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Clive Peeters Open To Take Over Offers

Clive Peeters CEO Greg Smith who today reported a 90% decline in profits has said that he is open to takeover offers or a major new investor. He has also...

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Consumer Tech Market Slumps 5%

Aussie consumer tech drops 5% in Q4 as "aggressive price discounting" bites, according to Gfk.

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Queensland- Beautiful One Day, Fraudulent The Next

Things are always bigger in Queensland- houses, bananas and footy teams in particular, and so it seems is the size of eBay fraud as Queensland police say they have tracked...

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Carbon ‘Dob-In’ Hotline Calls

Suspect businesses are charging excess carbon tax on the sly?

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Allans Billy Hyde To Shut Up Shop

As tipped exclusively by ChannelNews last week, the Allans Billy Hyde musical instrument stores are set to close after the $2 billion dollar Guitar Centre decided not to go ahead...

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Harvey Norman OFIS Prefers Manaccom

Harvey Norman's new OFIS chain of office goods stores, which will eventually go up against Woolworths' OfficeWorks, has appointed Trend Micro Internet Security manufacturer, Manaccom, as its preferred software supplier...

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Dick Smith Up As Woolworths Struggle

Woolworths Limited has reported a 6 per cent increase in sales to $27.2 billion for the 27 weeks to 3 January 2010. The company has also reported strong sales in...

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Hand Cleaner Has Massive Kill Rate

InstantFOAM is claimed to be the first alcohol-based foam hand sanitiser to reach the Australian market, which requires no water and has a hospital-strength formula that kills 99.999 percent of...

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Interest Rate Drop Welcomed By Retailers & Vendors

Following the 0.25% drop in the prime lending cash rate by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), both electronics retailers and vendors are sighing a breath of fresh air.

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The Good Guys PR Machine Is Out Spruiking Again, Does This Mean They Are Looking For A Buyer?

The Good Guys PR machine is out spruiking "positive" PR at the moment, the last time they did this the Company was trying to flog the business.

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