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  1. Morning...hope all a good weekend (lots of roos and 2 eagles were highlights at my end). Here's the early wrap: http://tinyurl.com/yzzyqby about 2 hours ago from web
  2. Morning...Wall St up 0.7%, and ASX futures pointed about 0.5%. Meanwhile, Madoff computer aides in strife: http://tinyurl.com/yelr5zm 4:45 PM Nov 13th from web
  3. Envir min Garrett to rule on Tas' Tarkine road Nov25, AAP says. Item has silly line about saving QLD's 'ugly lungfish - as if looks count! 9:27 PM Nov 12th from web
  4. Markets just closed...dullish sort of a day. ASX down 0.9% for the day, but clinging on to a 2.4% gain for the week. $A lower at 92.5 US. 9:24 PM Nov 12th from web
  5. Morning: bit of a down day ahead...Dow off 0.9%, and $A down by a US cent... Here's our early wrap: http://tinyurl.com/yzlxvqj 1:18 PM Nov 12th from web
  6. ASX closed lower, as part of a pull-back across the region...ending 0.2% down on the day. $A also easing to 93.3USc, from 93.6-plus earlier 10:09 PM Nov 11th from web
  7. Jobless rate edged higher to 5.8%...but surprise was the 24500 extra jobs. Hench $A soaring and rate rise in Dec. all but certain. 4:56 PM Nov 11th from web
  8. Main item this morning will be jobless figures...due out in 25mins. Markets expecting 5.8% unemplymt rate, with 10,000 jobs lost. Let's see 4:06 PM Nov 11th from web
  9. Morning, Tiger Woods mania aside, markets looking slightly higher, with gold a new record. Here's the wrap: http://tinyurl.com/yz3wewg 1:09 PM Nov 11th from web
  10. Name of co-winner of $150m european lottery? Peachey. Meanwhile here's our morning wrap of the markets: http://tinyurl.com/ykaaj5j 1:02 PM Nov 10th from web
  11. Stocks held on to most of their gains - best three-day run since July. Here's the evening wrap: http://tinyurl.com/y9x8nqh 10:08 PM Nov 9th from web
  12. But hey, ASX up $60b in three days, dollar nudging 93 US cents, and both Tiger Woods and Britney Spears in town. What's not to like? 8:22 PM Nov 9th from web
  13. A small kiosk at the end, offering climate change books, etc, warning of the threat of future fires - alone, unattended and mostly ignored 8:20 PM Nov 9th from web
  14. Watching Barnaby J on 4Corners last night reminded me of last Sunday's mob at Marysville - site of the Vic fires, where dozens died (more) 8:17 PM Nov 9th from web
  15. Here's an item about who's looking to profit from Tiger Woods' visit to Melbourne: http://tinyurl.com/yjk9qub 6:20 PM Nov 9th from web
  16. Stocks-wise, with the Dow just closing 2% higher on the day, we can expect a third day of strong gains here: http://tinyurl.com/yedh2cp 1:13 PM Nov 9th from web
  17. Morning: set for another rising day on the markets, starting with gold: http://tinyurl.com/yedh2cp 1:11 PM Nov 9th from web
  18. Another strong day for the ASX...up 1.8%. CBA alone jumped 4.5%, while AXA AsiaPac is up 33% on the take-over tangle with AMP and parent AXA 9:28 PM Nov 8th from web
  19. Home loans on the up http://tinyurl.com/y9kwgbr but job ads not doing so well: http://tinyurl.com/ykkk6d4 6:08 PM Nov 8th from web
  20. Fairly busy news day, with markets rising strongly for a second day in a row: http://tinyurl.com/yz4g8v6 6:05 PM Nov 8th from web