NSW: The main stories in today's Sydney newspapers=4

AAP General News (Australia)
12-12-2001
NSW: The main stories in today's Sydney newspapers=4

The Australian Financial Review:

P 1: US reserve's interest rate armoury just about out of ammo. Credit card companies
expected to lose customers if Reserve Bank allows retailers to recoup card costs from
consumers.

P 2: Index.

P 3: Lindsay Fox and Solomon Lew expected to announce flight schedule today for February
1 relaunch of Ansett.

P 4: Christmas Island nurses concerned for detainees at risk of typhoid outbreak.

World: Afghan opposition forces tell US of captures of several top Taliban officers.

Israeli gunships attack Palestinian police post in retaliation for mortar attacks on Jewish
settlements.

Companies: New owner of Southcorp's Australasian water heaters business aims to boost
sales with new products. News Corp denies it is looking at making a takeover bid for German
media giant Kirch Gruppe.

Markets: US Federal Reserve expected to lower US interest rates this morning for the
11th time this year.

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