Bush Warms To Pm After The Frosty Reception

KEVIN RUDD had a reasonable G20 summit insofar as the ideas it adopted for dealing with the financial crisis were broadly in line with those he cooked up with Britain and Europe - and called for in his speech to the United Nations in September.

Asciano Talk Fails To Impress

INVESTORS have given a lukewarm reception to speculation that the Asciano Group received a second offer from a private equity consortium led by the Texas Pacific Group.