Melbourne, Australia News Archives

“It's a very substantial premium when you look at current market conditions and the fact that they're probably trading on 15 times earnings, which is in line with market”

MELBOURNE, Australia British gas company BG Group PLC has bid $12.1 billion in cash for Australian electricity retailer and oil and gas producer Origin Energy Ltd.BG approached the Sydney-based company late ... via WJLA-TV Arlington

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“The two combined (rising supplies and falling demand) do not bode well for $120 oil”

Oil prices fell by more than $3 a barrel Tuesday as the market absorbed data showing demand is falling even as supplies are rising. via The Hartford Courant

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“I've been pushing the minister on this for a while, but we see that (federal Health Minister) Nicola Roxon is more likely to give it the thumbs up than the previous government”

A new push is underway to have the drug Tamiflu made available without a prescription to limit the deadly effects of influenza this winter. via The Sydney Morning Herald

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By Hugh R. Taylor. 282 pp., illustrated. East Melbourne, Australia, Centre for Eye Research Australia/Haddington Press, 2008. via New England Journal of Medicine

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MORE than 40% of Melbourne's population growth in the past three years has taken place within 20 kilometres of the GPO, a marked change from past trends. via The Age

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“Extra carriages would be of more benefit but it's a step in the right direction”

A TRAIN timetable reshuffle which will add services to the Dandenong line is a temporary relief to a chronic problem, according to a frequent Greater Dandenong train user. via Dandenong Star

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“Most people are using some form of protection when there's a possibility of transmission (of HIV), but there's a small number of cases where that's not happening.”

Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Sexual Health / STDs Article Date: 16 Apr 2008 The majority of HIV-positive people in New Zealand use condoms during "casual" sex, according to a survey released on ... via MediLexicon

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“Chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment was infrequent and did not correlate with subjective cognitive impairment.”

"Chemofog" - impairments in memory and in thinking, or "cognition," that have been attributed to chemotherapy -- was not seen in two studies of women being treated for breast cancer, according to a presentation ... via Reuters

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“If you go over to Western Australia, they won't have plastics recycling locally. The transport back to the eastern seaboard will outweigh any benefits from recovery”

Canberra, April 17: A new research has shown that recycling waste materials could be doing more harm to the environment than good or have no net benefit at all. via Daily India

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“It's something that has grown on me with time”

Les Dunn has packed his bags, ready for the trip of a lifetime to the tranquil countryside of northern France. via The Sydney Morning Herald

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“In most places in Western countries where there is a higher income, people have access to hospitals where babies can get that therapy”

Waiting just a few minutes to clamp the umbilical cord after a baby is born could boost iron stores in the newborn's blood, but delayed cord clamping comes with an increased risk of jaundice, according to a new ... via Newswise

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“The Australian game development industry is growing at a rapid rate”

Marcus Westbury, the founder of Melbourne's Free Play conference and writer and host of the ABC's excellent Not Quite Art series last year, has received an 11th hour invite to this weekend's 2020 Summit. via The Sydney Morning Herald

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MELBOURNE, Australia - Twelve terror suspects planned to bomb a packed sports stadium during the grand final match of the Australian Football League in 2005, a witness testified today. via Detroit Free Press

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“They only look like temporary shutdowns but ... the combination of that and the fact that the dollar was off again was the key”

Oil prices rose to an intraday trading record above $112 a barrel Tuesday after the U.S. dollar fell further and crude supplies to the U.S. and elsewhere were disrupted. via Albany Times Union

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“We ask that (fans) please understand that it would be impossible for us to put ourselves in the position of making money from what we believe to be the mistreatment of animals.”

Rob Thomas of the band Matchbox 20 performs on stage at Rod Laver Arena on April 10, 2008 in Melbourne, Australia. via FOX30Online

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“She was like a force of nature, unrelenting in pursuit of a goal”

Even when Valda "Val" Cooper wasn't employed as a journalist, she acted like one. via Santa Fe New Mexican

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“Septic AKI is common in the first 24 hours after ICU admission”

Main Category: Urology / Nephrology Also Included In: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Article Date: 12 Apr 2008 - 3:00 PDT newsletters ICU patients with septic acute kidney injury are generally sicker, ... via Medical News Today

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“Septic AKI is common in the first 24 hours after ICU admission”

ICU patients with septic acute kidney injury are generally sicker, have a higher burden of illness, a greater risk of mortality and longer stays in hospital than patients with non-septic AKI. via News-Medical.Net

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“It's a challenge but at the same time it's a lot of fun”

The first U.S.-based consulting office of Global Cash Services has opened in Pass Christian.

The location on Davis Street is part of the company's global presence. GCS also has offices in Melbourne, Australia, and Hong Kong, China, and the company provides consulting services to diverse companies worldwide, particularly in the ATM manufacturing, processing and payment industries.

'Our customers tend to be organizations from this industry,' said President Brian Kett. He worked for 19 years with Shell and was president of Triton, which manufactures ATM machines in Long Beach. Read more

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“The members of the band regret to inform you that the concert has to be canceled, but the situation in Serbia does not leave them much choice. However, they hope they will perform in Serbia on some other occasion.”

Tommy Thayer, Paul Stanly, Eric Singer and Gene Simmons of the band 'KISS' pose for the media during a press conference at the Crown Towers on March 12, 2008 in Melbourne, Australia. via WXYZ

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“We are pleased to partner with Intergraph and to have the best solutions available for ship design and production”

Tsuneishi Holdings Corporation is a maritime affair enterprise composed of a leading Japan-based shipbuilding group and shipping business. via PR-inside.com

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“In reality, all the resources go into the human experience at the expense of the animals.”

A theme park and a zoo do not have to be mutually exclusive. However, in any development, the welfare of the animals must come first. via The Age

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“Lovely, wonderful, lovely music, costumes, movement, terrific music, really enjoying it.”

MELBOURNE, Australia-Retired IT professional from Melbourne, Graham Hanson, loved all aspects of the Chinese Spectacular, including the backdrops. via The Epoch Times

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“Thus far, the first cases in this study are very encouraging. All our implanted patients are doing well, and I am impressed with the overall deliverability and performance of this new stent delivery system.”

Main Category: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Also Included In: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Article Date: 01 Apr 2008 CardioMind, Inc., a developer of stents for small, difficult-to-treat blood vessels, ... via MediLexicon

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A MELBOURNE man has been charged with trying to smuggle four valuable live snakes from Africa into Australia. via News.com.au

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“These winds have lasted quite a long time. Often, they only last for a few hours but they've grown worse as the day has gone on”

Victoria Police are urging people to avoid Melbourne as strong winds cause road closures, bring down trees, cause power blackouts and knock people off their feet. via The Sydney Morning Herald

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Wednesday, 2 April 2008, 11:57 am Press Release: Living Cell Technologies April 2, 2008, Melbourne, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand. via Scoop

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“People look at you incredulously, but it's a galloping epidemic.”

India and China are leading a global explosion in the diabetes epidemic, with the numbers of sufferers worldwide expected to grow more than 50 percent by 2025, a leading researcher said Tuesday. via XtraMSN Real Estate

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“People look at you incredulously, but it's a galloping epidemic.”

India and China are leading a global explosion in the diabetes epidemic, with the numbers of sufferers worldwide expected to grow more than 50 percent by 2025, a leading researcher said Tuesday. via XtraMSN Real Estate

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“Wow, I just put a grand on number seven in the fourth at Flemington tomorrow and bought my girlfriend a gift with the money I'm going to collect. Thanks Google.”

A new internet search engine will deliver tomorrow's news today, airline passengers willing to stand can buy cheap "no chair fares", and the Pope will celebrate a mass for gays in Australia this year, according ... via XtraMSN Real Estate

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“Wow, I just put a grand on number seven in the fourth at Flemington tomorrow and bought my girlfriend a gift with the money I'm going to collect. Thanks Google.”

A new internet search engine will deliver tomorrow's news today, airline passengers willing to stand can buy cheap "no chair fares", and the Pope will celebrate a mass for gays in Australia this year, according ... via XtraMSN Real Estate

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“Wow, I just put a grand on number seven in the fourth at Flemington tomorrow and bought my girlfriend a gift with the money I'm going to collect. Thanks Google.”

A new internet search engine will deliver tomorrow's news today, airline passengers willing to stand can buy cheap "no chair fares", and the Pope will celebrate a mass for gays in Australia this year, according ... via XtraMSN Real Estate

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