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Vehicle sales dive

SMH - Small Business - Wed, 09/03/2008 - 20:10
New car and truck sales in Australia fall more than 12% in August, according to official industry figures.
Categories: Business

Economic slowdown confirmed

SMH - Small Business - Wed, 09/03/2008 - 20:10
Australia's economy slows more than expected in the June quarter.
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Life in the raw

SMH - Small Business - Wed, 09/03/2008 - 20:10
Would you go as far as this catering entrepreneur to promote healthy eating?
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The human frailty of software

SMH - Small Business - Wed, 09/03/2008 - 20:10
When it comes to software, why don't things just work? ponders Graeme Philipson.
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There's nothing like success

SMH - Small Business - Wed, 09/03/2008 - 20:10
How do you measure your success? An expensive car? A slick office? Stacey Barr does it by numbers.
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Relief at last

SMH - Small Business - Wed, 09/03/2008 - 20:10
Relief as banks follow the lead of the RBA in dropping interest rates by .25%. But not everyone is happy.
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Firm lands mobile-over-WiFi deal

SMH - Small Business - Wed, 09/03/2008 - 20:10
Melbourne-based telecommunications company Freshtel launches a mobile over WiFi service in the UK.
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Franchise loophole closed

SMH - Small Business - Wed, 09/03/2008 - 20:10
Last week's High Court decision on the Ketchell case gives the franchise industry certainty, say experts.
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'Creeping acquisitions' targeted

SMH - Small Business - Wed, 09/03/2008 - 20:10
Takeovers in the small end of town - particularly grocery - are attracting the attention of regulators.
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Retiring short of the mark

SMH - Small Business - Wed, 09/03/2008 - 20:10
Do you have a business - or it is really just a job? It's a tough one for retiring owners, says Max Newnham.
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Court told lawyer pocketed his client's money to pay bills

www.abc.net.au - courts and trials - Wed, 09/03/2008 - 18:49
A Hobart court has been told a prominent lawyer used stolen and misappropriated funds to buy books, art and pay the insurance on his Holden Monaro.
Categories: Law

Three charged with Gold Coast man's murder

www.abc.net.au - courts and trials - Wed, 09/03/2008 - 17:03
Police have charged three men with the murder of a 21-year-old man outside a Gold Coast tavern.
Categories: Law

UK man sent home after 7yrs in Aust detention

www.abc.net.au - immigration - Wed, 09/03/2008 - 17:01
The Federal Immigration Minister says he has made a decision on the fate of Australia's second-longest serving detainee.
Categories: Migration

Terri Irwin loses fight to stop mining company exploration

www.abc.net.au - courts and trials - Wed, 09/03/2008 - 16:14
The Land Court of Queensland has confirmed a mining company's right to explore for bauxite on a Cape York cattle property set aside for the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve.
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Man in court over heroin haul

www.abc.net.au - courts and trials - Wed, 09/03/2008 - 16:10
A 22 year old man from Spain has appeared in the Perth Magistrate's court charged with smuggling more than two kilograms of heroin into Australia.
Categories: Law

Xue fronts NZ court over wife's murder

www.abc.net.au - courts and trials - Wed, 09/03/2008 - 16:04
Michael Xue, the father of the little girl abandoned at a Melbourne train station last year, has faced court in NZ.
Categories: Law

Christmas Island detention centre 'less than satisfactory'

www.abc.net.au - immigration - Wed, 09/03/2008 - 15:48
A Parliamentary Committee has been told the Christmas Island detention centre is not satisfactory because it is imposing and overdone.
Categories: Migration

Indy team owner Gore fined for unlicensed driving

www.abc.net.au - courts and trials - Wed, 09/03/2008 - 15:31
High profile developer and motorsport identity Craig Gore has pleaded guilty in a Gold Coast court to unlicensed driving.
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Mine manger denies safety compromise

www.abc.net.au - courts and trials - Wed, 09/03/2008 - 15:00
The Beaconsfield Gold mine's geotechnical manager has strongly rejected claims the mine compromised safety in the lead-up to the fatal rockfall in 2006.
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Teen vandal spared jail

www.abc.net.au - courts and trials - Wed, 09/03/2008 - 14:35
A teen who went on an alcohol-induced vandalism rampage has been spared jail.
Categories: Law
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