Business News
Sold! Aussie web-gurus hit the jackpot
FROM hobby to a multi-million dollar bidding war - Aussies turn online coupons into gold.
Tweets kill Harvey Norman 'lapdance' ad
HARVEY Norman pulls radio ad which asks if listeners want to "give Santa a lap dance" off the air after some critical tweets.
David Jones defends Fraser-Kirk deal
DAVID Jones says settling Kristy Fraser-Kirk's sexual harassment lawsuit was "right" as a hearing would have been a "burden".
Top lawyers paid $50,000 a year - study
ALMOST one-third of Victoria's barristers earn less than the starting salary for law graduates.
Storm Financial boss to fight ban
THE boss of failed Storm Financial is fighting his expulsion from one of Australia's peak professional bodies.
Business Breaking News
Most Read
- Sold! Aussie web-gurus hit the jackpot
- Tweets kill Harvey Norman 'lapdance' ad
- Top lawyers paid $50,000 a year - study
- Krispy Kreme, Cookie Man find dough
- Horrific death sparks safety fears - report
- US dollar tumbles after jobs report
- Deluge threatens the economy
- 'Only losers get bullied in the office'
- David Jones defends Fraser-Kirk deal
- Supersized underwear big Down Under
- Spotlight on banks' feeding frenzy Banking & Finance
- 7.30's new anchors away from the desk Media
- Crew saved crippled A380 from disaster Aviation
- Skills shortage a costly threat Mining & Energy
- Late Wall St rally defies jobs figures Financial Markets
Opinion
Criterion
Giant offers juniors the hubris
WE dare say Rio Tinto iron ore chief Sam Walsh won't grace the Christmas card list of the likes of Brockman Resources or Atlas Iron.
John Durie
Spotlight on banks' feeding frenzy
THE $US6.4 billion ($6.5bn) claim against JPMorgan from Bernie Madoff's bankruptcy trustee is an obvious try-on.
leading and managing
Horrific death sparks safety fears - report
MEAT industry under review after worker decapitated at a poultry factory job he described as "hell".
'Only losers get bullied in the office'
CONFLICT expert says bullying victims need to learn how to resolve their own disputes.
'Grinch' slammed over office Xmas ban
PUBLIC servant labelled "grinch" for trying to ban nativity scenes from government agency offices.
Brisbane nurses fear cancer cluster
THIRTY-TWO workers contract cancer in the past decade after working at a health care facility, raising fears of a cancer cluster.
planning and starting
Krispy Kreme, Cookie Man find dough
KRISPY Kreme is back in the hands of its directors after closing nearly half of its Australian stores.
Sold! Aussie web-gurus hit the jackpot
FROM hobby to a multi-million dollar bidding war - Aussies turn online coupons into gold.
Tweets kill Harvey Norman 'lapdance' ad
HARVEY Norman pulls radio ad which asks if listeners want to "give Santa a lap dance" off the air after some critical tweets.
Christmas sales to top $39.9bn
RETAILERS Association predicts slightly more profitable holiday sales period than last year but most shops remain pessimistic.
Stock Quotes
Market Charts at 12:00AM
| Switch to Chart | Points | Change | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hang Seng | 23320.52 | +70.72 | +0.3 |
|
|||
| ASX200 | 4694.2 | +18.0 | +0.38 |
|
|||
| All Ords | 4780.1 | +18.3 | +0.38 |
|
|||
| Nikkei | 10178.32 | +190.27 | +1.9 |
|
|||
| Switch to Chart | Points | Change | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| DJIA | 11382.09 | +19.68 | +0.17 |
|
|||
| S&P; 500 | 1224.71 | +3.18 | +0.26 |
|
|||
| S&P; 100 | 548.82 | +1.3 | +0.24 |
|
|||
| NASDAQ | 2591.46 | +12.11 | +0.47 |
|
|||
| Switch to Chart | Points | Change | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAC 40 | 3750.55 | +3.51 | +0.09 |
|
|||
| DAX 30 | 6947.72 | -9.89 | -0.14 |
|
|||
| FTSE | 5745.32 | -22.24 | -0.39 |
|
|||
| Euro Top100 | 2292.81 | -5.69 | -0.25 |
|
|||
| Switch to Chart | Points | Change | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUD/USD | 0.9867 | +0.01 | +0.96 |
|
|||
| Switch to Chart | Points | Change | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oil | 89.39 | +1.43 | +1.63 |
|
|||
ASX200 - Top Gainers & Losers at 04:10PM
| Code | Name | Price | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| AQA | Aquila Resources | 9.96 | 7.93% |
| EWC | Energy World Co.. | 0.4 | 6.66% |
| JHX | James Hardie In.. | 6.2 | 6.16% |
| IFN | Infigen Energy | 0.5 | -8.26% |
| LYC | Lynas Corp | 1.58 | -4.54% |
| MML | Medusa Mining L.. | 6.57 | -4.09% |
Commodities
| Name | Price | Change | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1406.2 | +22.24 | +1.61% |
| Oil | 89.39 | +1.43 | +1.63% |
| Lead | 2316.75 | -35.0 | -1.49% |
| Copper | 8767.0 | -7.5 | -0.09% |
