Perth: The home of Australian stocks!

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Posted 301 days, 2 hours ago by Bronwen

Perth overtook Sydney as home to the highest number of publicly traded companies in Australia after AnaeCo Ltd., a waste-technology company, debuted today.

Aussie Startup Carnival 2008 Reg Opens Feb 11-24

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Posted 303 days, 8 hours ago by vishal

We are delighted to invite all the entrepreneurs or thriving ones from the land of green and gold to participate in this online (web based) carnival. It starts on March 3, 2008 (AEST). How to Register: Download and fill-in the registration form and

G7 leaders turn pessimistic on global economy

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Posted 303 days, 14 hours ago by Bronwen

Fixing the deeper issues, which stemmed from excessive credit risk, was postponed at least until April. On this front they showed solidarity.

Grape growers will dump shiraz

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Posted 309 days, 9 hours ago by brettreasure

Grape growers look like dropping hundreds of tonnes of shiraz grapes on the ground in Western Australia in two weeks' time.

Dollar nears US91c

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Posted 309 days, 16 hours ago by Bronwen

THE dollar opened stronger today, knocking on the door of $US0.9100, as expectations firmed for another interest rate rise this afternoon

News Corp first-half profit hits $1.74b

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Posted 309 days, 16 hours ago by Bronwen

NEWS Corporation has booked a first half net profit of $US1.564 billion ($1.74 billion), helped by growth in the media group's cable network.

WA DVD rental firm Quickflix gets new MD

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Posted 322 days, 13 hours ago by Lizzie_P

The Co-founder and chief executive of online DVD rental company Quickflix, Stephen Langford, has stepped down and will be replaced by its chief operating officer and fellow co-founder, Simon Hodge.

Australian Stocks Extend Longest Slump in 26 Years

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Posted 324 days, 19 hours ago by Bronwen

Australian shares fell for an eleventh day, extending the longest sell-off in a quarter of a century.

Poisoned websites attack visitors

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Posted 327 days, 22 hours ago by Anglerz2

Seems a curly one - anyone heard of it?

Virgin in codeshare with Skywest

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Posted 328 days, 2 hours ago by Bronwen

THE battle for Western Australia's skies intensified last night as Virgin Blue signed a strategic code share agreement with rapidly expanding local airline Skywest.

The countdown to Christmas 2008 has started

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Posted 333 days, 21 hours ago by NathanaelB

There is growing resentment to how far back into the year Christmas lights start going up - October is not uncommon - however Toys "R" Us have gone to the extreme and now have a Christmas countdown timer displayed prominently on their website ...

Wall St falls for a third week in a row

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Posted 334 days, 2 hours ago by Bronwen

US stocks have fallen sharply, capping a third consecutive weekly decline, on a warning by American Express of mounting credit-card defaults and a slowdown in consumer spending.

Let's have a niceness revolution

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Posted 335 days, 23 hours ago by Devar

Niceness and capitalism have for the most part been mutually exclusive. Greed is good. Get ahead by stomping on your colleagues. Slash jobs and the share price rises: Jack Welch - the management guru of choice. But could things be changing?

Innovative Minds Don’t Think Alike

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Posted 340 days, 3 hours ago by Bronwen

As our knowledge and expertise increase, our creativity and ability to innovate tend to taper off. Why?

Perth.com sold for US$200,000

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Posted 349 days, 6 hours ago by gm22

$200,000 for a domain name - what kind of site is it going to be and who bought it?

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