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- Australia third happiest place on earth
- Australia third happiest place on earth
- Cadel can't win Tour, says Rogers
- North Korea fires fifth missile
- Video shows vigorous Jackson before death
- Fury over Dalai Lama visit
- Plane 'did not break up in mid-air'
- The Simpsons face prime-time ban
- Sarah Palin resigns as Alaska governor
- Air France jet turns around mid-flight
- Australia third happiest place on earth
- Mum jailed for shaking baby son to death
- Online virus targets Michael Jackson fans
- Vegetarians 'have lower cancer risk'
- Vegetarians 'have lower cancer risk'
- Rights 'hard to protect' in outback
- Indian media hail gay sex ruling
- Indigenous gap report 'devastating'
- 'Lay off the vodka', president tells Russians
- First Europeans ‘ate children’
"Bad Banks" in Germany
04 Jul 2009, 3:50PM
- Banking "broken," consumers need help: U.S. watchdog
- G20 to end 'bank secrecy'
NZ doctors paid far less than Aussies
03 Jul 2009, 9:54AM
Senior doctors in New Zealand are paid on average 35 per cent less than their Australian counterparts, a new report says.
IMF boosts Belarus loans to 3.5 billion dollars
30 Jun 2009, 12:16PM
The IMF has increased its assistance to Belarus by one billion dollars to help it weather the greater than expected impact of the financial crisis.
GM drops stake in Toyota plant
30 Jun 2009, 8:30AM
General Motors has announced it will drop its ownership stake in the US assembly plant it operates jointly with Japanese rival Toyota.
- Toyota''s new boss warns of two more tough years
- GM will do "heavy lifting" toward plug - in goal
- GM to finish white - collar job cuts by October
Crisis costs Aussies 36 percent of their wealth
27 Jun 2009, 2:52PM
It's been revealed that Australian households have lost 36 per cent of their financial wealth since the economic crisis began.
'No rush' to fixed rate loans
25 Jun 2009, 5:10PM
Home owners are reportedly not being panicked into switching to fixed rate loans, despite the nation's largest home lender recently raising its standard variable mortgage rate.
- St George joins rate hikers
- Australia ''to recover faster than predicted''
- U.S. mortgage applications climb from 7 - month low
At a glance: OECD outlook for Australia
25 Jun 2009, 2:12PM
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has given a relatively upbeat assessment of the Australian economy, but warns economic recovery is likely to be both ‘weak and fragile.’
Australia 'to recover faster than predicted'
25 Jun 2009, 7:55AM
The OECD thinks the global downturn has bottomed out, but is giving the green light to the Rudd Government to spend more and to the Reserve Bank to keep cutting interest rates.
Ikea sheds 5,000 jobs worldwide
24 Jun 2009, 11:27AM
Swedish furniture giant Ikea has cut 5,000 jobs worldwide due to the
global economic crisis but expects to post record sales nonetheless,
its chief told a Swedish newspaper.
Madoff seeks lenient sentence
24 Jun 2009, 11:15AM
A lawyer for disgraced financier Bernard Madoff has sought a sentence
of 12 years or less for his aging client, who he says "has an
approximate life expectancy of 13 years."
Obama warns of economic pain ahead
24 Jun 2009, 11:05AM
President Barack Obama has painted a bleak picture of the economy,
warning unemployment will get worse, and vowing to act on climate
change and health care as long-term solutions.
