Business
Leighton building a bigger profit
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LEIGHTON Holdings has reaffirmed its forecast for a full-year profit of up to $650 million after its first-quarter growth.
Fewer Australians in dole queues
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A FALL in the unemployment rate for October shows the Australian job market is in a good place, economists say.
Local stocks finish the week stronger
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AUSTRALIAN shares closed firmly higher on positive offshore leads and short-covering ahead of the weekend.
Dollar steady despite Eurozone crisis
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THE Australian dollar finished the week mildly firmer on subdued trading volumes.
Beach wins control of Adelaide
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BEACH Energy has won control of Adelaide Energy just three days after launching a hostile 20c per share bid.
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New Adelaide Hills mine finished
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THE construction of Hillgrove Resources' Kanmantoo copper mine in the Adelaide Hills is complete.
Mining & Energy
Miner sues for millions after ban
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MINING company Marathon Resources has accused the State Government of withholding all details of the proposed ban on mining in the Arkaroola area.
Business Owner
Bernie Lewis gets In the Zone
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INTEGRATED advice business Bernie Lewis is not a company resting on its laurels having been recently named best national mortage advice business.
Money
Homeowners slash prices to make a sale
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PROPERTY sales in one state are so slow vendors are dropping their asking prices by 25 per cent to wrap up a sale.
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Financials
PM pushes for global accord
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JULIA Gillard has called on world leaders to provide "a shot in the arm" to the troubled global economy by generating new jobs.
Investors bet on gold resurgence
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GOLD futures climbed today amid expectations of a eurozone turnaround.
Europe optimism buoys Crude
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CRUDE futures rose overnight, settling at the highest level in nearly four months.
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Cheap shots for women
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TEENAGE girls are being lured to city pubs and nightclubs with offers of cheap - and even free - drink specials that leave them falling down drunk and vulnerable.
Sport
Sharing the Coast's golden glow
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ADELAIDE will push to play an unofficial role in the 2018 Commonwealth Games awarded to the Gold Coast yesterday.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Village people come out to play in style
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IT was billed as the "party of the year" and the opening of the newly refurbished Burnside Village did not disappoint.
TECHNOLOGY
The world's smallest 'car' hits the road
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EUROPEAN scientists have taken compact design to the next level with the world's smallest four-wheeler, revealed today in the journal Nature.
TRAVEL
Thrillseekers terrifying new craze makes planking lame
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ADRENALIN junkies swing from jagged rock-face 83m from the ground in death-defying new Aussie craze.