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According to the statistical findings, the education policy in Australia shows no positive signs in spending on the education system. According to the OECD report, in most countries government pays most of the costs of primary and secondary education but leaves the management of the educational institutions to the private sector, which is one of the reasons behind the failure.

Australia, Administration of Education Programs, Education Programs, Evaluation, Reports, Education and state, Education policy, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Educational aspects, State aid to education

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Net gains at last from the tangled web

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The Internet has caused considerable changes in the way business is transacted in the late 1990s. Microsoft's chairman, Bill Gates, underestimated the power of the Internet in the mid-1990s, but his new book analyzes its impact on business. Amazon.com is losing money, but investors are betting the Internet book retailer will rebound and defeat traditional retailers.

Finance, Internet, Information technology, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Gates, Bill, Amazon.com Inc., AMZN

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Pulse: Hilmer has to measure up

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Fred Hilmer, the current CEO of fairfax is likely to enforce measuring and setting standards in the Fairfax newspapers. The specific area may be productivity, which the McKinsey team has also been emphasizing. 'The Australian Financial Review' sensational story on a US-Japan nexus was ill-advised.

Management, Newspapers, Fairfax

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