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Fraser: 10,000 more jobless 'a boost'
UPDATE 2:36PM John McCarthy and AAP TREASURER puts positive spin on Queensland's rising jobless rate, focusing on the momentum generated in the past four months.
French rumours drag down dollar
10:39AM SHARE slump amid rumours that France could be stripped of its AAA rating and become latest victim of debt crisis.
Diners ready to venture out again
By Natascha Mirosch SEVEN months after the floods Brisbane foodies have their appetites back, with a slew of new restaurants set to open to cater to them.
No hiding from costs, warns CBA
Stephen McMahon THE Commonwealth Bank chief warns that lending rates could come under renewed pressure with uncertainty in global markets.
Rate cut may be silver lining amid turmoil
By Alex Tilbury WITH consumer confidence at historic lows, a 0.25 percentage point interest rate cut has been tipped for September and possibly 1 per cent by Christmas.
Theme park plan for Sunny Coast
Peter Hall MOVE over Australia Zoo and Big Pineapple - Queensland's richest man has plans for a theme park to make the Sunshine Coast a tourism mecca.
Some Tiger pilots failed flying test
By Robyn Ironside TIGER Airways' pilots were forced to prove their flying ability after the airline was grounded last month, and not all of them passed.
Social network out to kill SMS
Alex Dickinson A MONTH before Apple releases a similar app, Facebook has unveiled a messaging service for smartphones that aims to make SMS redundant.
Business Owner
Sacked staff paid to go away
SMALL businesses are forking out thousands to workers to make them go away, with new laws making it "too easy" for them to claim unfair dismissal.
Safeguard assets and save costs
MINIMISING the risk of paying too much tax is easier to achieve than many small business and self-employed enterprises realise.
Passionate about sea and seafood
KRISTINA Georges is a passionate business owner on a crusade. The fishmonger established Samies Girl Seafoods by buying a business formerly owned by her family that had gone into receivership.
Bakery rises on gluten-free recipe
JOSEF Zehnder - who bakes to-die-for gluten-free products - is no stranger to success.
Market Data
Financials
$A recoups after Wall St scare
THE Australian dollar slid under the weight of another Wall Street sell-off overnight, but pared some losses late in Asian action.
Stocks close flat after volatile run
AUSTRALIAN shares recovered early losses to close flat as the lure of bargains helped the market buck a weak offshore lead.
Goldman joins rate cut club
GOLDMAN Sachs now expects the RBA to ease monetary policy by as much as 50 basis points before the end of the year.
The Australian Business
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- Beware the new conservatives
- Greek reform plans stumble
- China ties seen in a new light
- Shares drop 2pc in global rout
- BlueScope cuts likely
- Yield curve warns of US recession risk
- Goldman joins rate cut club
- Stocks close flat after volatile run
- Telstra wins market's blessing
The Australian Business News
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- Gillard defends carbon tax in mining state
- Police raid houses across London
- Aborigines spat at in gas protest - Barnett
- Two killed in Beirut blast - police
- RSPCA hits back at senator's claims
- British PM to address MPs as riots ease
- Census workers disrupt robbers
- Israel to OK 4300 new flats in Jerusalem
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