has gone back to the future, and Melburnians finally had the chance to deliver their verdicts.
Atlantic, Carter Lake police to hold class Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 12:48AMThe following events will occur in southwest Iowa communities in the coming days and weeks:
Sisters die in multicar pileup Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 12:38AMGet FREE Daily Headlines by email! The Peshlakai family was always the last one to leave the gym after a basketball game.
Bullock, Cooper declared worst screen couple Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 12:35AMNew York, March 7 (IANS) Actors Sandra Bullock and Bradley Cooper were declared the worst screen couple for 'All About Steve' at the Razzie Awards.
Teacher throws sandal at Colombian presidential candidate Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 12:35AMBogota, March 7 (IANS/EFE) A Colombian teacher threw a sandal at former agriculture minister and a presidential candidate Andres Felipe Arias during a public event at a theatre in the northern Colombian city of Barranquilla.
Dhaka prepares to sign free trade agreement with Delhi Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 12:20AMDhaka, March 7 (IANS) Bangladesh is to resume talks after five years on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India that it hopes will allow greater access to the Indian market.
Screenings can be a savior Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 12:11AMDenise Haynes and JoAnn Berens live in the same town and attend the same church. Another commonality they didn't know they shared, however, was that both received a corneal transplant in 2004.
Capital Comment: Suggestions to patch a budget hole Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 12:08AMFlorida lawmakers are confronting a $3 billion hole in the annual state budget. Florida TaxWatch, a nonpartisan research group, has come up with list of 88 ways the state government could save more than $3 billion. Problem solved? If only the world were that simple.
UN chief visits Chilean city hit by quake Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 12:05AMConcepcion (Chile), March 7 (IANS/EFE) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Saturday visited the Chilean city of Concepcion, one of the worst affected by the Feb 27 earthquake.
Health care reform will affect drug stocks Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 12:04AMThe complex prescription for successful health care investing usually includes careful consideration of drug pipelines, current-product sales, patent expirations, potential mergers and stock dividends.
Wild Colorado:Pueblo pronghorns head to West Slope Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 1:38AMGUNNISON - The Colorado Division of Wildlife released 62 pronghorn antelopes in the Gunnison basin last week to boost the population in Colorado's Western Slope. Officials released the animals about 20 miles southeast of the town of Gunnison. The animals were trapped earlier in the day on private property in an area northeast of Pueblo with an abundance of pronghorn. Hunting is not allowed in ...
A losing season ends on winning note Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 1:35AMCorrespondent So much for the importance of momentum coming into the playoffs.
Pothole patching: first sign of spring Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 1:35AMThe city of Delano got a jump on the robins in predicting the arrival of spring, when public works crews started to patch potholes the week of March 1. Since they were just getting started, the pothole patchers couldn't say whether Delano is experiencing a bumper crop of motorists' favorite ways to realign their cars' front ends.
A losing season ends on winning note Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 1:35AMSo much for the importance of momentum coming into the playoffs.