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Why German speakers are prone to be penny pinchers
Once again, it's the German speakers who pinch their pennies.
Once again, it's the German speakers who pinch their pennies.
Moody's Investors Service downgraded Hong Kong's local and foreign currency issuer ratings just hours after it cut China's credit ratings for the first time in nearly 30 years.
Ivan Tesic pleads not guilty to charges of trafficking and possessing methylamphetamine.
NSW centre Josh Dugan is expecting to be targeted by Queensland during State of Origin I next week as he prepares to test his fractured cheekbone in rugby league's toughest arena.
A police search has found "no signs of recent human activity" besides the sign.
The local chapter of Orange Sky Laundry has completed more than 1300 free washes - and counting.
Parramatta coach Brad Arthur has declared his desire to bring Semi Radradra back to the NRL club once his rugby commitments in France are over next year.
Shares fall as investors continue to sell down the major banks and the fear and loathing in the retail sectors hits the ASX.
Malcolm Turnbull has written to the West Australian government seeking its interest in a "city deal" for Perth.
Newly installed One Nation senator Peter Georgiou has rejected his party's well-known opposition to Muslim migration, a centrepiece of leader Pauline Hanson's right-wing populist policy platform.
Where is the detail of plans to decentralise public service departments? There isn't much.
Tostee had previously challenged news outlets to hold a "live and unedited" discussion with him, accusing the media of being "chickenshit".
The suicide bomber was repeatedly flagged to the authorities over his extremist views, but was not stopped.
Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz has labelled George Soros "nuts" and accused him of trying to upset his hopes of developing the Simandou iron ore mine in Guinea, according to a media report.
Islamic State-linked militants beheaded a local police chief and kidnapped a priest and 10 parishioners.
Commuters have not been this pleased with the cost of public transport since 2012.
A homeless man who helped victims of the Manchester attack has been given free accommodation.
Johnathan Thurston's remarkable 36-game State of Origin streak is over with Queensland's talisman succumbing to a troublesome shoulder injury.
Essendon have confirmed they are considering a bid for Richmond star Dustin Martin when he becomes an AFL free agent at the end of the season.
Bunbury detectives have charged a group of men who allegedly bashed a Carey Park resident during a home invasion.
Police have returned to a national park in Sydney's south in the search for the body of the missing man.
Corporate services gambit abandoned, taxpayers left with the bill.
Two people are dead after a high-speed crash involving a stolen ute on the Princes Highway.
Strong link between students' financial literacy and their maths and reading skills: analysis.
Poker machine supplier Aristocrat Leisure has reaffirmed its full-year earnings forecast after strong growth in its Americas business helped lift first-half profit by 57 per cent.
WA's public service union has signalled it's willing to hold back from pressuring for higher pay rises if the state government "ensured" public servants were "assured" of keeping their jobs.
Ansell says it will sell its condom business to a Chinese consortium for $800 million as it launched a share buyback.
A woman who was sleeping in the loungeroom of her home near Karratha was sexually assaulted by a man that broke into her home,WA police claim.
A missing child is an agony often created by one of their parents abducting them.
The retail analysts at Deutsche Bank have been watching what the Woolworths board members are putting in their shopping baskets.
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It is not one story, but so many stories, that is leading me to the conclusion that it's as scary an environment for global investors as it's ever been.
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The ASX is set to rise at the open, with SPI futures pushing up a modest eight points overnight.
Just in time for the release of Cars 3, Disney-Pixar has unveiled a talking, racing, robotic iteration of the franchise's main character, and it looks, acts and sounds eerily like the animated version.
The bomber in the Manchester terrorist attack appeared to have carried a powerful explosive in a lightweight metal container.
Good morning, riddle me this: if there's far more cloud cover than there was yesterday, but the forecast is for less of a chance of rain, is it going to rain?
A woman was hospitalised after a crash on Pialligo Avenue on Wednesday morning.
It only took eight seasons, four knee reconstructions and a groin injury that kept him out of last year's preliminary final, but all of Geelong on Thursday night finally gets to cheer Daniel Menzel's 50th game.
Essendon are planning to pour millions of dollars into a two-pronged development of their Tullamarine headquarters, which will include new epicentre for a women's team and the VFL side.
Lance Franklin will celebrate his indigenous heritage in Friday's clash between the Swans and Hawthorn.
Ken Hinkley says coaches can go "crazy" worrying how to negate Geelong's potent midfield but he claims he will not send a specialist tagger to the man who could destroy his Port Adelaide side on Thursday night.
One of the most contentious issues in the modern game is about to be relaxed in the new collective bargaining agreement with the players.
Port Adelaide was all but ignored in speculation about potential improvers in 2017. But the pundits appear to have underestimated the Power's capacity to improve with what was already at their disposal.
President Donald Trump's businesses say it would be "impractical" to require customers representing foreign nations to identify themselves.
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Canberra Raiders skipper Jarrod Croker joins The Canberra Times as a columnist for the NRL season.
St Helens have beaten rivals to the signature of former NRL star Ben Barba.
The history of human evolution may be rewritten after scientists claimed that the birth of mankind happened in Europe, not Africa.
The ARL chairman's email smacking down his chief executive shows it's time for one of the powerbrokers to leave the League Central building
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