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Exec sues because $543,000 bonus not enough
AN IBM employee on a salary of $295,000 is suing the company because it only paid her half of the $1 million bonus she says she is owed. More Business Technology news
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Silicon Valley's excessive Xmas parties
FROM gold-nugget coated cupcakes to a mashed potato bar, Silicon Valley's tech giants know how to throw a party. Have a peek inside this year's bashes. More Business Technology news
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Man poisons co-worker for stealing drink bottle
A POLICE officer switched his blue Powerade with a chemical in an attempt to teach his colleague a lesson for repeatedly stealing his drink bottle. More Business Technology news
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Dollar almost level ahead of key announcements
THE Australian dollar is slightly lower, trading in a tight range, ahead of announcements from the Australian and US central banks. More Australian Dollar News
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Dollar almost level ahead of key announcements
THE Australian dollar is slightly lower, trading in a tight range, ahead of announcements from the Australian and US central banks.
Aussie stocks open lower
THE Australian stock market has started the week lower amid a sell-off in banking and resources stocks.
Aussie dollar rises from its four-month lows
THE Australian dollar is higher, as it goes into stabilisation mode after falling 1.5 per cent last week.
ASX200 - Top Gainers & Losers at 04:40PM
| Code | Name | Price | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEN | Neon Energy Lim.. | 39.5 | 14.4928% |
| CTDR | 76.0 | 13.4328% | |
| SMM | Summit Resource.. | 51.0 | -15.0% |
| SRQ | Straits Resourc.. | 0.8 | -11.1111% |
Exec sues because $543,000 bonus not enough
AN IBM employee on a salary of $295,000 is suing the company because it only paid her half of the $1 million bonus she says she is owed.
Silicon Valley's excessive Xmas parties
FROM gold-nugget coated cupcakes to a mashed potato bar, Silicon Valley's tech giants know how to throw a party. Have a peek inside this year's bashes.
Man poisons co-worker for stealing drink bottle
A POLICE officer switched his blue Powerade with a chemical in an attempt to teach his colleague a lesson for repeatedly stealing his drink bottle.
Dollar almost level ahead of key announcements
THE Australian dollar is slightly lower, trading in a tight range, ahead of announcements from the Australian and US central banks.
Aussies addicted to work emails over Xmas
AUSTRALIANS are addicted to checking work emails during holidays, with more than a third of employees planning to log on during the Christmas break.
Employee Of The Month award sparks shooting
A DISGRUNTLED supermarket staff member has shot up a colleague's car after the co-worker won the coveted employee of the month award.
Employee Of The Month award sparks shooting
A DISGRUNTLED supermarket staff member has shot up a colleague's car after the co-worker won the coveted employee of the month award.
Man fired for helping put out fire
A US man has been sacked from his department store job for helping put out a fire in a customer’s van.
Holden workers call for action
UP to 1000 manufacturing workers will rally outside the Liberal Party headquarters in Melbourne before delivering a formal demand for urgent action to save jobs.
Dollar almost level ahead of key announcements
THE Australian dollar is slightly lower, trading in a tight range, ahead of announcements from the Australian and US central banks.
Aussies addicted to work emails over Xmas
AUSTRALIANS are addicted to checking work emails during holidays, with more than a third of employees planning to log on during the Christmas break.
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Dollar almost level ahead of key announcements
THE Australian dollar is slightly lower, trading in a tight range, ahead of announcements from the Australian and US central banks.
Aussie dollar rises from its four-month lows
THE Australian dollar is higher, as it goes into stabilisation mode after falling 1.5 per cent last week.
Dollar falls below 90 US cents
THE Australian dollar is at a three-and-a-half month low following strong US retail sales data.
Michael Jordan's home up for auction
MICHAEL Jordan's 56,000-square-foot (5200-square-metre) home in suburban Chicago is up for auction.
'Frankenstein' house sells for $500k
NO kitchen, no working bathroom, only half a roof: Meet Victoria's Frankenhouse, and the man who paid $511,000 for this shocker.
Gran finally leaves house before it falls off cliff
A DEFIANT pensioner who refused to leave her cliff-top house as it was about to be swallowed by the sea finally agrees to let it be demolished.
Christmas brings auction records
AGENTS looking to break early for Christmas had to shelve plans as records tumbled in an unprecedented summer super Saturday.
Rinehart mansion falls a million short
AUSTRALIA's richest woman Gina Rinehart failed to recoup the $5.4 million paid for the former Mosman mansion of her daughter Hope Welker at auction today.
12 things you should not buy before Christmas
WE ALL want to buy presents in time for Christmas Day. But if you can afford to wait - the prices of these items will be slashed from Boxing Day.
Medicare overhaul aims to cut costs
LABOR'S Medicare Locals could be scrapped with a review into the $1.8bn health program charged with identifying whether they are a wasteful bureaucracy.
Best investment lessons from 2013
WHAT was hot and what flopped in 2013? David and Libby Koch share what money lessons we can learn from the last year.
Bosses fear new bully dob-in laws
BOSSES fear staff blackmail over new powers imposed by the former Labor government for workers to dob in an office bully.
The words that are killing your career
STILL waiting for that elusive promotion? You might be doing things all wrong. Here are the 10 buzzwords that could be killing your career.
The secrets of successful people
GLAMOROUS lives and high flying jobs make them the envy of millions. But behind the scenes it can be a different story. Here is the other, dark side of success.
Fear, misery and the shock decay of a superpower
IT'S the land of opportunity where anyone willing to work hard can make their dreams come true. But inside an increasingly destitute America, a war is being waged between the new class of poor and the wealthy.
Why online shopping is about to get pricey
BETTER get all your online shopping out of the way soon. If the government has its way, it might be about to get rather expensive.
A long retirement? In your dreams
A GIRL born today can expect to live to 94 and a boy to 92, can we really afford a long retirement or is it a costly modern invention?
Super rebate change hits poor
ARE the Federal Government's latest superannuation changes a case of helping the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, or simply banishing bad laws?
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Too old to work, too broke to quit
THERE IS no stopping the baby boomers - a quarter of them expect to work into their eighties as they're too poor to retire.