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Murdoch's world of opportunity

Melbourne :: Australia | about 13 hours ago | Entertainment News

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Wolff, the author of an authorised biography of the media mogul, found a confounding and difficult subject, writes Ian Munro in New York. Constantly in motion and alert to possibility, voracious and instinctive, unthinking and remorseless: by Michael Wolff's...

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Small outlets face turbulence

Melbourne :: Australia | about 16 hours ago | Business News

Source: The Australian

Sales of household goods were down 3.4 per cent in October compared with the same month last year. And those at the front line say conditions have deteriorated further...Mr Harvey said 20 per cent of Harvey Norman stores were losing...

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Melbourne defies new homes crash

Melbourne :: Australia | about 13 hours ago | Business News

Source: The Age

Melbourne is holding firm despite housing approvals crashing nationally as yesterday's boom regions become tomorrow's disaster areas. The Bureau of Statistics reports that the number of housing approvals nationally plunged another 5 per cent in October to 10,730.

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FOX Sports Australia: Irishman resists call of home

Melbourne :: Australia | about 15 hours ago | Sports News

Source: Androscoggin News

And a phone call home to Ireland after he was delisted by Brisbane Lions confirmed as much. "My two brothers are very supportive of me over here and they said, 'Stay over here as long as you can and don't...

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Kenyan player missing at Homeless World Cup

Melbourne :: Australia | 1 day ago | Political News

Source: Taiwan News

Organizers of football's Homeless World Cup in Melbourne are reportedly trying to find a Kenyan player who has been missing for a week. The man, in his 20s, has not joined his team since arriving in Melbourne, in the southern...

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Geelong plant closes, 150 jobs to go

Melbourne :: Australia | 1 day ago | Technology News

Source: The Sunshine Coast Daily

Union leaders have attacked an American company's decision to close its Victorian operation, with the loss of 150 textile jobs. Geelong-based Huyck.Wangner, which manufactures fabric ingredients used in paper production, will gradually wind down production, its US parent company Xerium...

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Magistrate opts out of Mokbel case

Melbourne :: Australia | 1 day ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: The Daily Telegraph

Tony Mokbel because his wife works with a witness. Magistrate Phillip Goldberg told the Melbourne Magistrates' Court the connection between his wife and barrister Nicola Gobbo meant he should not hear the case. Ms Gobbo is one of four lawyers...

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Winterbottom clings to title hopes

Melbourne :: Australia | 1 day ago | Sports News

Source: The Daily Telegraph (Australia)

Mark Winterbottom has not given up on his dream of winning the V8 Supercars championship. Just two days before Winterbottom's sudden- death title battle with Jamie Whincup at Oran Park, the Ford Performance star yesterday took on the infamous Cronulla...

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Doyle slows on Swanston Street

Melbourne :: Australia | 1 day ago | Political News

Source: The Age

Soon after wearing the ornate mayoral robe and chains for the first time, Cr Doyle admitted his push to reopen Swanston Street to cars may not win the backing of the newly elected Melbourne City Council. "I make no decisions...

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WAN shock board spill

Melbourne :: Australia | 2 days ago | Business News

Source: The Age

Seven owner Kerry Stokes has tightened his grip on West Australian Newspapers, with three of the company's directors and its chief executive departing in a shock move. The resignation of the three directors and the ousting of chief executive Ken...

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