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Judge appeals on change of name shame
Sydney :: Australia | 1 year ago
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Ben Butler May 9, 2012 Read later Illustration: John Shakespeare. Federal Court judges get up to once they retire from the bench? If yesterday's OneSteel extraordinary general meeting to authorise its name change to Arrium is any guide, they start a
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Board bows to offer for Spotless
Sydney :: Canada | 1 year ago
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Spotless is set to change hands after its board yesterday finalised a historic agreement to hand control to a private equity group. An announcement is expected this morning that the board, headed by chairman Peter Smedley, will recommend shareholders
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Orbis fury at Spotless rejection
Sydney :: Australia | over 1 year ago
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Ben Butler January 21, 2012 Read later Spotless chairman Peter Smedley. Spotless chairman Peter Smedley to ''engage'' with shareholders has failed to mollify key investor Orbis Australia, which is angry he has rejected a $713 million takeover bid. In
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Schemers keep stakeholders in blurry half-light
Melbourne :: Australia | over 1 year ago
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It advised Healthscope last year when it rejected out of hand a $5.50 takeover approach from private equity groups TPG, Carlyle and Blackstone. Healthscope granted due diligence when the suitors moved up to $5.75 a share, fielded another behind-
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Employees 'being taken to the cleaners'
Sydney :: Australia | almost 2 years ago
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July 9, 2011 THE practice of ''sham contracting'' is ripping off commercial cleaning employees around Australia, Spotless Group chairman Peter Smedley says. There was a growing trend among cleaning firms to hire staff as self-employed contractors,
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Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die, BBC2, MondayCastle, Channel 5, Friday
London :: United Kingdom | 2 years ago
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898 complaints to the BBC overnight about its decision to show a man taking his own life on Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die. Four senior peers, too, came out against the documentary, calling it "repugnant" and "disgraceful", while charities and
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Rewind TV: Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die; Newsnight; Camelot; Luther; The Apprentice
Zurich :: Switzerland | 2 years ago
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urgently crafted, bravely broadcast'. Photograph: Keo Films Camelot (C4) 4oD The manner of the death gave hope, and was a grand argument for the state of living, which was something of a surprise. The week-long media debate that followed gave little
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'Harrowing,' or 'disgraceful?' Assisted suicide documentary sparks debate
Zurich :: Switzerland | 2 years ago
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A documentary about Sir Terry Pratchett's quest to examine whether assisted suicide is the right decision for him as he battles Alzheimer's has sparked widespread debate online about the controversial issue and how it was portrayed. The documentary,
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Choosing to die misses the depth of life | Michael Wenham
London :: United Kingdom | 2 years ago
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Choosing to die misses the depth of life Individual 'choice' seemed to trump all in Terry Pratchett's film, which served a cocktail of death disguised as an elixir of life Terry Pratchett's documentary Choosing to Die was shown on BBC2 on Monday.
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Author Terry Pratchett defends right-to-die film
London :: United Kingdom | 2 years ago
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Writer Terry Pratchett said Tuesday that watching a man being helped to die had reaffirmed his support for assisted suicide, while anti-euthanasia groups criticized the televised death as propaganda. The suicide, filmed for a BBC
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