THE Federal Government helped initiate another uranium mine yesterday but held fast against growing calls from the Coalition and the mining industry for Australia to consider nuclear power.

WESTFIELD GROUP is confident it can defy the current economic climate with the right retail mix when it opens its #1.7 billion ($4.35 billion) London shopping centre this week.

Wind in the hair and power beneath the foot is fine but it should be done with style. Brent Davison eased into the elegance of Mercedes-Benz's revised SL and SLK models.

Despite often being on leasehold land, buyers pay mega millions for a slice of paradise.

BABCOCK & Brown Wind Partners has boosted its development pipeline by 322 megawatts with two deals in Europe. It now plans to develop 1000 megawatts of wind power in Europe and the US in the next two years, managing director Peter O'Connell said.