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• Innamincka Petroleum in trading halt Sydney Morning Herald ...

  Innamincka Petroleum in trading halt

  Shares in energy explorer Innamincka Petroleum Ltd have gone into a trading halt, the company saying it is in negotiations to farm out some of its interests.

  Sydney Morning Herald Business - 35 minutes ago

• Tishman Speyer fund drops 26.3 per cent Sydney Morning Herald ...

  Tishman Speyer fund drops 26.3 per cent

  Commercial property investor Tishman Speyer says its US office fund has lost ten per cent of its asset value.

  Sydney Morning Herald Business - 54 minutes ago

• ATO scam email warning The Age

  ATO scam email warning

  Australians warned to ignore scam email claiming to be from Australian Tax Office.

  The Age - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago

• Apple strips iTunes of DRM AustralianIT.com.au | IT ...

  Apple strips iTunes of DRM

  MILLIONS of songs on Apple's iTunes digital music store will soon play on any device.

  AustralianIT.com.au | IT News | Industry - 1 hour, 13 minutes ago

Published 1 hour ago

• Alcoa to cut 13% of global work force Business Day

  Alcoa to cut 13% of global work force

  Aluminum producer Alcoa Inc says it will cut 13,500 jobs, or 13 per cent of its work force, and slash spending and output to cope with the economic slowdown.

  Business Day - 1 hour, 35 minutes ago

• US motoring giant GM cuts the Aussie ute Business Day

  US motoring giant GM cuts the Aussie ute

  Struggling US motoring giant General Motors (GM) has axed the Australian-made Pontiac G8 ST sports truck, a vehicle based on the popular Holden ute.

  Business Day - 1 hour, 44 minutes ago

• ATO warns over fake tax refund scam Daily Telegraph Business ...

  ATO warns over fake tax refund scam

  AUSTRALIANS are being warned to ignore a scam email claiming to be from the tax office and offering refunds.

  Daily Telegraph Business Breaking News - 1 hour, 55 minutes ago

• Macworld 2009: iLife 09, iWork 09, 17-inch MacBook ... cnet Latest Articles

  Macworld 2009: iLife 09, iWork 09, 17-inch MacBook Pro, DRM free iTunes

  Phil Schiller takes the stage at Macworld 09, revealing Apple's new line up. While the rumours were mostly right, the lack of a new Mac Mini will be a sticking ...

  cnet Latest Articles - 2 hours, 10 minutes ago

• Legal fight in Dow-Kuwaiti deal looms The Age

  Legal fight in Dow-Kuwaiti deal looms

  Dow Chemical will pursue legal action against a state-owned Kuwaiti company that scuttled a $US17.4 billion ($A24.25 billion) joint venture.

  The Age - 2 hours, 29 minutes ago

Published 2 hours ago

• US service sector improves slightly Business Day

  US service sector improves slightly

  A measure of the US services sector has improved slightly in December, but pending home sales and factory orders have both fallen more than expected.

  Business Day - 2 hours, 37 minutes ago

• 'Leap second' snafu affects Oracle clusterware ARN

  'Leap second' snafu affects Oracle clusterware

  The additional second that time-tracking scientists added to 2008 to adjust for the slowing of the earth's rotation is causing problems with Oracle's Cluster Ready Services (CRS) clusterware, but a ...

  ARN - 2 hours, 38 minutes ago

• Obama projects $US1 trillion budget deficit The Age

  Obama projects $US1 trillion budget deficit

  President-elect Barack Obama says the US to face a $US1 trillion budget deficit and similar shortfalls are in store “for years to come”.

  The Age - 2 hours, 55 minutes ago

• Dollar hits fresh high, above US72c Daily Telegraph Business ...

  Dollar hits fresh high, above US72c

  THE dollar has opened at a three-month high as firmer commodities prices and improved sentiment on Wall Street boosted the high-yielding currency.

  Daily Telegraph Business Breaking News - 3 hours, 9 minutes ago

• Oil prices slide amid recession concerns Business Day

  Oil prices slide amid recession concerns

  Oil prices have fallen as fresh signs of a deepening US recession trumped tensions in the Middle East and worries over natural gas shortages in Europe.

  Business Day - 3 hours, 9 minutes ago

Published 3 hours ago

• ASX to open higher on Wall St gains Business Day

  ASX to open higher on Wall St gains

  The Australian stock market is expected to open in positive territory led by gains on Wall Street.

  Business Day - 3 hours, 25 minutes ago

• US and European stocks extend gains Business Day

  US and European stocks extend gains

  The minutes of the last Federal Reserve policy meeting, in December, painted a depressing image of the US economy.

  Business Day - 3 hours, 30 minutes ago

• Apple drops copy protection on iTunes music Sydney Morning Herald ...

  Apple drops copy protection on iTunes music

  Apple will offer all music sold through its iTunes music store without copy protection and will introduce variable pricing for tracks.

  Sydney Morning Herald Business - 3 hours, 32 minutes ago

• Indian exporters to axe millions of jobs The Age

  Indian exporters to axe millions of jobs

  Falling global demand for clothes and jewellery could see as many 10 million jobs axed by Indian exporters.

  The Age - 3 hours, 42 minutes ago

• Iceland's Kaupthing bank to sue UK govt Sydney Morning Herald ...

  Iceland's Kaupthing bank to sue UK govt

  Iceland's state-run Kaupthing bank will sue the British government for its decision to force the bank's British subsidiary into a form of bankruptcy.

  Sydney Morning Herald Business - 3 hours, 51 minutes ago

Published 3 hours ago

• Eurozone inflation slumps to 2-year low Sydney Morning Herald ...

  Eurozone inflation slumps to 2-year low

  Inflation in the euro countries slumped in December to 1.6 per cent - the lowest in over two years - according to an estimate from EU's Eurostat data agency.

  Sydney Morning Herald Business - 3 hours, 51 minutes ago

• Shares hike as Porsche takes over VW Sydney Morning Herald ...

  Shares hike as Porsche takes over VW

  German luxury sportscar maker Porsche has taken over Volkswagen, the biggest European car manufacturer.

  Sydney Morning Herald Business - 3 hours, 54 minutes ago

• Gold rises on speculation US dollar will slide Business Day

  Gold rises on speculation US dollar will slide

  Gold rises on speculation that the US dollar's recent gains won't continue.

  Business Day - 3 hours, 55 minutes ago

• Oil climbs to reach five week high Sydney Morning Herald ...

  Oil climbs to reach five week high

  Crude oil rises to a five-week high as Kuwait and Qatar indicate they will implement supply cuts announced by OPEC last month, and a dispute between Russia and Ukraine reduces ...

  Sydney Morning Herald Business - 4 hours, 8 minutes ago

• Bhutto's daughter honours mum with rap (AAP) Yahoo!7 Business

  Bhutto's daughter honours mum with rap (AAP)

  The teenage daughter of slain Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto has found an unusual way to honour her late mother - by placing a rap song on YouTube.

  Yahoo!7 Business - 4 hours, 39 minutes ago

Published 4 hours ago

• Economic downturn set to boost crime Daily Telegraph Business ...

  Economic downturn set to boost crime

  PEOPLE are more likely to steal from shops and beat up their partners in the worsening economy, one of London's top policemen said today.

  Daily Telegraph Business Breaking News - 4 hours, 41 minutes ago

• Britain's last Woolworths store shuts The Age

  Britain's last Woolworths store shuts

  British retail institution Woolworths closed the doors on a century of trading as the latest victim of the financial crisis shut down the last of its stores.

  The Age - 4 hours, 45 minutes ago

• Economic crisis faces new US Congress (AAP) Yahoo!7 Business

  Economic crisis faces new US Congress (AAP)

  The new Democratic-controlled US Congress has opened for business, eager to join Barack Obama in tackling the worst economic crisis in generations.

  Yahoo!7 Business - 4 hours, 53 minutes ago

• Toyota suspends production for 11 days Business Day

  Toyota suspends production for 11 days

  Toyota Motor Corporation said on Tuesday that it would suspend production at all of its domestic plants for 11 days between February and March as sales slumped.

  Business Day - 10 hours, 20 minutes ago

• Hyundai offers car assurance deal The Age

  Hyundai offers car assurance deal

  Can't make the payments on that new car you just bought? No problem - just return it free of charge.

  The Age - 10 hours, 35 minutes ago

Published 11 hours ago

• Iceland bank to sue UK over bankruptcy Sydney Morning Herald ...

  Iceland bank to sue UK over bankruptcy

  Iceland's state-run Kaupthing bank will sue the British government for forcing the bank's subsidiary into a form of bankruptcy, Icelandic officials said.

  Sydney Morning Herald Business - 11 hours, 35 minutes ago

• Japan's Sanyo 'to cut up to 1,000 jobs' Sydney Morning Herald ...

  Japan's Sanyo 'to cut up to 1,000 jobs'

  Japan's Sanyo plans to cut up to 1,000 jobs to revamp its struggling businesses before being bought by Panasonic Corporation, a press report said on Tuesday.

  Sydney Morning Herald Business - 15 hours, 40 minutes ago

• ASX less volatile in December 2008 Sydney Morning Herald ...

  ASX less volatile in December 2008

  Some calm returned to the Australian stock market in December 2008.

  Sydney Morning Herald Business - 16 hours, 26 minutes ago

• Petsec shares jump after US asset sale Sydney Morning Herald ...

  Petsec shares jump after US asset sale

  Shares in oil and gas producer Petsec Energy jumped on news it has sold its interest in the Humphreys gas field in the United States.

  Sydney Morning Herald Business - 19 hours, 3 minutes ago

• Telstra worker loses discrimination case NEWS.com.au National Breaking ...

  Telstra worker loses discrimination case

  A CALL centre worker who claimed he was treated unfairly by Telstra because he was Australian and more outspoken than foreign-born colleagues has lost an anti-discrimination case.

  NEWS.com.au National Breaking News - 19 hours, 4 minutes ago

Published 19 hours ago

• Bonaparte closer to underwater mine The Age

  Bonaparte closer to underwater mine

  Diamond miner and phosphate explorer Bonaparte Diamond Mines is a step closer to developing the world's first underwater phosphate mine.

  The Age - 19 hours, 40 minutes ago

• Mergers to have a sluggish start in 2009 Business Day

  Mergers to have a sluggish start in 2009

  Merger and acquisition activity will get off to a sluggish start in 2009, a law firm says.

  Business Day - 19 hours, 41 minutes ago

• Rio resumes Pilbara operations Adelaide Now

  Rio resumes Pilbara operations

  MINING giant Rio Tinto has resumed all of its iron ore operations in Western Australia's Pilbara region after suspending some activities for almost a fortnight.

  Adelaide Now - 20 hours, 19 minutes ago

• Business confidence slumps - ACCI Daily Telegraph Business ...

  Business confidence slumps - ACCI

  BUSINESS confidence is at record lows, with the global financial crisis dealing a blow to sales and profitability, a new survey shows.

  Daily Telegraph Business Breaking News - 21 hours, 58 minutes ago

• Car sales stall Business Day

  Car sales stall

  Car sales continued their plunge in December, but the fall was less dramatic than in the US.

  Business Day - 22 hours, 4 minutes ago

Published 23 hours ago

• Leighton shares sink on asset write down Sydney Morning Herald ...

  Leighton shares sink on asset write down

  Shares in Australia's biggest construction company Leighton Holdings Ltd plunged almost 10 per cent after it cut its profit forecast amid asset write downs.

  Sydney Morning Herald Business - 23 hours, 17 minutes ago