"Ever since Barnaby Joyce became water minister some people have thought it might be possible to only deliver half of the plan.
Although Griffin was officially hired by the Australian government as federal capital director of design and construction, he readily acknowledged Mahony as responsible for "much more than half" of the plan.
But now, in delving into the sweetener half of the plan covering the lowest-paid, The Associated Press has discovered that the Labor Department's advisory includes suggestions to employers about ways they can keep their costs from actually going up.
The other half of the plan would involve setting up another one of our old friends, a special-purpose investment vehicle, or S.I.V., to invest in European sovereign debt.
[C4.] Freeze to Be Relaxed on Fund in India The Unit Trust of India, the country's largest mutual fund group, said that it would partly lift the freeze on the sale and purchase of units of its flagship fund, US-64, permitting almost half of the plan's investors an exit.
Unit Trust of India, the country's largest mutual fund group, said today that it would partly lift the freeze on the sale and purchase of units of its flagship fund, US-64, on Aug. 1, permitting almost half of the plan's investors an exit.
Half of the plans disappeared and many others cut benefits drastically.
Half of the plans have deductibles of $2,500 or more, and one has a deductible of $5,000 or more.
Mr. Fourtou said the company hoped to make about half of the planned $9.8 billion in asset sales within nine months.
About half of the planned 6,000 residences there — condos and single-family homes and home sites — have been built.
And, last week, when Germany tried to sell a new round of bonds, investors were willing to buy only half of the planned issue.
