The Australian | Editors choiceNews, views and information from the pages of The AustralianUS bailout deal 'within reach'- September 27, 2008 US politicians worked frantically today to agree a $US700 billion Wall Street bailout before markets reopen after the weekend.http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24414276-601,00.html?from=public_rss Hollywood legend Paul Newman dies- September 27, 2008 PAUL Newman, known for his piercing blue eyes, boyish good looks and stellar performances in scores of hit Hollywood movies, has died.http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24414179-601,00.html?from=public_rss Leadership a poisoned chalice: Nelson- September 27, 2008 THE former federal opposition leader has admitted leadership of the Liberal Party after its 2007 defeat was a poisoned chalice.http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24414182-601,00.html?from=public_rss Pointless blue over a thing borrowed- September 26, 2008 I AM at a loss to understand why it is that most Australians aren't impressed by the party antics of question time. In the middle of the worst financial crisis in decades, federal parliament descended into a time-wasting debate this week about what constitutes plagiarism.http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24408268-7583,00.html?from=public_rss Cats will march to the double- September 26, 2008 LUKE Hodge is a Hawthorn defender. He is a warrior but has a sore and bleeding something - probably ribs, maybe lung.http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24408435-7583,00.html?from=public_rss Two cheers for Rudd- September 26, 2008 OUR governments, regulatory agencies and banks declined to follow the American model.http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24408103-7583,00.html?from=public_rss Monetary floodwaters may swamp us yet- September 26, 2008 "TODAY, as in the time of the South Sea Bubble, human nature is drawn like a moth to the flame by the speculative fads of the marketplace," US investment guru John Templeton, founder of the Templeton group of funds, wrote in 1985.http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24406824-7583,00.html?from=public_rss Trend against early state elections- September 26, 2008 TALK about spoiling the fun. Just last month, there was every reason to think that, like Ol' Man River, Labor's good times would just keep rolling along.http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24408269-7583,00.html?from=public_rss Conservatives under siege- September 26, 2008 QUENTIN Bryce is not especially bright and is prone to saying the first thing that comes into her head.http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24406825-7583,00.html?from=public_rss Presidencies don't come any harder than this- September 26, 2008 THE bad news: November's victor could be a one-term disaster. The good news: he just might be one of the US's great statesmen.http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24407777-7583,00.html?from=public_rss |