Monday, February 29, 2016

Airbnb renters find corpse in garden

THIS lovely Paris rental is near a forest and comes with seven bedrooms, a swimming pool — and a badly-decomposed body.

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Futuristic Holden car wows Europe

HOLDEN could soon have a budget-priced sports car, dubbed the “mini Monaro”, in its showrooms for the first time and it has a strong Australian link.

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Shocking supermarket act caught on film

HAVE you ever had a sudden urge while doing your grocery shopping? This woman did, and CCTV cameras captured what she did next.

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Sunday, February 28, 2016

Newsreaders strip down for ratings

FACED with tough competition to win over audiences, this TV channel is taking a literal approach towards giving viewers the “naked” truth.

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Kylie in legal stoush with the Jenners

KYLIE Minogue has come out guns blazing after the youngest of the Jenner clan, Kylie, tried to do something that defies belief.

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Aldi suffers rare setback in Australia

DISCOUNT grocer Aldi is closing a key part of its Australian operations less than three years after it was launched.

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Saturday, February 27, 2016

Why Harvey Norman is laughing

IT’S the strange anomaly in Australian retail. While Dick Smith closes its stores Harvey Norman is announcing amazing profits. So what’s going on?

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Friday, February 26, 2016

Flight Centre offers Dick Smith staff lifeline

DICK Smith employees facing redundancy have been offered a lifeline by Flight Centre who will fast track their way into the travel industry.

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Thursday, February 25, 2016

Fire sale kicks off at Dick Smith

EVERYTHING must go at Dick Smith stores around the country. It sounds like great news for customers, but there’s a catch.

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New chief for ailing Woolworths

WOOLWORTHS has been dragged $972 million into the red after taking a $3.25 billion hit on its ill-fated Masters home improvement stores.

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Man who missed out on Apple billions

STEVE Jobs’ former boss, Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, reveals what he was like as an employee — and what it feels like to miss out on Apple billions.

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Woolies unveils $2.09 billion loss

EMBATTLED supermarket giant Woolworths has unveiled a shock total first-half loss of $2.09 billion in the wake of its Masters DIY stores disaster.

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Blackmores’ profit a bonus for its staff

DEMAND from China helped boost Blackmores to yet another record profit result, delivering staff a bonus month of pay and shareholders a bumper dividend.

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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Honda recalls more deadly airbags

THREE more Honda models have been added to the list of cars to be recalled over potentially deadly airbags that could potentially deploy shrapnel in a crash.

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Clive Palmer’s fortnight from hell

FROM a refinery explosion to the sale of his luxury jet, every day seems to bring a fresh drama for embattled billionaire and politician Clive Palmer.

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$100m payout over cancer death

JOHNSON & Johnson has been ordered to pay $100 million after a common household product was linked to a cancer death.

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Mars recalls chocolate from 55 countries

MARS has been forced to recall chocolate bars in countries all over the world - but its Australian operator says local products are not affected.

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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Selfies will soon be passwords

FORGET numeric passwords, shoppers will soon be able to make mobile phone payments with selfies and fingerprints.

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Our biggest dairy farm sold to China

FEARS price of dairy, baby formula set to soar after Treasurer rubber-stamped the sale of the nation’s biggest dairy farm to Chinese business interests.

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New law that could save us millions

IT’S BEEN hailed as the reform that could save Australian shoppers hundreds of millions of dollars a year — but some fear it will have the opposite effect.

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Supermarket apocalypse survival guide

HAVE you ever wondered how long you could survive after an apocalyptic event, if you were trapped inside a supermarket?

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Most annoying Uber problem solved

THIS man claims he has the solution to the most frustrating part of being an Uber rider. But will it really save you cash?

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Sunday, February 21, 2016

Aussie stocks push higher

THE Australian stock has opened marginally higher following a flat performance on Wall Street late last week.

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The hidden Aussie community living in NYC

IF you’re an Aussie living in New York City, chances are you’ve spent a fair amount of time in the popular downtown Manhattan district of Nolita.

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Saturday, February 20, 2016

Last orders for iconic bar as lockouts bite

SHOTS are out and shops are in as another Kings Cross bar bites the dust in the wake of NSW’s controversial lockout laws.

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Friday, February 19, 2016

Are private labels a public menace?

THE supermarket private label explosion means acces to good, cheap products, but it is hurting a lot of Aussie brands we’ve loved for a long time.

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Yahoo hints at sale or merger

EMBATTLED Yahoo has said that has named a committee to study its “strategic alternatives”, hinting that it may be eyeing a sale or merger.

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Coles ordered to pay customer $284,000

AFTER tendering CCTV footage with ‘a crucial 27 seconds’ missing, Coles has been ordered by the District Court to cough up $284,000 in compensation.

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Thursday, February 18, 2016

Masters boss falls on his sword

YOU can’t blame departing Masters boss Matt Tyson. After two years running Woolworths’ disastrous home improvement arm, the executive has called it quits.

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$100 million baby formula bonanza

WHILE Aussie parents struggled to find baby formula on supermarket shelves, this popular brand was busy selling $100 million worth of the ‘white gold’.

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Medibank first-half profit surges

AUSTRALIA’S biggest private health insurer, Medibank Private, says it will try to win back lost members with an aggressive marketing campaign.

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Might be hard to get an Uber this weekend

A MOVE by controversial ride-sharing service Uber is great news for passengers but not so great for drivers, who are threatening to turn off their apps this weekend.

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Toyota recalls 98,000 RAV4s

THE nation’s best-selling SUV — the Toyota RAV4 — is being recalled worldwide due to faulty seatbelts yet the fix won’t arrive in Australia until June.

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CEO: ‘No one wants to live in Sydney’

THE Auckland-based CEO of a $4.4 billion Australasian company says all his new recruits want to quit Sydney and head across the Tasman.

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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Aussie stocks push higher

A SURGE in oil prices overnight has filtered through to gains on the Australian share market.

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Is Coke about to make a comeback?

THE struggle is real for Coca-Cola, with the sugar police giving the soft drink company a run for its money. But a revival could be underway.

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Telstra profit flat as competition bites

TELSTRA says it is on track to hit its full-year earnings forecast despite a flat first-half net profit amid intense competition.

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Why Kim is locking her cash away

WHAT do you do when you’re married to a “struggling artist” who is $72 million in debt?

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Carmageddon as our cities come to a standstill

A NEW report has revealed Australia’s congestion hot spots and the billion dollars of road and rail projects we need to build now to avoid gridlock.

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‘Visionary’ change could save you $3000

EVERY household could get a $3000 boost and enjoy a better quality of life if Australia changes how it deals with one important area.

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Domino’s failing to deliver on ambitious promise

DOMINO'S made a bold promise about its delivery service, but so far customers have been less than impressed. Has the pizza chain gone too far?

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So who wrote Virgin’s Kanye-hate tweet?

VIRGIN Australia has identified the culprit behind an inflammatory tweet posted on their official account telling rapper Kanye West to “EAD you douche”.

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Aussie stocks in the red

THE Australian sharemarket has recovered but remains slightly down as investors punish some companies in the wake of their earnings reports.

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Supermarket’s crazy plan to lure in hipsters

AN UPSCALE supermarket chain in the United States is trying to appeal to hip millennials with some truly bizarre offerings.

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Starbucks slammed over sign

STARBUCKS has been forced to defend itself after a controversial sign posted on one of its stores went viral for all the wrong reasons.

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Oil plunge takes heavy toll

AUSTRALIA’S biggest oil company has suffered a dramatic collapse in profitability as prices tumble, posting its weakest result in more than a decade.

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High rollers’ $80 million ‘lucky run’

WHOEVER said the house always wins hasn’t been to this high roller’s room, where punters have had an incredible $80 million ‘lucky run’.

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Monday, February 15, 2016

Aussie stocks in the red

THE Australian share market has turned lower, surrendering early-session gains provided by the banks and miners.

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Aussie mining firm finds $20m diamond

THE BIGGEST diamond ever to be discovered by an Australian company has been found in Angola, a 404-carat sparkler estimated to be worth $20 million.

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Ikea’s demand of superhero movie

SWEDISH furniture giants generally don’t like to be mercilessly mocked. So how did Deadpool’s writers get its blessing?

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Sunday, February 14, 2016

Wealthy Aussies feeling the pinch

THE nation’s upper and middle class are feeling squeezed, with almost half of all Australians confessing to living from pay cheque to pay cheque.

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