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'Great Gatsby' director, cast come home with Sydney premiere
ReutersBy Thuy Ong SYDNEY, May 22 (Reuters) - Director Baz Luhrmann brought "The Great Gatsby" home on Wednesday for its Australian premiere, with box-office success for the Sydney-produced film bolstering hopes for the resurgence of the local film industry....Tags: The Wolverine (movie), Film Festivals, Photography and Video, The Great Gatsby (movie, 2013), Iron Man 3 (movie)
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Australia's Warner fined for Twitter outburst
ReutersSYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia batsman David Warner has been fined A$5,750 (3707.5 pounds)) for his Twitter outburst against two journalists, the maximum financial penalty for a first offence, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Wednesday. The 26-year-old,...Tags: Twitter, Inc., Punishment, Fines, Australia, Social Media
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Australia shares down 0.6 pct as mining services slump, banks retreat
Reuters(Adds details, comments) SYDNEY, May 21 (Reuters) - Australian shares fell 0.6 percent on Tuesday, with banks taking a break from recent sharp gains while a series of profit warnings took a heavy toll on mining services firms. Investors were also...Tags: BHP Billiton Plc., Mining, Non Ferrous Metal, Metal and Mineral, Gold and Precious Material
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PRESS DIGEST-Australian Business News - May 21
ReutersCompiled for Reuters by Media Monitors. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW (www.afr.com) CLP Group, in a first-quarter report released yesterday, signalled it does not expect...Tags: Minority Groups, BHP Billiton Plc., Banking, Mining, South Korea
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Special Report: The Rise and Fall of China's Sun King
ReutersHONG KONG (Reuters) - In a 2010 speech before a packed ballroom of university students in Sydney, Shi Zhengrong, founder of Chinese solar-panel maker Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd, listed the people who had been important in his rise to fame and riches....Tags: Science, Companies and Corporations, National Government, Alternative Energy, Science and Technology
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Travel Picks: Top 10 quirky museums around the world
ReutersLONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - Hear the word museum and odds are you conjure up an image of portrait halls and sculpture gardens - the traditional home of traditional art. However, the world is a huge, creative and even quirky place. So to satisfy those...Tags: National Government, Museums, Customs and Tradition, Arts, England
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Co-Producing a Film in China Helped Me Discover My Roots
ReutersMay 15 (TheWrap.com) - I didn't imagine filmmaking could possibly be my field of work when I was a young girl growing up in a male-dominated Asian culture of Hong Kong in the early '70s. I didn't think it was beyond my reach; it was beyond my...Tags: Entertainment, China, Guy Pearce, Australia, Movies
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Rugby-Wayward Beale to test Australia's capacity for forgiveness
ReutersBy Ian Ransom MELBOURNE, May 14 (Reuters) - Kurtley Beale has drawn praise for his decision to enter a private health clinic to tackle his alcohol problems, and while the troubled Wallabies back has walked a fine line with his behaviour, Australian rugby...Tags: Brisbane (Australia), Human Interest, South Africa, Addiction, FIFA World Cup
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Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions
ReutersMay 10 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Friday: ** Premium jeans maker True Religion Apparel Inc said on Friday it has agreed to be acquired by investment management firm TowerBrook...Tags: Insurance, Pharmaceuticals, China, Carl Icahn, Real Estate Sellers
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Couple fall overboard from Carnival cruise ship
Sun SentinelA couple aboard a Carnival Cruise Lines cruise ship have gone overboard in waters off Australia, and are missing, the Miami-based cruise line confirmed in a statement Thursday. The Carnival Spirit returned to port in Sydney earlier in the day without...Tags: Carnival Cruise Lines, Festive Events, Australia, Tour Operations Industry, Cruise Line Ports
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Australia seeks two passengers lost from cruise ship
Reuters* Missing passengers both Australian * Search-and-rescue planes scour area SYDNEY, May 10 (Reuters) - Australian emergency crews were searching on Friday for two people who fell overboard from a Carnival Corp cruise liner off the New South Wales coast....Tags: Carnival Corporation, Festive Events, Australia, Arts and Culture
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Tennis-Controversy a constant companion for Tomics
ReutersBy Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY, May 7 (Reuters) - Control-freak and parasite or loving father determined to help his son make the most of a rare tennis talent - John Tomic does not so much divide opinion in Australia as split it into 'Bernard against the rest'...Tags: Immigration, Marin Cilic, U.S. Open (tennis), Tennis, Wimbledon Championships
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