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Wesfarmers takes $2 billion hit

1 Jan , 1970 Uncategorized

WESFAMERS’ full-year profit dropped 83.3 per cent to $407 million after it wrote down the value of its Target department stores and Curragh coal mine by $2.2 billion. Source: News.com.au Finance

Turnbull refuses to back Rudd

1 Jan , 1970 Uncategorized

PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull will not support former prime minister Kevin Rudd in his bid to become the first Australian United Nations Secretary General. Source: News.com.au Finance

Why your degree is now worthless

1 Jan , 1970 Uncategorized

AUSTRALIA’S university system is letting students down and pumping out graduates with “broken dreams and a large student debt”, the head of a body representing the country’s most prestigious institutions has noted. Source: News.com.au Finance

Tap-and-go: Avoid getting stung

1 Jan , 1970 Uncategorized

MORE than three quarters of Australians say tap-and-go is their favourite way to pay — not bad for a financial technology that’s only emerged significantly in the past few years. Source: News.com.au Finance

Qantas rewrites aviation history

1 Jan , 1970 Uncategorized

JUST two years after Qantas sank to its biggest ever loss, the Flying Kangaroo has soared to new heights with a record $1.532 billion pre-tax profit, and $1 billion after tax. Source: News.com.au Finance