New internet revolution
JAMES KIRBY |
It's official … the social networking website Facebook is now bigger than search engine site Google.
No sour grapes for Cheviot chairman
CHRISTOPHER WEBB | A few hours before shares in Cheviot Bridge disappeared from stock exchange lists on Friday, Bill Gurry was asked how he felt about it becoming an unlisted company.
Wall Street golden girl falls off the glass cliff
ANDREW CLARK | A hundred miles from Manhattan in the swanky beachside enclave of East Hampton, Long Island, the Greta Garbo of Lehman Brothers has gone to ground.
Rio seals $13bn ore deal
MATHEW MURPHY |
Rio Tinto and Chinalco officially start repairing their once-fractured relationship.
Spotlight on super transparency
ADELE FERGUSON |
Transparency is a big issue in a big industry.
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- Kate Lahey Life in the fast lane too much for banker
- Telstra holding nation to 'ransom'
- Bill Express 'paid personal loans'
- Amcor rejects hefty damages claim estimate
- Doubts raised about Seven merger
- Trio funds told to wind up
- Power cost to surge in three years
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US stocks drop as Greek debt worries return
7:54am |
The Dow Jones industrials snapped an eight-session winning streak on Friday, as renewed worries about Greece sparked a climb in the US dollar and weighed on US stocks.
- Oil sinks as investors pile into greenback
- Greek worries weigh on European markets
- Euro slumps over Greek aid doubts
- ASX Shares chalk up sixth week of gains
- Stronger greenback takes shine off gold
- Dollar sticks to the sidelines
- Intelligent Investor Miclyn: Time to talk back to your broker
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No cushion for Sigma investors
Insider There has to be more going on, and going wrong, over at Sigma.
- Insider Gunns takes an axe to rumours
- Insider KKR could hurt Stokes's ambitions
- Insider Closed cocoon for thread maker
- Insider AWB rumour mill grinds
- Insider Primary pressures from Medicare
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Communication gap as Telstra looks for detour
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The telco and the NBN Company are stuck at a roadblock.
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- Ian McIlwraith By way of a brief aid to reading IPO boilerplate
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Retailers lobby against minimum wage rise
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Retailers should be spared having to pay any increase in minimum wage even if industrial umpire rules in favour, employer group says.
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