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• Sugar glut sees demand wane - Mackay Daily Mercury ... Sugar glut sees demand wane THE world sugar market is now in surplus, meaning demand for the cane being crushed in Central Queensland and northern NSW could wane the next 18 months. Mackay Daily Mercury - business - 2 hours, 12 minutes ago  
• Coles in yoghurt deal - Queensland Country Life Coles in yoghurt deal FOR the second week running grocery retailing force Coles has revealed new contract arrangements with Tasmanian producers to lock in supplies for its expanding private label range. Queensland Country Life - 4 hours, 12 minutes ago  
• Skins market crash worst in 10 years - Queensland Country Life Skins market crash worst in 10 years WITHDRAWAL of Chinese and eastern European buyers from the skin market has caused the fall in lamb and sheep skin prices of $8 to $10 a head on average, and ... Queensland Country Life - 4 hours, 12 minutes ago  
• Suits filed against JP Morgan over $2bn loss - Daily Telegraph Business ... Suits filed against JP Morgan over $2bn loss TWO shareholder suits were filed against JP Morgan Chase over more than $2bn in trading losses reported by the bank last week. Daily Telegraph Business Breaking News - 6 hours, 11 minutes ago  
• Published 6 hours ago
• Fresh housing, industry data boost US stocks - The Australian Business ... Fresh housing, industry data boost US stocks US stocks buoyed by fresh positive data on the American economy and news that troubled Greece set a June 17 date for new elections. The Australian Business News - 6 hours, 58 minutes ago  
• Bolton Girls' big Beef success - The Land Bolton Girls' big Beef success THERE'S a new paddock being set up at Bolton Girls Red Angus stud at Congupna, Victoria - the interbreed champion pen. The Land - 17 hours, 6 minutes ago  
• Japan to pay $US4.4bn for WA gas field - Daily Telegraph Business ... Japan to pay $US4.4bn for WA gas field JAPAN'S government and several major firms are to buy a 10.0 per cent stake in an Australian natural gas field. Daily Telegraph Business Breaking News - 17 hours, 44 minutes ago  
• Moving the goalposts on cash splashes and wage ... - Crikey Moving the goalposts on cash splashes and wage cases What role should the budget's cash handouts play in wage determinations? There's a long history to the issue. Read more on the blog... Crikey - 19 hours, 22 minutes ago  
• Oz Council review: smart reform, but will Crean ... - Crikey Oz Council review: smart reform, but will Crean have the cash/courage? Angus James and Gabrielle Trainor's review of the Australia Council is a bold yet sensible reform blueprint for an organisation that badly needs reform. But can it really be implemented? ... Crikey - 19 hours, 22 minutes ago  
• Published 19 hours ago
• Impending Abbott doom frustrates ACTU conference - Crikey Impending Abbott doom frustrates ACTU conference In a masterful display of linguistic contortionism, Julia Gillard managed to avoid mentioning either the Health Services Union or Craig Thomson by name in her speech to the ACTU congress ... Crikey - 19 hours, 22 minutes ago  
• Rundle: Greece is now the cutting edge of ... - Crikey Rundle: Greece is now the cutting edge of the world Greece is a harbinger of what will happen not merely in Europe, but across the world over the next decade as the vast global superbubble of neoliberalism slowly deflates. Read ... Crikey - 19 hours, 22 minutes ago  
• War on privacy: committee sends Roxon back to ... - Crikey War on privacy: committee sends Roxon back to drawing board Nicola Roxon's efforts to establish a process for expanding national security powers has suffered a hiccup, with the powerful Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security asking her to redraft it. ... Crikey - 19 hours, 22 minutes ago  
• RBA has no idea just how the housing ... - Crikey RBA has no idea just how the housing market works It appears the RBA’s thinking is that house prices are falling because people expect house prices to fall and because people are fearful of losing their jobs. Read more on ... Crikey - 19 hours, 22 minutes ago  
• Gotcha! Rebekah Brooks ‘perverted the course of justice’ - Crikey Gotcha! Rebekah Brooks ‘perverted the course of justice’ Gotcha! Rupert Murdoch’s favourite editor, Rebekah Brooks, has been charged with perverting the course of justice and will face a jury trial that could send her to jail. The charges ... Crikey - 19 hours, 22 minutes ago  
• Published 19 hours ago
• Kohler: Goldilocks and the three shocks - Crikey Kohler: Goldilocks and the three shocks In the past one to two years, women aged 55-plus have suddenly gone online, en masse ... and they control the nation’s purse strings. Read more on the blog... Crikey - 19 hours, 22 minutes ago  
• World Championship Chess: king of the chess world, ... - Crikey World Championship Chess: king of the chess world, friend to despots Kirsan Ilyumzhinov used to be president of the impoverished Russian Republic of Kalmykia but now seems to have adopted the role as roving ambassador for Russia in countries ruled by ... Crikey - 19 hours, 22 minutes ago  
• Why are gene patents so controversial? - Crikey Why are gene patents so controversial? Four thousand human genes have already been patented and Melissa Parke and Bill Heffernan want to ban all patents on human genes. Scott Barnes asks the experts on why these ... Crikey - 19 hours, 22 minutes ago  
• The Urbanist: the pros and cons of congestion ... - Crikey The Urbanist: the pros and cons of congestion charging Every time governments contemplate massive investments in urban road infrastructure, it’s instructive to bear in mind there’s a much better alternative. Instead of building something gargantuan like a road tunnel, ... Crikey - 19 hours, 22 minutes ago  
• Markets down again as Greece continues to stutter - Crikey Markets down again as Greece continues to stutter The Dow has been down in 9 of the last 10 sessions. Read more on the blog... Crikey - 19 hours, 22 minutes ago  
• Published 19 hours ago
• Bikies turn on viewers, MasterChef cools - Crikey Bikies turn on viewers, MasterChef cools MasterChef should have done better at 7.30pm than the 954,000 viewers it attracted. Read more on the blog... Crikey - 19 hours, 22 minutes ago  
• ACMA upholds Sandilands … GetUp! ad snub … - Crikey ACMA upholds Sandilands … GetUp! ad snub … In today's Media Briefs: Front Page of the Day ... ACMA upholds Kyle Sandilands ruling ... GetUp! anti-supermarket pokies ad refused airtime by TV networks and more ... Read more ... Crikey - 19 hours, 22 minutes ago  
• Craig Thomson continues to get the press - Crikey Craig Thomson continues to get the press Thomson himself remained third in our chart but narrowed the gap on top spot claiming in interview that he was framed. Read more on the blog... Crikey - 19 hours, 22 minutes ago  
• Out with the working families - Crikey Out with the working families It’s in with the working people. Prime Minister Julia Gillard had seven references to them in her speech yesterday to the ACTU Congress. Read more on the blog... Crikey - 19 hours, 22 minutes ago  
• Pyongyang in Brizze … not very appy with ... - Crikey Pyongyang in Brizze … not very appy with The Oz … From the Crikey grapevine, the latest tips and rumours … The day Brisbane turned into Pyongyang. Seems the new Premier has upset a few people up north today. “Kim Jong ... Crikey - 19 hours, 22 minutes ago  
• Published 19 hours ago
• We will decide how terrible ASIO are and ... - Crikey We will decide how terrible ASIO are and the circumstances under which they are really terrible Buy this cartoon as a poster! Click here. Read more on the blog... Crikey - 19 hours, 23 minutes ago  
• Sun misses a great ‘gotcha’ - Crikey Sun misses a great ‘gotcha’ We're not saying news of "British beauty" Rebecca Black being thrown into a Dubai jail "after being accused of having naked s-x in the back of a taxi" isn't a ... Crikey - 19 hours, 23 minutes ago  
• Gotcha: Brooks charged, Rundle on Greek crisis, US ... - Crikey Gotcha: Brooks charged, Rundle on Greek crisis, US slaps Roxon on intel, ALP member: primaries won’t work, inside the ACTU conference, Oz Council report analysed Read more on the blog... Crikey - 19 hours, 23 minutes ago  
• Oke, Kanis to contest bitter byelection battle for ... - Crikey Oke, Kanis to contest bitter byelection battle for Melbourne Melbourne city councillor Cathy Oke will take on her council ally, Labor's Jennifer Kanis, in the byelection battle for the heart and soul of Melbourne. Read more on the blog... Crikey - 21 hours, 19 minutes ago  
• Consumer confidence up slightly in May - TheBull Consumer confidence up slightly in May The Reserve Bank's generous cut to the cash rate in May has failed to help consumers feel more confident, an industry survey shows. TheBull - 21 hours, 39 minutes ago  
• Published 22 hours ago
• Incitec fertiliser rejig will pay off: Fazzino - Queensland Country Life Incitec fertiliser rejig will pay off: Fazzino AFTER a sluggish start to the fertiliser sales year Incitec Pivot is tipping the recent restructure of its three fertiliser businesses under one management umbrella will sharpen its results. Queensland Country Life - 22 hours, 12 minutes ago