International markets roundup – Sydney Morning Herald

International markets roundupSydney Morning HeraldShares in Hewlett Packard fell 2.1 per cent after the struggling firm named former eBay chief Meg Whitman its new president and chief executive officer, replacing Leo Apotheker. The bounceback came despite a tepid view of policymakers' responses to the …and more » More: continued here

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Jail for post office bandit

A GRIFFITH man who held up a Shepparton post office with a sawn-off shotgun – and threatened an innocent bystander with a machete – has been sentenced to more than seven years behind bars. Guy Lee Dillon was sentenced in Shepparton County Court last week to seven-and-a-half years in prison …

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Flower stamp issue to mark ROC centennial – Taipei Times

Flower stamp issue to mark ROC centennialTaipei TimesChunghwa Post will launch a second edition of its National Flower Postage Stamps on Double Ten National Day. Chunghwa said it decided to publish the stamps again in observance of the Republic of China's centennial. … More: continued here

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