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	<title>Crikey &#187; Coles</title>
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		<title>NAB sees blue skies ahead</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/27/nab-sees-blue-skies-ahead/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/27/nab-sees-blue-skies-ahead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aussie dollar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harvey Norman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB Business Survey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Woolworths]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The NAB's quarterly business survey shows improvements in confidence, expectations and conditions ahead of tomorrow's important consumer inflation figures.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kyle and the meeja</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/11/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-79/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/11/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-79/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Concept Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Godwin's Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[junk food advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kyle Sandilands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Myer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Fielding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<em>Crikey</em> readers continue to weigh in on Steve Fielding's spelling issues and whether Godwin's Law will bring down vile Kyle Sandilands.]]></description>
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		<title>Coles folds on pokies, will Woolies be next?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/11/coles-folds-on-pokies-will-woolies-be-next/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/11/coles-folds-on-pokies-will-woolies-be-next/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Xenophon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wesfarmers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Woolworths]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Those nice men from Wesfarmers, sitting in pokies-free Perth, have wilted in the face of a strong campaign over kids in venues and committed to spend millions cleaning up their gambling venues, writes <b>Stephen Mayne</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>MasterChef set to be spoiled by sponsors</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/31/masterchef-set-to-be-spoiled-by-sponsors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/31/masterchef-set-to-be-spoiled-by-sponsors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV & Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Channel Ten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jalna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MasterChef Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McDonald's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reality television]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reality tv]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was nice while it lasted: the forthcoming series of <em>Celebrity MasterChef Australia</em> will give its sponsors -- including McDonald's, Harvey Norman and Coles -- "tailored on-air" integration, meaning more spruiking and less sauteing. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gay Christian speaker prevented from speaking at church</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/29/tips-and-rumours-64/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/29/tips-and-rumours-64/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and rumours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anglican Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Venn-Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clover moore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[horse racing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jumps racing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[masterchef]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Anglican Church uninvite a gay speaker, Coles definitely not the fresh food people, jumps racing horses don't have great odds.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Maldives are sinking too</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/28/tips-and-rumours-63/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/28/tips-and-rumours-63/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and rumours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[midwifery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oxfam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Dutton]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Crikey tipster says today: <a href="http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/27/kiribati-and-tuvulu-plan-climate-change-strategy-total-evacuation/">Oxfam AND Crikey</a> have forgotten the Maldives, whose president recently announced he was looking to evacuate his entire 350,000 people to either Sri Lanka or Indonesia.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Will we really love Coles? Thoughts on a female-friendly publicity stunt</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/21/will-we-really-love-coles-thoughts-on-a-female-friendly-publicity-stunt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/21/will-we-really-love-coles-thoughts-on-a-female-friendly-publicity-stunt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mel Campbell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feminine hygiene products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gst]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tampons]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is there much beyond Coles' special no-tax tampon offer than clever marketing? <b>Mel Campbell</b> suspects not. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Petrol pricing move likely to backfire on the major retailers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/15/petrol-pricing-move-likely-to-backfire-on-the-major-retailers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/15/petrol-pricing-move-likely-to-backfire-on-the-major-retailers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coles Myer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer loyalty programs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discount petrol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supermarkets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Woolworths]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Whilst shopper docket schemes at Coles and Woolworths have been considered pro-competitive up to now, the ACCC are now looking a bit more closely.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Asking the right questions on Utegate</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/15/tips-and-rumours-54/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/15/tips-and-rumours-54/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and rumours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alliance resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Seitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Utegate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A tipster says the search for the Utegate email was a case of hear-no-evil, see-no-evil, and what was Victorian MP George Seitz doing at Westminster? ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Qantas-Woolworths loyalty monopoly</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/01/qantas-woolworths-loyalty-monopoly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/01/qantas-woolworths-loyalty-monopoly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Sandilands</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer loyalty programs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Everday Rewards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qantas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Woolworths]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The long previewed points earning linkage between Woolworths and Qantas gets yet another media launch today, this time with a start date and some interesting extra spin.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Resources damage market</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/20/resources-damage-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/20/resources-damage-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Padley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Morning Market Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OneSteel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio Tinto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wesfarmers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=52166</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The market took a hit from the resource sector, down 41 with BHP and RIO down 2.3% and 4.1% respectively.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wesfarmers hit with enormous cash deluge</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/24/wesfarmers-hit-with-enormous-cash-deluge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/24/wesfarmers-hit-with-enormous-cash-deluge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rights issue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wesfarmers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wesfarmers has just been hit by the biggest cash deluge a secondary market capital raising has ever delivered in Australia, writes <b>Stephen Mayne</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Coles update spot on! Now what?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/16/coles-update-spot-on-now-what/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/16/coles-update-spot-on-now-what/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[executive pay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retail]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is no doubt that these presentations are delivered with passion and belief that the things that need to be done will turn the enterprise around and satisfy the needs of all stakeholders in the future, writes <b>Laurie Giuseppeni</b>.

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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Coles and Red Rooster lead Olympics cash in</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/12/coles-and-red-rooster-lead-olympics-cash-in/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/12/coles-and-red-rooster-lead-olympics-cash-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media-Arts-and-Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beijing Olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[red rooster]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fast food chain Red Rooster and retailer Coles are among the early leaders in local heats of the 2008 Beijing Olympics ambush marketing competition, writes <b>Stephen Downes</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Grocery watch won&#8217;t help the little guy: two retail insiders weigh in</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/07/grocery-watch-wont-help-the-little-guy-two-retail-insiders-weigh-in/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/07/grocery-watch-wont-help-the-little-guy-two-retail-insiders-weigh-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACCC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Woolworths]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Former retail executive <b>Laurie Giuseppini</b> and retail recruitment commentator<b>Rob Lake</b> cast a critical eye over GROCERYchoice, the government's new system for monitoring grocery prices.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tips and rumours</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/18/tips-and-rumours/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/06/18/tips-and-rumours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NT Intervention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wesfarmers has not been able to make headway at Coles against the entrenched culture. Long term senior managers feeling somewhat relieved at having survived the first wave of the Wesfarmers takeover activity. As the Wesfarmers team now hand over to Ian McLeod to manage, Coles managers have been a bit puzzled at the gentleness of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tips and rumours</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/23/tips-and-rumours/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/23/tips-and-rumours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Milton Orkopoulos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tania zaetta]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A curious omission from Ms Zaetta&#8217;s CV. The music career that never took off. 
 
Jill Hall, the Federal Member for Shortland, might have been a little more transparent in her appeal to ALP colleagues for assistance for Kathy Orkopoulos and her daughter. Kathy Orkopoulos is on her electoral office staff, although is currently on [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The spin starts here: Woolies fronts the ACCC</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/20/the-spin-starts-here-woolies-fronts-the-accc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/20/the-spin-starts-here-woolies-fronts-the-accc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Coles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supermarkets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was never going to be easy for Woolies boss Michael Luscombe, writes <b>Trevor Cook</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Tips and rumours</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/19/tips-and-rumours/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/19/tips-and-rumours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[NSW Premier Morris Iemma&#8217;s trade mission to China has already suffered its first diplomatic stumble. Iemma, accompanied by his Primary Industries and Energy Minister Ian Macdonald, flew to China last week with representatives from 33 NSW companies. In parliament last Thursday Iemma boasted that the delegation also comprised officials from nine NSW universities &#8220;underscoring the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woolies widening the gap on Coles</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/24/woolies-widening-the-gap-on-coles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/24/woolies-widening-the-gap-on-coles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any turnaround of Coles will be at a huge expense, writes former Coles executive <b>Laurie Giuseppini</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Merrill Lynch says sell Wesfarmers, risk &#8220;too high&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/22/merrill-lynch-says-sell-wesfarmers-risk-too-high/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/22/merrill-lynch-says-sell-wesfarmers-risk-too-high/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch has issued a very strong "sell" recommendation for Wesfarmers following the company's $2.5 billion rights issue to help fund its $18 billion aquisition of Coles, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Tips and rumours</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/22/tips-and-rumours/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/22/tips-and-rumours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of huge losses by MFS shareholders, and job losses at MFS itself, what does the company do? It buys a corporate box at Suncorp Stadium of course. How indulgent. 
The illustrious leader of the Victorian ALP, Stephen Newnham, sent a begging letter to some hapless members last week about the Gippsland by-election [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips and rumours</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/01/tips-and-rumours/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/01/tips-and-rumours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2020 Summit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet have asked for volunteers within its Department to take notes at the 2020 summit. That&#8217;s volunteers &#8230; i.e. unpaid work over a weekend. They are selling it as a great development/career opportunity. Fabulous!
Those hoping for a night of the long knives scenario in the senior ranks of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alcohol, it&#8217;s a super market</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/11/alcohol-its-a-super-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/11/alcohol-its-a-super-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[binge drinking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want to curb teen drinking? Talk to the retailers, writes <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Tips and rumours</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/10/tips-and-rumours/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/10/tips-and-rumours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bronwyn Bishop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lotus Notes vs. Microsoft. Re. &#8220;Tips and rumours&#8221; (Friday, item 8). &#8221;FAHCSIA is in the middle of a transition from a prehistoric Lotus Notes platform to MS Office, which is not going anywhere near as smoothly or as cheaply as expected.&#8221; Yet again another Commonwealth Department has been wooed from an established, industrial strength and modern [...]]]></description>
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