News Archive

2009

2008

Deal News

Swans make an offer that a young Cat finds too generous to refuse

Friday October 9, 2009
SHANE Mumford was yesterday transformed from a 21-game Geelong rookie to a highly paid Sydney ruckman after the Swans lured him north with an impossible to refuse four-year deal.

Chinalco in the cold as Rio, BHP strike deal

Saturday June 6, 2009
RIO TINTO has infuriated Chinalco by replacing its controversial $US19.5 billion ($24.3 billion) recapitalisation deal with the Chinese state-owned group with a new $US21 billion deal with its shareholders and former rival BHP Billiton.

Mission Accomplished As Dogs Wrap Up Deal

Sunday January 18, 2009
LESS than a month from the start of the AFL's pre-season competition, the Western Bulldogs have signed major partner Mission Foods on a three-year deal worth $4.5million.

Centro Chief Says Debt Deal Will Save It

Saturday January 17, 2009
GLENN RUFRANO, the New Yorker charged with rescuing the debt-laden Melbourne property group Centro, has flagged his departure after announcing a deal with lenders he claims could get the company "out of the woods".

Covic Confident Of Signing New Deal To Stay With Newcastle

Saturday January 17, 2009
FRINGE Socceroos goalkeeper Ante Covic has confirmed his commitment to the Newcastle Jets and hopes to put pen to paper on a new deal in the next 10 days.

Councils Dismayed By Water-deal Exclusion

Friday January 16, 2009
COUNCILS have demanded to know why they've been frozen out of "water offset" plans in the wake of the Victoria Racing Club's 23million-litre deal.

Gan Secures Two-year Deal With Sydney Fc

Friday January 9, 2009
YOUNG Sydney FC midfielder Brendan Gan has capped his promising debut season in style by signing a new two-year deal with the club.

Bankers Throw Centro Lifeline

Wednesday December 17, 2008
CENTRO Properties has been thrown a lifeline in a $5 billion-plus deal involving hybrid convertible notes and a debt-to- equity swap, for at least the next three years.

Milligan's Deal To China Far From Done

Monday December 15, 2008
NEWCASTLE Jets chief executive John Tsatsimas said Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua had made an informal approach about Mark Milligan but a deal was a long way off.

Cam Is Storm's $2.5m Man

Wednesday December 10, 2008
STORM captain Cam Smith has agreed to a lucrative new deal that will keep him at the club for the next five years.

Spirits Up As White Knight Emerges

Saturday November 29, 2008
SYDNEY SPIRIT players yesterday decided against accepting the NBL's rescue package to save their club for the 2008-09 season in the hope that a deal can be done next week between the sport's governing body and an interested mystery saviour.

Markets Cry Foul As Deal Strikes Out

Thursday November 27, 2008
BHP BILLITON'S annual meeting in Melbourne this morning promises to be an interesting affair.

Nuclear Watchdog Feels The Heat Over Russia Deal

Sunday October 5, 2008
AUSTRALIA'S nuclear safeguard agency has been accused of incompetence and providing false evidence to MPs who were assessing the merits of a proposed $1billion uranium export deal with Russia.

Jets Set To Upgrade Griffiths

Friday September 26, 2008
NEWCASTLE Jets are expected to announce today that striker Joel Griffiths has agreed to a four-year deal with an upgrade to marquee status.

The Deal Is Done, But All Is Not Lost At Catho

Thursday September 11, 2008
Residents won't give up on saving their village, writes Sue Whyte.

Doha Trade Deal's One True Believer

Saturday August 30, 2008
G20 founder Celso Amorim is touring the world to revive talks

The Expert Animal

Thursday August 28, 2008
This deal was reported M. J. Sullivan in the 1952 European Bridge Review:

Trade Winds Gain Momentum Over Kerr

Monday August 25, 2008
DANIEL Kerr is expected to tell West Coast within a fortnight that he wants a four to five-year deal or an early release from his contract.

Sonny Bill Saga Over - For $750,000

Saturday August 16, 2008
THE former Labor powerbroker Graham Richardson ended the Sonny Bill Williams saga last night, brokering a deal between the renegade footballer and the Bulldogs.

Battered Pav

Wednesday August 13, 2008
Matthew Pavlich consistently takes Fremantle to the brink of victory but is heavily criticised when he fails to close the deal. Is this fair? Nick Sheridan reports.