Tiger bites Roo with Melbourne-Brisbane flightsAnother Qantas Cityflyer route is being munched on by Tiger, reports Ben Sandilands: this time, it’s the Melbourne to Brisbane route, with the low-fare airline offering flights up to three times daily from 28 March.
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Insider trading: 14 more, including Octopussy, arrested on Wall St
Wall Street’s biggest insider trading fiasco is growing, with another 14 arrested overnight in charges involving $US33 million in illegal profits. Will this be the scandal to define the noughties’ boom and bust?
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News Corp revenue slumps 4.1%
Rupert Murdoch loves to act positive, so his 2009/2010 first quarter profit report was upbeat, focusing on the 9% rise of the consolidated operating income. Except, it’s the cost reductions and cuts that you should pay attention to.
Crap you don’t need: the most stupid products ever invented
Why China hates the iPhone
Which bank? Definitely not a big one.
Has British Airways lost its number 1 UK spot?-
How we’re still stuck in a Berlin Wall mindset
East and West Germany were the ultimate economic science experiments, a government controlled economy next to a free market, the free market emerging victorious. But is this black and white look at economics what got us into this GFC mess?
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Why increased worker productivity is bad for the economy
Worker productivity in the US has jumped dramatically by 9.5% in the last quarter. Employees working harder for less hours, just what the boss wants in a recession, right? Except, morale is down, productivity isn’t sustainable and workers are simply covering their colleagues who’ve been fired.
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We’re kidding if we think the GFC scars won’t last
Simon Nasht goes on a world tour of economic carnage caused by the global financial crisis, from Wall Street’s trading floor to abandoned factories in China. Where does the world go to from here?
Where do economists go from here?
Gittins: Have a flutter on the economy-
We’ve passed Wall St, next stop Hang Seng
Australian investors need to stop believing that Wall Street is god of the Australian economy, writes Michael Pascoe. We’ve survived the GFC, even if the US didn’t, and our focus should be on Asia.
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Your store? Myer lists, but can’t take a trick
Myer shares were listed under the issue price of $4.10, but opened today at $3.88 on the ASX — a reminder that timing is everything.
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80 years since the Great Crash
It’s the 80th anniversary of the Great Wall St Crash and the beginning of the Great Depression. Steve Keen looks at what we’ve learned — if anything — eight decades on.
The market is up! Ergh. Who cares?
How a luxury item helped the poor grow richer-
Steve Jobs named CEO of the Decade
Fortune has named Apple honcho Steve Jobs as its CEO of the Decade, and has gone all-out in its celebration of all-thing-Steve. Here’s the interactive timeline, celebrity tributes and the obligatory photo gallery.
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All-American hero Buffett has a $26.6b rails bet
Warren Buffett has revealed a deal that defines his optimism in America’s future, spending $26.6b to buy out America’s second biggest railroad.
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Crikey Says: From WA premier to Wesfarmers lobbyist?
Former WA premier Alan Carpenter joining Wesfarmers as its chief spinner and lobbyist is, in a word, a disgrace.
Which dead celebs earn the most from beyond the grave?
How Ted Turner lost CNN, Jane Fonda and $7 billion
Mini Disneylands: stores get a crisp makeover
Get your batons out ladies, it’s time to start smashing
