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Oil falls towards $US136 »
Posted by: businessnews 1 year, 6 months ago in News
SINGAPORE - Oil fell as supply concerns in Nigeria eased after the country's oil ministry prevented a potentially crippling strike by workers at Chevron.
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First Apple Store in Southern Hemisphere open in 30 minutes »
Posted by: businessnews 1 year, 6 months ago in News
The first Apple Store in the Southern Hemisphere is set to open in Sydney in 30 minutes to the rush of Apple fan boys and ...
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Echoes of the 1990 recession »
Posted by: businessnews 1 year, 6 months ago in Business & Finance
During the lead into the 1990/1991 recession in Australia I was privileged to be working in the Federal Treasury - the Current Economic Conditions and ...
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KGB Interrogation: Michael Costa »
Posted by: businessnews 1 year, 6 months ago in News
In this week's KGB Interrogation, Business Spectator columnist James Thomson stood in for Stephen Bartholomeusz, who is on leave. Alan Kohler: Michael Costa, thanks ...
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Business Spectator - Something clean to sell »
Posted by: businessnews 1 year, 6 months ago in News
In 2003 George W. Bush's first press secretary, Ari Fleischer, was asked by a journalist whether the administration had any plans to encourage the ...
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Greens under fire »
Posted by: businessnews 1 year, 6 months ago in Style
Oil is now the major consumer pressure point. My prediction is that food is going to be as big, if not bigger as a pressure ...
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The grim worker »
Posted by: businessnews 1 year, 6 months ago in Business & Finance
Administrators of company pension funds worry about investment performance and intrusive regulators. But nothing bothers them as much as their members' refusal to die.
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Gold Coast - Wish you were here »
Posted by: businessnews 1 year, 6 months ago in Style
I've just spent some time on the Gold Coast and discovered some trends that will be relevant for other parts of Australia.
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Currency revolution »
Posted by: businessnews 1 year, 6 months ago in News
While the talks between China and the US this week have been conducted in a largely congenial fashion, they also show a shifting dynamic in ...
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BHP's lucky break »
Posted by: businessnews 1 year, 6 months ago in Business & Finance
BHP Billiton Chairman Don Argus, chief executive Marius Kloppers, and the board have clearly decided that, rather than bidding higher to gain Rio Tinto board ...
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First 'stable' Wine puts Windows apps on Linux »
Posted by: TheAttacks 1 year, 6 months ago in Science & Technology
The makers of Wine, a compatibility tool that allows Windows applications to run on Linux machines without Windows installed, have released a stable version of ...
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Property must cut carbon footprint faster: U.N. »
Posted by: property 1 year, 6 months ago in Business & Finance
The global property industry could pay a high price for moving too slowly to shrink its colossal carbon footprint, a report to a United Nations ...
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iPhone frenzy, again »
Posted by: businessnews 1 year, 6 months ago in Science & Technology
The Apple iPhone has been incredibly successful. A new business model, huge customer demand and amazing mobile data usage and ARPU uplift amongst owners. According ...
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The truth about Toyota's decision »
Posted by: businessnews 1 year, 6 months ago in Style
The Age and The Australian have entirely different perspectives of the Toyota hybrid car announcement. In my view The Age's view is the one ...
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Store the toxic nuclear waste in our backyard says Ferguson »
Posted by: businessnews 1 year, 6 months ago in News
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has now seen for himself that the Japanese are incredibly sensitive about carbon emissions and nuclear weapons. Australia has made the ...
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