Aug 15 2010

Agrium Makes $1.1 Billion Bid for Australia’s AWB

Agrium may have lost one takeover battle over the past year, but the Canadian fertilizer company is going to try yet again. The company said Sunday that it had bid 1.238 billion Australian dollars, or $1.1 billion, for AWB, seeking to pre-empt the Australian wheat service company’s already-announced merger with GrainCorp. Under the terms of [...]


Jul 1 2010

Australia’s New Leader Is An Atheist: Americans, Don’t Try This At Home!

When Julia Gillard became Australia’s first female prime minister last week she quickly earned international headlines and received a congratulatory call from President Obama for her accomplishment. Now it turns out she’s broken another barrier that, for American voters at least, would be far more daunting than her gender: She doesn’t believe in God. “No, [...]