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The tax summit's super challenge

Summits are there to be climbed. But there is no doubt when it comes to tax summits a lot of preparation, planning and public debate is required before anything resembling success looms into sight.

Gold Still Shines

By Greg PeelThe number of times gold has suddenly accelerated well above its underlying trend line over the past few years, and "gone parabolic" as they say, and then sharply fallen back again are becoming too many to count.

Australian Stock Market Report - Overview 10/07/2011

Australian shares leapt the most in almost three years as investor sentiment improved on renewed optimism a solution is near at hand for the Eurozone debt crisis. The local market opened more than one per cent stronger after Wall Street surged for its second straight day, then eased slightly after midday but soared in the last hour of trading. By the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had reached its highest level since September 21, rising 143.4 points, or 3.65 per cent to 4,069.9 and the br...
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Aussie Home Loans Expanding in Western Australia

More than 100 prospective Aussie brokers and franchisees are expected to attend a career information evening at Burswood Convention Centre on October 10 as Australia’s mortgage broker, Aussie Home Loans aims to find brokers and franchisees to service the Perth metropolitan area and regional areas, particularly the north coast.

IKEA Recalls Dangerous Folding Tent For Kids

Furniture retailer IKEA is asking customers who have a BUSA children’s folding tent to immediately take away the tent from children and bring it back to any IKEA store where they will receive a full refund.

AGMs: Bradken Reaffirms 2012 Guidance

And shares in mining services and rail group Bradken Ltd finished up 3c yesterday at $6.24 after the company's AGM in Sydney was told earnings in the 2012 were on track.

More Strikes From Two Unions Cause Qantas Passenger Delays

Friday’s strikes by unions representing licensed aircraft maintenance engineers, baggage handlers and other transport employees will affect over 5,700 Qantas passengers bringing the number of passengers affected by the industrial action to over 35,000.

Will European Central Bank Slash Interest Rates?

The European Central Bank (ECB) has taken further steps in implementing a reduction in interest rates even as presumptions increased that interest rates will remain unchanged at 1.5 percent.

India Manufactures $50 Tablet Computer

Apple founder Steve Jobs may have passed away, but the technological legacy he left behind continues to live on as consumers purchase iMacs, iPods, iPhones and iPads the company manufactures.

Qantas, Airbus seal $9B A320 deal

Qantas Airlines has finalized a $9 billion deal to purchase 110 of Airbus's A320 aircraft as it gears for its expansion plans into Asia.

Steve Jobs is Dead: Pancreatic Cancer Has Claimed Another Life

"I have always said that if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple's CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come."This was Steve Jobs' announcement when he resigned as chief executive of Apple. An announcement that eerily echoed a foreboding of the future.

Steve Jobs: The Creative Genius and his Health Struggles

The death of Steve Jobs, the creative genius who created a whole new world of technology, shocked the whole world. Though there were some rumors spreading about his health condition in the past year, people are not expecting that the man who helped in building greatness to every Apple product will lose his fight against pancreatic cancer.

JP Morgan: Bank Price War is Temporary

Australian banks have been shaving off their headline mortgage rates and some are even tossing cash bonuses in spirited efforts to lure more banking customers to sign up but analysts are doubtful that the trend will be sustained in light of the global economic uncertainties.

Passing of a Visionary: Steve Jobs is Dead

Jobs was the knight in shining armour when he led Apple from the brink of extinction to a top shelf level among the world's most coveted and priceless companies before his death yesterday on 5 October 2011.

Samsung-Apple Rift to Intensify Inspite Jobs’s Death

The death of Apple founder Steve Jobs on Wednesday may have shaken the world, particularly the technology world. However, it is not expected to heal the worsening rift between the company that Jobs grew into a $75-billion empire and rising competitor Samsung Electronics of South Korea.

Steve Jobs Is Dead [PHOTOS]

The co-founder and former CEO of Apple Inc, Steve Jobs, succumb to a publicly fought battle with Pancreatic cancer on Wednesday, October 5, 2011. He was 56.

Coke Flags Eventual Return to Au-NZ Beer Market

Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) may have agreed to sell off its current beer stakes to English brewer SABMiller but the beverage specialist has indicated that it will return to the market as soon as time permits.

Fund Managers Still Prefer Defensive Assets

- Russell Investments releases September quarter fund manager survey- Survey shows fund mangers continue to prefer defensive assets- Australian equities seen as undervalued- Interest cuts seen as most likely catalyst for domestic non-mining growthBy Chris ShawIn the September quarter investors have ...

Goodbye and Thank You, Steve Jobs

Apple Inc. co-founder and technology wizard Steve Jobs is dead. The 56-year-old genius behind the iMac, iPod, iPhone, iPad and iTunes succumbed to pancreatic cancer on Wednesday, according to his company.

No iPhone 5; No iPhone 4S Release Date Either, Says Samsung

Samsung Electronics announced it will file pleadings in courts in Paris, France and Milano, Italy, accusing Apple of two patent infringements related to wireless telecommunications technology, specifically Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) standards for 3G mobile handsets.

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