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Premier to promote Sydney to key international business centres
Premier to meet with global CEOs

Premier Morris Iemma will visit the major international financial centres of New York City, London and Dublin in October to win jobs and investment for Sydney.

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Report finds financial services opportunity beckons in Sydney
Sydney gets tick from PricewaterhouseCoopers

PricewaterhouseCoopers’ latest report for the Sydney Chamber of Commerce places Sydney at the top of Asia Pacific cities — bar Tokyo — as a leading destination for financial services.

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DSRD seminar promotes financial services innovation
Key business and technology trends

The NSW Department of State and Regional Development (DSRD) hosted a seminar last month to promote innovation in the State’s financial services sector.

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Small Business September '08 is off and running
 Connect, innovate, create, deliver.

With over 100 partners, many that are household names from the world of business, as sponsors and speakers, plus a fresh concept, innovative event formats and highly relevant themes, and you have the ingredients for Australia’s largest assembly of events for small business.

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Nominations called for technology grants
NSW and South Korea

The NSW Government has opened nominations for a new grants program that will connect NSW and South Korea in joint technology projects.

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Food and beverage producers target Indian markets
Three Indian supermarket chains

The Department of State and Regional Development (DSRD) showcased some of the State's top food and beverage products to a visiting trade mission of Indian supermarket chains on August 27.

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SBS TV deal for Northern Rivers filmmaker
Life’s a Pitch filmmaking competition

The winner of the 2007 Northern Rivers Screenworks Life’s a Pitch filmmaking competition, Kamahl Druesne, has secured a broadcast deal with SBS television. His winning entry will be produced as a four-part documentary series under the working title of A Camel Odyssey.

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NSW Office of Biofuels funds biodiesel research grants
Biodiesel research grants

Farmers, researchers and businesses working with biofuels have the opportunity to apply for biodiesel research grants.

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$205 million in business and 2,440 jobs for NSW
 Industry Capability Network

Job numbers have grown by 2,440 and almost $205 million in business was generated in NSW over the past year, thanks to a NSW Government-funded industry network.

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ATM ram-raiders stopped in tracks by innovative NSW device
Hasta la Vista ram raiders!

Western Sydney company Lockit Systems Australia is helping to stop ram-raiding criminal gangs in their tracks thanks to an innovative device that protects automatic teller machines (ATMs).

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Graffiti sniffing technology among NSW innovations at Security 2008
Sniffer snuffs out graffiti

The NSW Government helped showcase ‘e-nose’ technology that can detect graffiti artists in action and other NSW innovations at Australia's largest security exhibition at Darling Harbour.

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Beijing Olympic Games business event sells NSW strengths
Sport events a winner

NSW expertise in major sporting events was promoted internationally at a Beijing Olympic Games business event this month.

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Freight seminar focuses on cleaner solutions
Future freight seminar

The NSW Department of State and Regional Development (DSRD) hosted a seminar last month on strategies to help the freight industry reduce emissions, traffic congestion and air pollution.

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Sydney wins place on the global Monopoly board
Sydney in  world’s most popular game

Sydney has reaffirmed its status as Australia’s only global city by winning a place on the exclusive global Monopoly board.


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