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Gerry Harvey stumps up $61m to win feud
BILLIONAIRE bought 900 car spots in Sydney as part of dispute with shopping complex situated next to one of his stores.
Mining tax row 'reflects changed values'
3:12PM SOCIETY'S acceptance of inequality has made the proposed mining tax debate more controversial than it is, says ethics professor.
ANZ to resolve Storm Financial claims
2:07PM ANZ Banking Group has launched a resolution scheme for its customers caught up in the Storm Financial collapse.
CBA boss's pay soars to $16m
1:14PM COMMONWEALTH Bank CEO Ralph Norris nets a 75pc payrise as the bank posts $5.6bn profit.
Customers want overhaul of big telcos
11:28AM SPENDING too long on hold and being misunderstood by call-centre staff among the biggest telco gripes.
Johnson & Johnson head retired after recall
10:14AM HEAD of the Johnson & Johnson division responsible for most of the company's 11 product recalls is retiring.
Nearly 44m in poverty in US, says Census
9:21AM NUMBER of people living in poverty in the US last year was the highest since the US Census began collecting data on America's poor.
Israel is 'stifling Palestinian economy'
9:05AM WORLD Bank warns Palestinians will be unable to build a viable state unless Israel lifts its restrictions on private investment.
US to consider sanctions against China
8:59AM US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says he faces growing demand for sanctions against Beijing from angry lawmakers.
Boeing to put tourists in space by 2015
8:44AM US aerospace giant Boeing to put tourists into low-level orbit in a futuristic capsule by early 2015.
Greece rules out debt restructuring
8:17AM GREEK Finance Minister warns restructuring Greece's debt would be "catastrophic."
Dollar higher on greenback weakness
7:46AM THE dollar opened slightly higher amid continuing US dollar weakness and euro strength.
Tell the truth at interviews, bosses plead
7:22AM EMPLOYERS increasingly frustrated by people who talk themselves up in interviews but are found to be under-qualified when hired.
Charity buyer of ABC lifts childcare fees
2:29AM GOODSTART has raised its fees within months of snapping up the nation's biggest daycare operator, the ABC Learning chain.
Myer move to wean shoppers off specials
12:01AM MYER is on a mission to reverse years of poor customer service and to cut back on hefty discounting.
Foster's tops list of local takeover targets
12:01AM BREWING giant Foster's tops an analyst's $45.6bn list of companies ripe for foreign takeovers.
Telstra fixes four-day email blackout
A FOUR-day email outage for Telstra customers across Australia has finally ended after Bigpond fixed its server problems.
'Time's up for telcos' as complaints soar
PHONE and net customers should be compensated for poor service and billing errors, group says.
Lead harming mining town kids
FIRST scientific evidence of the damaging effect lead pollution has had on children in Mount Isa.
Bosses 'the main reason for quitting a job'
RELATIONSHIP with your boss "almost as important as relationship with your spouse".
Stock Quotes
Market Charts at 12:00AM
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| Hang Seng | 21970.86 | +245.22 | +1.13 |
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| ASX200 | 4638.9 | +33.6 | +0.73 |
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| All Ords | 4685.1 | +35.1 | +0.75 |
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| Nikkei | 9626.09 | +116.59 | +1.23 |
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| Switch to Chart | Points | Change | Percent |
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| DJIA | 10607.85 | +13.02 | +0.12 |
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| S&P; 500 | 1125.59 | +0.93 | +0.08 |
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| S&P; 100 | 509.04 | +0.11 | +0.02 |
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| NASDAQ | 1955.83 | +7.72 | +0.4 |
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| Switch to Chart | Points | Change | Percent |
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| CAC 40 | 3722.02 | -14.28 | -0.38 |
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| DAX 30 | 6209.76 | -39.89 | -0.64 |
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| FTSE | 5508.45 | -31.69 | -0.57 |
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| Euro Top100 | 2253.34 | -10.51 | -0.46 |
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| Switch to Chart | Points | Change | Percent |
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| AUD/USD | 0.936 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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| Switch to Chart | Points | Change | Percent |
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| Oil | 74.69 | +0.13 | +0.17 |
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ASX200 - Top Gainers & Losers at 04:10PM
| Code | Name | Price | Percent |
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| SDL | Sundance Resour.. | 0.245 | 8.88% |
| RIV | Riversdale Mini.. | 10.79 | 5.26% |
| VBA | Virgin Blue | 0.415 | 5.06% |
| BTA | Biota | 0.935 | -3.61% |
| PBG | Pacific Brands | 1.14 | -2.57% |
| IPL | Incitec Pivot | 3.46 | -1.99% |
