Word: australian
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...years ago and found herself caught in a downpour with her arms full of parcels and her umbrella blown out. Suddenly a man appeared from behind her and offered to share his umbrella. It was Clooney. He was by himself (no minders) and as soon as he heard her Australian accent, said how much he liked it Down Under. While he escorted her back to her hotel, she had quite a good conversation with him. She told us he was just a regular, really nice guy. Sue Barrell, Brisbane, Queensland...
...also something behind those eyes that's constantly assessing." Different they may be, but Murdoch, 36, and Packer, 40, are friends and once again a team. They've joined forces to launch a $3.06 billion takeover bid for Consolidated Media Holdings (CMH), which owns a catalog of blue-chip Australian media assets, from free-to-air and cable television to digital and magazine interests...
...That success isn't a given. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will decide by early April whether to block the deal on the grounds that it would substantially reduce competition in the Australian media market. Among the issues is whether the young Murdoch is acting alone through his private investment company, Illyria, or in part for News Corp., of which he remains a nonexecutive director. Having done the sums on Murdoch's estimated $1 billion equity contribution to the bid, business author Neil Chenoweth says, "For Lachlan to be doing what he's doing, family money...
...wielding influence," he says. "They're not motivated by that stuff. They want money." Foxtel is the jewel in the CMH satchel. After losing $104 million in 2005, it turned a $62 million profit last year - and analysts forecast rapid growth as it increases its 29% penetration of Australian homes...
...After the shooting, the soldiers were segregated to write their accounts of the incident. "We never heard either way what the results of the investigation were," says Ben. Another soldier in the unit, who asked not to be named, confirmed most of Ben's story and says Australian soldiers later traveled to the Sadr City hospital where the woman had been taken and arranged her transfer to a U.S. military hospital...