| Banks treating Swan like a 'mug'
Opposition treasury spokesman Malcolm Turnbull backed comments by former Coalition treasurer Peter Costello last week that the banks were taking advantage of Treasurer Wayne Swan's inexperience. "Wayne Swan is being treated like a mug by the banks, no question," Mr Turnbull said on ABC radio today. He described as "absolutely dismal" Mr Swan's performance on interest rates. "When the NAB came out and put up rates the first time, Wayne Swan defended them with an eager enthusiasm that made him sound like a public relations officer for the Australian Bankers Association," Mr Turnbull said. The threat of the banks raising mortgage rates independently of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) was "always coming up in the lift". "Wayne Swan did nothing to get ready for it.
Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals Provides Results of the ENHANCE Trial
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. & KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals announced today the primary endpoint and other results of the ENHANCE (Effect of Combination Ezetimibe and High-Dose Simvastatin vs. Simvastatin Alone on the Atherosclerotic Process in Patients with Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia) trial. Merck/Schering-Plough has submitted an abstract on the ENHANCE trial for presentation at the American College of Cardiology meeting, which will be held in March 2008, and is awaiting notification of acceptance from the College. .
Oregon Recreation Report
See regional viewing sections for information.New fishing regulation changes take effect Jan. 1Several new fishing regulations take effect Jan. 1, 2008.* Sandy River anglers have an extra seven miles to fish, all the way upstream to the mouth of the Salmon River in Brightwood.* Umpqua River anglers will go to catch-and-release only for wild steelhead in the mainstem and North Fork; both portions of the Umpqua are open all year for adipose fin-clipped steelhead.WILLAMETTE ZONESTOCKING SCHEDULE:The South Willamette Watershed District stocked Junction City Pond with larger brood stock rainbow trout and Walter Wirth and Walling Pond with catchable size rainbow trout the week of Dec. 10. The next scheduled stocking for the South Willamette Watershed will be the week of Jan. 7.The North Willamette Watershed stocked Huddleston Pond and Sheridan Pond the week of Dec.
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