Published on November 10, 2010 by Technology Slice
Commonwealth Bank Customers Leaving In Droves – An extra 40 staff had to be drafted to field calls from customers wanting to leave the bank or find out details of the impact of its decision to increase the rate on its home loans by 0.45 per cent. Between 20 and 25 extra staff are still [...]
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Published on July 7, 2010 by Technology Slice
George Michael Arrested After Car Crash – Singer George Michael was reportedly been arrested after a car crash in London. The BBC says the 47-year-old pop star was arrested on Sunday after police responded to reports that a car had crashed into a building in Hampstead, an upscale residential area in north London.
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Published on March 16, 2010 by Technology Slice
UBS Gets Tax Queries From Australia – Swiss banking giant UBS says Australian, British and Canadian tax authorities have filed requests for information after it settled a massive tax evasion case with US authorities. Following the deal with the US “tax and regulatory authorities in a number of countries have requested information relating to the [...]
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Published on March 10, 2010 by Technology Slice
Man In Wheelchair Assaulted – A man in a wheelchair has been punched in the face, stomped on and hit on the head with metal bars at a train station in Sydney’s west. The 35-year-old Canadian national was trying to leave Mt Druitt station when two males began verbally intimidating him last night, police say. [...]
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Published on March 2, 2010 by Technology Slice
Trinity Bates – Family friend of murdered Bundaberg girl Trinity Bates, who lived only streets away from the eight-year-old, has been questioned along with several others by police over the shocking killing. Queensland police spent yesterday questioning the young man, described by neighbours as “intellectually disabled”, as forensic officers combed his family home. The man, [...]
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