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Small Town Sends Chopsticks to China
Every day laptops, shirts and a billion other products are on their way to America with the label: “Made in China.” But in mid-2011 a small town called Americus in Georgia began sending something back...
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Health insurance comparison sites: Consumer friend or foe?
With the rise of the internet, came the rise of the comparison site – a handy tool designed to allow consumers to compare various products side-by-side, without the hassle of having to visit multiple...
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Cheers? Well, if you insist…
Beer drinkers can get fussy about their favourite brew and are prepared to debate its merits while downing several litres of it – especially if somebody is paying. But some people just have to meddle...
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Man Of Steel Gets Super Marketing
Faster than a speeding bullet and more powerful than a locomotive: no, not Superman, but the marketing campaign Warner Bros has developed for this superhero’s latest movie. The latest Superman movie,...
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Myer’s foot in mouth moment
Myer CEO Bernie Brookes has stirred up a social media storm saying the new Medicare levy would result in less spending at its stores. According to Brookes, making Aussies spend an extra dollar a day on...
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Weird world of Game of Thrones merchandise
Game of Thrones has a following like no other current television show. It began as an adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s popular fantasy books but has since become one of the most watched shows on pay...
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Louis Vuitton raises prices to outprice the plebs
Luxury items are just not what they used to be, not with so many plebs buying them anyway. Who wants to spend thousands of dollars on a bag, if you’re just going see some commoner wearing the same one...
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Pay to use roads for which you’ve already paid
With taxes, rego, green slips, high petrol costs, toll road charges and fines for everything from parking to speeding, the luxury of keeping a car in Australia seems to get tougher every day. Soon it...
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Hollywood’s Foreign Investment Plan
While Hollywood films and distributors dominate the movie market in Australia and most other Western countries, the English language has been a barrier for its reach in other countries. But...
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Free Wi-Fi in Australian hotels? Maybe..never.
Time to add another item to the list of ‘Things Australia is Behind On’, and this time it’s free Wi-Fi provision in hotels. In fact, Australia is so behind on this one, that other countries have gone...
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The Tumblr Sale: does web diversity matter?
The news that Yahoo has bought Tumblr sent waves across the web as people tried to figure out how it would affect them. Like most startup sales there has been heated discussion about whether this sale...
View ArticleThe Good, the Bad and the Sexy of Australian Employment
Sergio Leone’s classic spaghetti western may have attracted a slightly different audience had it been given the title of The Good, the Bad and the Sexy, and no doubt, many would have an opinion on...
View ArticleLittle Aussie charity helps UN make an impact
A United Nations agricultural initiative in northern Cambodia had almost failed. But a small Australian charity stepped in to save the day. The United Nations had come to the aid of rice farmers. Many...
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Tip of the gambling iceberg
Live sports bet advertising has seen its fair share of media coverage recently. Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced new rules to regulate it, the TV industry spun a 180 and promised to ban live odds...
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Exporting knowledge to the world
International University students are effectively subsidising their Australian peers, a recent report reveals. The report from the NSW Auditor-General Peter Achterstraat says international students are...
View ArticleIt’s All Greek: Does yogurt culture come at a cost?
Yogurt is becoming more and more popular as people cotton on to the health benefits of probiotics and companies try to cash in on the trend. It has been eaten for thousands of years in various forms,...
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The worrying world of Bitcoin
With the rise of digital wallets, mobile transactions, online shopping and e-trade, it’s only a matter of time before digital currencies become mainstream. While bitcoin and other digital currencies...
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Airline travel site takes off
Travel can be frustrating. From the exasperating news of a delayed flight, to being told to wait for the next flight because there has been an overbooking ‘issue’, to being advised the flight has been...
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Money gets you everywhere – even outer space
With his announcement that the first Virgin Galactic flight will launch on Christmas Day, Richard Branson is one step closer to bringing space travel to the masses. Well, the well-heeled masses, at...
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Bling Ring – capitalising on crime?
Sophia Coppola’s latest movie, The Bling Ring, has sparked some interesting conversations. Based on the real events surrounding a number of teens in LA who actually broke into the homes of celebrities,...
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