Earnings of Saudi-listed firms up 23%

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WWE Night Of Champions Pay-Per-View Is History?

By Ryan Clark | April 24, 2011 | Comments WWE's upcoming Night of Champions pay-per-view event, which was previously listed on the events listing page of www.WWELiveTour.com, has been removed. The buyrate for last year's show was down 36.7% from the previous year, from 267,000 buys to 169,000. Meanwhile, WWE recently issued an online survey asking fans to give their thoughts on the following new pay-per-view titles: WWE Uprising; WWE Vengeance; WWE Champions; WWE Revolution. (Thanks to Devin Read more [...]

HAVE YOUR SAY: Green wedge drama in Fingal

A COUPLE who cleared bushland to make way for a house sale have been fined more than $22,000. Vendors Antonio and Peta Petrovic told Mornington Peninsula Shire officers they cleared their property because of the threat of bushfires. HAVE YOUR SAY: Are land clearing laws too strict? Tell us below. But Magistrate Ross Betts, who heard the case at Dromana Magistrates’ Court last week, said it seemed they were preparing the land for sale. Real estate agent JP Dixon listed the property in Read more [...]

Trouble brewing as wage demands hit listed firms

THE recent workforce troubles of Qantas and Asciano have been plain for all to see, but a growing number of ASX-listed companies outside the overheated resources sector are quietly facing labour issues and increased wage pressure as agreements expire this quarter. As businesses recover from the effects of the global financial crisis, the number of workplaces conducting votes on industrial action has surged almost three times over the past financial year.But there Read more [...]

Jim McKee: The Haymarket’s oldest building has had many uses

The area known today as the Haymarket was undeveloped land during the existence of the village of Lancaster, primarily because the confluence of Salt and Oak creeks occurred at what today would be Third and T streets, with an eastern elbow of Salt Creek reaching as far east as Fifth Street. During Lincoln's first few years, the area was home to a few small stores and homes; the block bounded by O, P, Ninth and 10th streets officially served as Market Square. When Read more [...]

STX mulls sale of S$296m stake in STX OSV, eyes IPO

South Korea's STX Group is considering selling an additional 20-per-cent stake in Singapore-listed shipbuilder STX OSV - worth around 260 billion Korean won (S$296 million) - next month or in June, the company said yesterday. An STX Group spokesman said the method of the stake sale had not yet been decided. In a bid to improve its financial structure, the spokesman added that the company planned initial public offerings for its China shipyard and cruiseship-making divisions next Read more [...]

Goodwood return for Seta

(UKPA) – 4 hours ago Luca Cumani is looking forward to seeing his exciting filly Seta make her return to action in the totepool EBF Conqueror Stakes at Goodwood on Saturday.The daughter of Pivotal was considered a major player for the 1000 Guineas this time last year and although she disappointed in the fillies' Classic, she went on to complete a summer hat-trick, winning twice at Listed level.She was beaten on her final start in the Sun Chariot Stakes at Newmarket, but her trainer believes Read more [...]