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Beacon to raise €20m by selling 10pc stake

independent.ie
10 hrs ago
        

Top consultants will get chance to own share in hospital By Joe Brennan Wednesday November 19 2008 Beacon Medical Group (BMG) is raising up to €20m by selling a 10pc stake in its private hospital in Sandyford in Dublin to top...

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Jobless to near 6pc, says Key

apn.co.nz
14 hrs ago
        

A mid-December update of economic and fiscal forecasts is likely to show the unemployment rate heading up to just under 6 per cent, Prime Minister-elect John Key indicated yesterday. He said figures in the half-year economic...

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Lean pickings likely in first National Budget

newzealandnews.net
13 hrs ago
        

By TRACY WATKINS - The Dominion Post | Wednesday, 19 November 2008 John Key says his first Budget is likely to be "lean pickings" as he stares down the barrel at a global economic slowdown that is expected to get worse before...

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apn.co.nz: John Key. Photo / Mark Mitchell apn.co.nz

Key to deliver stark warning to Cabinet

apn.co.nz
yesterday 12 related
        

National's new Cabinet lineup will have little time to reflect on their swearing in tomorrow before Prime Minister elect John Key gives them a stark warning on the state of the incoming government's books. Mr Key's new...

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Goff to announce NZ's shadow cabinet (AAP)

yahoo.com
yesterday 8 related
        

New Zealand's Labour leader Phil Goff says his new lineup of shadow ministers will be released this week. Incoming prime minister John Key announced his cabinet on Monday with a mix of new faces and old hands. Goff told Radio...

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Banks predict cash rate could go to lowest level ever

apn.co.nz
yesterday 57 related
        

The official cash rate could fall to a record low of 4 per cent as the economic outlook worsens and inflation fears fade, forecasters say. The financial markets are fully pricing in another cut of a full percentage point to the...

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John Armstrong: PM doesn't have to play hard-ball

apn.co.nz
16-Nov-2008 125 related
        

Once was a time when minor parties - having finally signed over their parliamentary votes to National or Labour after weeks of post-election talks - then emerged from the negotiations weighed down with booty. Not this time. It...

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Audrey Young: Solo mum a risk worth taking

apn.co.nz
16-Nov-2008
        

Popular Westie Paula Bennett is the big winner as Minister of Social Development and Employment - one of the biggest jobs overseeing the biggest ministry with the biggest budget. It has gone to someone with just three years as...

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Bill Ralston: Goff's sniping does Labour no favours

apn.co.nz
15-Nov-2008 3 related
        

No sooner did post-election peace break out than hostilities resumed. For a couple of days there was a warm, huggy feeling. Helen Clark and John Key were talking fondly of each other's abilities, Act and United rushed like...

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apn.co.nz: Helen Clark. Photo / Greg Bowker apn.co.nz

Clark off within year

apn.co.nz
15-Nov-2008
        

Helen Clark is tipped to retire from Parliament within a year to take up an international posting. John Key's new Government will back her in the international back-room lobbying that would be required for a post like Unesco...

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