Published on December 19, 2010 by Technology Slice
Banks Are Still Optimistic – Often criticised for not fronting up to the public, Australia’s bank bosses have been almost inescapable in one of the industry’s biggest weeks in recent memory. Bashed by Canberra, the media and their customers, senior executives of the big four banks got a chance to retaliate. Three of the four [...]
Tags: anz, Bank Bosses, Bank Executives, Building Societies, Canberra, Chief Executives, Committee Inquiry, Commonwealth, Credit Unions, Glut, Messrs, Mike Smith, nab, Public Appearances, Ralph Norris, Senate Committee, Senior Executives, Treasurer Wayne, Wayne Swan, Westpac
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Published on December 13, 2010 by Technology Slice
Macbook For Under $1000 – Apple MacBooks have joined the Australian retail pre-Xmas discounting war. After Dick Smith Electronics announced the first-ever Intel Core i7 -powered notebook for under $1,000, WOW Sight & Sound has hit back with a milestone of its own: the first Apple MacBook 13in to $999, a saving of $200 off [...]
Tags: Apple Computers, Apple Macbook, Apple Macbooks, Canberra, Computing Power, Dick Smith Electronics, First Apple, Free Freight, Graphics Card, Graphics Programs, Imovie, Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, Milestone, Nvidia, Queensland, Rrp, Video Editing Programs, Windows Machines, Wow Sight Sound, Xmas
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Published on November 22, 2010 by Technology Slice
Detention Center Protest Continues – Five local residents have travelled Canberra at their own expense in a bid to lobby the prime minister and independent MPs to delay the centre’s opening. Weeks of community mediation over the Inverbrackie centre have failed to quell local concerns that health and education services will be stretched to the [...]
Tags: asylum seekers, Canberra, Community Action Group, Community Mediation, Defence Housing, Disaster, Due Diligence, Education Services, Evacuations, Federal Government, Housing Estate, Independent Mps, Locals, Parliamentary Inquiry, Prime Minister, protest, Refugee Group, refugees, Undesirable Element, Woodside Community
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Published on November 9, 2010 by Technology Slice
Joel Monaghan Did Not Get Overseas Offer – Monaghan’s immediate football career collapsed last week after a photo was posted on the internet showing him in a lewd act with a dog. The Raiders board was due to make an decision on his playing future on Monday, but chose to wait until they met with [...]
Tags: Alan Tongue, Apologised, Canberra, Chief Executive, Don Furner, Football Career, Joel Monaghan, Lewd Act, Moment Of Madness, Offence, photo, Raiders, S Board
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Published on November 3, 2010 by Technology Slice
Commonwealth Bank’s Super Sized Interest Rate Hike – The Commonwealth Bank knows its big shareholders would not stand it earning only another $6 billion this financial year. That’s the real reason Australia’s largest and most profitable institution increased its lending rates by nearly twice as much as the Reserve Bank. The other big banks are [...]
Tags: Ammo, Australian Dollar, Backlash, Canberra, Christmas Season, Commonwealth Bank, cop, Dismay, Gfc, Interest Rate Hike, Leading Bank, Margins, Parity, Peers, Percentage Point Increase, Percentage Points, Real Reason, S Brian, Shareholders, Us Currency
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