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BY JOHN W. MILLER HOUSTON—David Wade marched into the Marriott wearing a white cowboy hat and a bushy mustache. The 65-year-old pipe fitter from Alvin, Texas, was there to see a man about a job—in Australia. The invitation-only job fair, organized by the Australian government and a group of natural resource and mining firms, marked the first recruitment effort in the U.S. To fast-track the process, the Australian government agreed to certify workers in the U.S. instead of making job candidates travel the about 8,700 miles to Australia. The effort has incensed some Australian union leaders who contend the government should train unemployed workers ...BY JOHN W. MILLER HOUSTON—David Wade marched into the Marriott wearing a white cowboy hat and a bushy mustache. The 65-year-old ... Continue reading →
By David Benoit and Janet Paskin There are fresh blows being traded in Wall Street�s version of the Hatfields and McCoys: Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange. As the WSJ and others have reported, NYSE has reached out to Facebook about switching exchanges, which would be a stunning blow only months after Nasdaq landed one of the most hyped IPOs of all time. After glitches struck the open and Nasdaq now admits it would have stopped the IPO if it new the full extent of problems, NYSE seems poised to loudly declare its human presence is safer than Nasdaq’s land of computers. Among the 56 IPOs that have been filed in the past six months, the two knotted with 25 listings each, with four ... Continue reading →
By Gillian TanFast out of the blocks, Australian bookmaker�tomwaterhouse.com�is offering odds of 5:1 that Facebook will end 2012 worth $38 or higher. �The Facebook finger-pointing has begun but there are many grounds for believing the IPO couldn�t have happened at a worse possible time and the company�s share price will bounce back over the medium to long term,� Managing Director Tom Waterhouse said. Continue reading on Deal Journal Australia. Continue reading →
Eurovision ALPINE GANGSTAS|Rappers Lukas Plöchl and Manuel Hoffelner, with dancers, are representing Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest. The Eurovision Song Contest, an annual singing pageant as famous for its outrageous stage shows as for its vocal performances, heads into new territory when Baku, Azerbaijan, hosts the 57th edition on Saturday. With crazy costumes, tacky dance routines and la-la lyrics, this venerable European institution is the world's biggest nonsporting TV event, with more viewers than the Super Bowl or the Oscars. Now, it is attracting more viewers than ever in the U.S. thanks to live streaming online. The competition began in 1956 as a way to test out Europe's new cross-border broadcasting links in a spirit of postwar friendship. It has grown into a weeklong ... Continue reading →
Production Notes from IMDbPro Status: Post-production | See complete list of 12,000 in-production titles » Updated: 11 January 2012 More Info: See more production information about this title on IMDbPro. Edit Storyline An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await. Written by Anonymous Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis Edit Details Release Date: 25 December 2012 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Den store Gatsby See more » Box Office Budget: $127,000,000 (estimated) See more » Company Credits Technical Specs See full technical specs » Continue reading →
