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Supermarkets: Carbon tax will push up food prices
RETAILERS warn that they will have to pass the multi-million dollar cost of Julia Gillard's planned carbon tax onto customers.
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Inflation driven up by natural disasters
CONSUMER prices have risen again this month but at a slower pace than in January, a private survey has found.
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David & Libby Koch: Avoid tenant traps
OWNING an investment property can be a dream or your worst nightmare.
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David & Libby Koch: Avoid tenant traps
OWNING an investment property can be a dream or your worst nightmare.
Private health increase may force exodus
MANY Australians may be forced to cancel their policies as rising premiums put added pressure on households.
Many Gen-Y workers saving for a home
MORE than a third of young, potential home buyers are saving 20 per cent of their pay packet to get on the property ladder, says a survey.
Aussie insurers brace for NZ quake claims
INSURANCE companies face hundreds of millions of dollars in pay-outs following the NZ quake.
Petrol pain as oil prices under the pump
OIL price hikes to cause more pain for consumers just as they're being slugged with rising grocery bills and insurance premiums.
Soaring power bills have shocked schools
SCHOOLS are cutting into vital resources in a bid to raise funds to cover the cost of soaring electricity and other utilities bills.
Cash-back commissions for cancer research
CASH-BACK commission fee company YourShare has partnered up with the Australian Cancer Research Foundation to help claw back trailing fees and commission payments for charity.
Editor's view: Making mini millionaires
GIVING your children $1 million is simple: All you need is discipline, $1 a day, and ... er ... 50 years.
Foreign workers stir up union anger
ONE of Australia's biggest construction companies has stirred up concerns of job losses with plans to bring in 1100 foreign workers.
Retail giants to show slump in sales
FRESH evidence of the downturn in discretionary retail spending is expected this week.
Luxury BMW owners drive into debt trap
HUNDREDS face losing their luxury vehicles and possibly their homes to repay big debts to car financing giant BMW Finance.
Is this the greediest ATM in Australia?
MACHINES at popular beachside pub process 11,000 transactions a month at $2 a pop - $22,000 a month or $264,000 a year.
Supermarkets roll on with cut price war
FIRST it was milk, now Coles and Woolworths are taking sales fight to the bathroom with drastic cuts to toilet paper and towels.
Housewife files $5m lawsuit over 80c
US woman files a $5 million lawsuit against a store, claiming she was short-changed 80 cents with a coupon fraud "scheme".
Cyclone, floods 'may rise prices 0.5pc'
RECENT floods and Cyclone Yasi are likely to add half a percentage point to inflation in the short-term, says the Reserve Bank.
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Food prices push 44m into poverty
RISING food prices have pushed about 44 million people into poverty in developing countries since last June, the World Bank said today.
Lush shoppers' credit details exposed
THOUSANDS of shoppers told to cancel their credit cards after a privacy breach at popular cosmetics retailer Lush.
Is Hosni Mubarak the world's richest man?
FORMER Egyptian president's fortune could be as high as $70b and is reported to be tucked away in Swiss banks.
Going up - living costs outstrip the CPI
LIVING costs for working families, aged pensioners and welfare recipients are outstripping the CPI.
Price war, summer disasters hit milk
A TUMULTUOUS summer of floods, bushfires and Cyclone Yasi has cut milk production by at least 100 million litres.
Online ad sales top $2.2billion - report
ONLINE advertising sales topped $2.2 billion in calendar 2010 and is on track to hit $3 billion by 2013, a report says.
RBA splurges as homeowners struggle
AS homeowners struggle with mortgage repayments, the RBA is spending millions of dollars to renovate its headquarters.
Clean up your credit card habits
IF YOU don't get your credit card spending under control, a lifetime of debt awaits.
Double-digit rises for insurance premiums
BUSINESS faces insurance premium hikes this year in the wake of the Queensland floods and other disasters, new research suggests.
Queensland disasters to push up prices
CYCLONE Yasi and the floods will push up inflation but rates won't change for "some time", Reserve Bank boss Glenn Stevens says.
Insurers may come unstuck over warnings
INSURANCE firm have for years ignored a recommendation to warn people in flood-prone areas about the limitations of their cover.
Easter bunny to bite hip pockets
THROUGH-the-roof cocoa and sugar prices will have the Easter bunny digging deeply into your pocket for those chocolate eggs and rabbits.
Childcare rebates slashed too soon
CENTRELINK has slashed the 50 per cent childcare rebate paid to thousands of families by more than $279.
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$A up on US jobs news
THE Australian dollar has opened higher on better than expected US private sector employment data.
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