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Playgrounds of profit

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Australia has shown a boom in its rapidly expanding $3-billion child-care service industry, revealing it to be one of the playgrounds of profit, but it is threatened by serious claims of mismanagement. Claims of miserable operating conditions and industrial disputes are creating a potent mix, which can change the business completely, and Government is introducing reforms for determining who can start a child-care business.

Cover Story, Growth, Child care services, Company growth

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Corrigan's war

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The failure of HIH Insurance has made the corporate Australia to be on red alert for companies that do not abide by the consensus standards of corporate behavior. The struggle by Patrick Corporation, a $2-billion company listed among the top 100 corporations on the Australian Stock Exchange against the consensus on governance is described.

Securities issued, listed, Air transportation, scheduled, All-Cargo Airlines, Scheduled Freight Air Transportation, Securities, Company securities, Cargo airlines, Patrick Corp.

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More drug trouble

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Rapid expansion and a string of recalls at Sigma have drawn the attention of the industry regulator. Sigma has had a surge of product recalls over the past year and a clamp-down by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).

Product standards, safety, & recalls, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical preparations, Drugs, Metabolic Agents NEC, Metabolic Agents, Product defects and recalls, Pharmaceutical industry, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Powers and duties, Australia. Therapeutic Goods Administration, De Alwis, Elmo, Sigma

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