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12:11PM Thursday Oct 01, 2009 Timaru-based South Canterbury Finance has released its audited annual report for the year ended June 30, 2009, revealing that its banks had turned off an unused NZ$100 million lending facility to the finance company while it hunted for new capital. The annual report also included an opinion from SCF's auditors, fellow Timaru firm Woodnorth Myers & Co, that there was a "fundamental uncertainty" about South Canterbury Finance's...

SAN FRANCISCO — The CEO of received compensation valued at $6.2 million in fiscal 2009, down 22 percent from the prior year, according to an Associated Press calculation of figures disclosed in a regulatory filing. ADP, a payroll and tax filing processor based in , N.J., gave Gary C. Butler a $1 million base salary for the 12 months that ended...

HOUSTON — The families of two Americans killed in the crash of an flight off the coast of South America in June filed a lawsuit Wednesday claiming the airline and the plane's various manufacturers knew the aircraft had defective parts that could have caused the accident. The lawsuit was filed in Houston federal court by the families of Michael Harris, 60, and his wife Anne, 54. The Houston-area couple were two of the 228 people killed aboard when it crashed en route from Brazil to on June 1. The...

The Chicago Purchasing Managers Index came in weaker than expected, which signaled the Midwestern manufacturing industry is hurting more than estimated. Investors worried that the drop meant the national Institute for Supply Management index due...

Key barometers in the Treasury market late Wednesday, compared with late Tuesday. Price changes in the 10-year note and 30-year bond are per $1,000 invested:...

Rock reminder: Dave Matthews Band, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Pearl Jam and dozens more megastars are...

It's been 20 years since Nick Cave put out a novel. And so there are 20 years of anticipation from two generations of fans snaking in a ginormous line around the Eaton Centre's Indigo bookstore waiting to get their copies of his new book, The Death Of Bunny Munro, autographed by the rock star author. Two hours into this endless, orderly march of enthusiasts, Cave asks for a smoke break. He doesn't get one. Rather, he carries on signing long past the Indigo's closing time, accommodating everyone, including those brazen enough to break the "no posed pictures" and "no music memorabilia" rules. This is why he is tired and apologizing for it when we meet for an interview the...

Rush will release Working Men, a "best of " live performance compilation, on Nov. 17 in both CD and DVD format. Working Men features live recordings of the band's...

Kanye West's latest misadventure involves chicken. Vibe reports West threw a fit at Common's charity concert in Los Angeles on Tuesday because he didn't get any free chicken. "Why wasn't I offered chicken? You want me to...

TORONTO — As of Thursday, Oct. 1 at 9 p.m. EST, the nation will once again have a "music" station when Aux TV launches via Rogers Cable. It's no secret that the MuchMusic/MTV Canada empire long ago adopted a less-music-less-of-the-time policy, replacing gobs of music content for youth/pop culture shows like Love Court and The Vampire Diaries. And quicker than you can say 8th & Ocean, the folks at Aux figured out that left the playing field wide open for them. "We don't actually believe we have any competitors to what we're doing," said Aux TV president Raja Khanna at the station's kick-off party on Sept. 23 at Toronto's Supermarket. Khanna is quick to make it clear...

Neko Case’s Middle Cyclone tour makes ground fall again this November, the Fiery Furnaces trade in their Blueberry Boat for a tour bus with an autumn jaunt and Staind’s Aaron Lewis embarks on a solo acoustic trek in 2010. All the details for all three acts, after the jump. Neko Case Oct. 4 – San Francisco, CA @ Hardly Strict Bluegrass Festival Nov. 4 – Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Hall Nov. 5 – St. Louis, MO @...

Brighton Audio There is a crackle of anticipation in the air before Fuck Buttons take the stage: the sense that the audience feel they're about to see a band on the brink of great things. You couldn't accuse the Bristol duo of relentlessly chasing success. If you call yourselves Fuck Buttons, it's pretty clear you're not angling for a guest appearance on The X Factor – a state of...

Wigmore Hall, London Birthday concerts can be drawn-out love-ins, involving an alarmingly skewed ratio between talking, air kissing and actual rehearsal. However, pianist Imogen Cooper kept the 60th birthday celebration she shared with her loyal Wigmore audience reasonably businesslike....

Can you imagine OzzyOsbourne leading the MilesDavis Quintet through a set of Hoagy Carmichael standards? Or Elvis, Jim Morrison and James Brown tackling “O Sole Mio?” Neither fantasy approaches the bizarre reality of Andrew W.K. and the Calder Quartet’s show at Coolidge Corner Theatre on Tuesday. + Return to full article Comments Sort: Oldest to Newest Newest to Oldest Highest Rated Lowest Rated Most Controversial cellocritic ? 0 0 The Calder quartet rocks! This show was...

Mumbai: Ridit Sunil Nimdia hates to part with his toys, loves homemade cheese pizza, sleeps eight hours a day and even quarrels with his eight-year-old sister. He does exactly what all five-year-olds usually do....

Bangalore: Indian women's basketball captain Geethu Anna Jose was the standout at the recently-concluded FIBA Asia Championship, emerging the highest scorer in a tournament that included countries such as Korea and China. With 132 points from six games, she averaged 22 points per game, 14 points more than the second-highest scorer, Chantelle Denise Anderson, of Lebanon. Still, the Indian captain did not sound too happy with...

Douglas Healey PGA Tour golfer Fred Funk hits a iron shot while playing in The Friends of Ken Green Benefit Tournament, Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, at the Ridgewood Coutry Club in Danbury, Conn. The golf tournament is raising money for the Ken Green Living Expenses Trust. More News Even if Tom Watson won the British Open, it's hard to imagine his life would be much better than it is right now. Watson skipped the past couple weeks on the Champions Tour to work on an instructional DVD and book. Sales should be rather brisk because of his performance last July at Turnberry, when he came tantalizingly close to becoming the oldest player to win a major on the U.S. PGA Tour. "This DVD was planned in...

More News A glance at the International Olympic Committee's voting process as it selects a host city for the 2016 Summer Olympics: --- WHERE: Copenhagen. WHEN: Friday. CANDIDATES: Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo. VOTING PROCESS: IOC members vote by secret ballot until one city receives a majority. The city receiving the fewest votes is eliminated after each round. The maximum number of rounds is three. HOW MANY: The IOC has 106 members. The president, Jacques Rogge, doesn't vote. Members from a country with a bid city in the race are ineligible to vote as long as that city is still in...

More News Game 2: Pittsburgh - Jeff Karstens Chicago - Carlos Zambrano Right-hander Carlos Zambrano can reach double-digit victories for the seventh consecutive season today when the Chicago Cubs host the Pittsburgh Pirates in the back half of a doubleheader at Wrigley Field. The games are the second and third installments of a four-game series that began with a 6-0 Cubs win Tuesday night. In spite of the win, Chicago was officially eliminated from the National League wild card chase later in the night when Colorado defeated Milwaukee. Zambrano, a 28-year-old Venezuelan, won just four times in 32 appearances as a spot start for the Cubs in 2002 - his first full...

 

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