Single desk in danger

Article Abstract:

The Cole inquiry into the food-for-oil scandal will result in implementing single desk in near future and chief executive of Australian Wheat Board (AWB), Andrew Lindberg to lose his job. The Centre for International Economics (CIE) points out that greater competition would achieve cost savings of at least $5 a tonne in wheat. Some farmers are willing to adopt single desk where as well off farmers fear they have to shell out dollars from their pockets.

Legal issues & crime, Executive changes & profiles, Business Associations, Wheat, Membership organizations, not elsewhere classified, Farm Associations, Officials and employees, Company legal issue, Investigations, Scandals, Lindberg, Andrew, Wheat industry, Industry forecasts, Agricultural societies, Agricultural associations, Common markets

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Public works, private profit

Article Abstract:

Investors started investing super funds in projects that used to be the job of government and it is causing a fall out among the industry funds involved. The CEOs of many companies feel that since governments are not interested in debt-funding infrastructure projects it would be the right time for industry funds to enter and make some profits that will benefit their members.

Financial management, Management dynamics, National Government, Public Administration, Pension, health, and welfare funds, Pension Funds & Benefit Plans, Pension Funds, National Government by Function, Analysis, Management, Company investment, Investments, Company business management, Project finance

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