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Issue cover date 03 September 2010
THIS WEEK IN THE WEEK
News
Match-fixing scandal
Cricket is embroiled in allegations of match fixing after British police arrested a man on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud bookmakers. The controversy was initiated by a News of the World article alleging members of the Pakistan team... Read more »
Business
To stimulate or not?
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said just enough to give comfort to the markets after the annual assembly of world bankers at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, said Lex in the Financial Times. But many investors were “less reassured... Read more »
Sport
NRL: doing the penalty plunge
Rugby league officials have launched an investigation into betting irregularities involving the Cowboys/Bulldogs match, said Greg Pritchard in The Sydney Morning Herald. Punters placed, or attempted to place, bets to win almost... Read more »
Culture
Theatre: The Graduate
The Graduate is showing its age, said John Kinsella in The Australian, but as a show it still succeeds. Jerry Hall’s Mrs Robinson is suitably drained of empathy and compassion for a world that has left her lonely and bitter. But despite... Read more »
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