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2 hours, 8 minutes ago Billabong stocks plummet
SKATE and surf-wear retailer Billabong is "fully sick", literally, after US shoppers shunned stores in the past two months, with conditions not expected to pick up until at least April.
Topix - 2:29 p.m. Friday 5th December 2008
18 hours, 39 minutes ago Japan rewards serious players
Japan: a rewarding trade partner. Photo: Michel O'Sullivan Tim Colebatch IN THE past decade or so, while Japan's economy has seemed to the world to be struggling to make any ...
Topix - 9:58 p.m. Thursday 4th December 2008
Pizza, 'catch-up TV' on Tivo
AUSTRALIANS may not need to resort to piracy to watch television shows they have missed after digital TV service TiVo said it planned to launch a "catch-up TV" product next ...
Topix - 1:26 p.m. Thursday 4th December 2008
Pupils won't ruin tax-funded netbooks
SENIOR NSW education bureaucrats have angrily rejected suggestions that public school students will trash the 197,000 laptop computers to be provided for them next year using federal taxpayer funds.
Topix - 1:26 p.m. Thursday 4th December 2008
Iris scanning for Brisbane Airport
Brisbane Airport Corporation chief executive Koen Rooijmans told yesterday's unveiling of the international terminal's $340 million expansion he expected Brisbane to be at the forefront of new security ...
Topix - 12:43 p.m. Thursday 4th December 2008
1 day, 23 hours ago Solid lift for NZ sharemarket
The New Zealand sharemarket closed higher after equities in the United States spurted higher in late trade.
Topix - 4:44 p.m. Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Rate cut might prevent recession
THE Reserve Bank has injected $10 billion into the economy through another dramatic 1 percentage point rate cut it believes will be enough to keep Australia out of recession.
Topix - 7:01 a.m. Wednesday 3rd December 2008
3 days, 6 hours ago 'Macsimum Recommended Reading' for Dec. 1
"Apple's iTunes Store Passes 10,000 iPhone Applications Mark: Apple launched its App Store for iPhones in iTunes on July 11, 2008 and since then they have offered more than 10,000 ...
Topix - 10:14 a.m. Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Report of AAPT bid speculation: Telecom
Telecom says a report that Asian firm Pacnet is prepared to offer US$420 million for AAPT is speculative and that it remains committed to its Australian business.
Topix - 9:46 a.m. Tuesday 2nd December 2008
AAPT receives $US420m takeover bid - report
Asian telco giant Pacnet is offering $US420 million for Telecom's Australian business AAPT, Reuters reports.
Topix - 8:34 a.m. Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Telstra call centres in crisis
THE customer and billing software at the heart of Telstra's billion-dollar transformation is a recycled version of a system at Italy's largest telco, built several years ago by systems integrator ...
Topix - 12:16 a.m. Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Kicking in for cup
TECHNOLOGY companies in Victoria have rescued the Melbourne Homeless World Cup's ICT plan from a cripplingly small budget allocation.
Topix - 12:16 a.m. Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Software change hits aged care
MICROSOFT Australia has accused aged-care services providers of illegitimately buying software through a discount licensing program.
Topix - 12:16 a.m. Tuesday 2nd December 2008
5 days, 4 hours ago Australia May Take Further Steps After $10 Billion Package If Growth Slows
Australiaa s government will follow up yesterdaya s A$15.1 billion spending package with additional stimulus measures if growth slows more than expected, Treasurer Wayne Swan said.
Topix - 12:02 p.m. Sunday 30th November 2008
Profiles a blueprint for success across ditch
Businesses wanting to "make it" across the Tasman will soon have a blueprint for success.
Topix - 3:06 a.m. Sunday 30th November 2008

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