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Rate rise alarm

Inflation numbers nighmare for Howard. more(Sydney Morning Herald)

• Skills shortage to bite(The Age)
• Tax cuts to put pressure on rates(The Brisbane Times)
• The tax cuts we had to have(Sydney Morning Herald)
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Death of a salesman - shock end to a crazy life

IT DAWNED a seemingly ordinary day in a crazy life but within a few hours John Ilhan, the energetic mobile phone salesman-turned-entrepreneur who amassed a $310 million fortune, was dead. - Brisbane Times more(The Brisbane Times)

• From newspaperboy to philanthropist(Sydney Morning Herald)
• An upwardly mobile, 'crazy' young Turk(The Age)
• Tributes flow in for 'Crazy John'(Sydney Morning Herald)
• John Ilhan's Crazy John's profile(The Brisbane Times)
• Crazy John's founder dead(Sydney Morning Herald)

Death of a salesman - shock end to a crazy life

IT DAWNED a seemingly ordinary day in a crazy life but within a few hours John Ilhan, the energetic mobile phone salesman-turned-entrepreneur who amassed a $310 million fortune, was dead. - Brisbane Times more(The Brisbane Times)

• From small change to $300m: the too-short life of John Ilhan(The Age)
• Ilhan was among the country's best, says sued executive(Sydney Morning Herald)
• From $1000 to $300m: the too-short life of John Ilhan(The Age)
• Former Telstra executive praises Crazy John's founder(The Age)
• Heart attack kills 'Crazy John'(The Age)
• Crazy John's founder dead(The Brisbane Times)

Wheat board employees to face ASIC

ALMOST a year after the Federal Government assigned a multi- agency taskforce to investigate AWB's illicit dealings with Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has finally begun interviewing former and current employees of the wheat exporter. more(Sydney Morning Herald)

• Regulator begins AWB probe over Iraqi wheat payments scandal(The Age)
• AWB says investigators are pushy(The Age)

Market falls on credit, rates alarm

The share market slipped back into negative territory by close on fresh credit concerns from the United States and the prospect of rising interest rates. more(Sydney Morning Herald)

• Stocks close in negative territory(The Age)
• Shares gain after Wall St rises(The Age)
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Woolies abandons chase for Coles assets

Woolworths decides not to proceed with a request for the competition regulator to review potential acquisitions. more(The Age)

• Poser for the commission(Sydney Morning Herald)
• Woolies outshines Coles(Sydney Morning Herald)
• Woolies' big quarter leaves Coles in its wake(The Age)
• Costco no threat says Woolies(Sydney Morning Herald)
• Woolies welcomes Costco competition(The Age)
• Food and liquor boost Woolies sales(Sydney Morning Herald)