National
The great credit card rate cut wait
GEORGINA ROBINSON 9:27am |
Two out of three credit cards have still not dropped their interest rates, despite four cuts in Australia's official cash rate by the Reserve Bank.
World
Israel intensifies campaign in southern Gaza
11:54am |
Israeli warplanes strike suspected tunnels in Egyptian city Rafah,
witnesses say.
Business Day
Macquarie warns of profit hit
1:28pm |
Macquarie Group warns it faced extremely tough market conditions in the December quarter, sending its shares sharply down.
- Michael Pascoe Colonial closes top fund
- Building approvals dive
- Trade surplus halves
- ASX Stocks led lower by resources
- Telstra sticks to profit goals
- Call to switch as credit cards shun rate cut
- Babcock & Brown shares in trading halt
- Indian software giant admits scam
- US porn moguls' plea for government relief
- Ian Verrender: The regulators fiddled while we got burnt
Opinion
Shocking cynicism of a poisoned homeland
SARA DOWSE |
It has taken me days to begin writing this, so horrified have I
been by Israel's latest actions.
- Jordan Baker: Sacrificial lambs on the altar of fashionable eating
- Paul Sheehan: Hurts so good: Robbie rules the roost
- Jessica Irvine: Eat your Weeties and earn more
- Aaron Timms: North Shore gumbo just the beginning
- Heckler: Talk about exceeding the limit!
Choking to death in suburbs
More people die from air pollution than on roads, says Elizabeth Farrelly.
Technology
Google makes cuts as recession bites
10:43am |
Google has jettisoned a substantial number of temporary workers in
a recent austerity drive spurred by the grim economic climate.
Travel
Lift your game, UK's grumpy hotel staff told
11:59am |
Second-hand soap, threadbare towels and grumpy staff won't cut it any more, warns British tourism chief.
Sport
Hayden weighing up future
12:54pm |
Matthew Hayden says he will take his time in making a decision on his future.
- A-League: Gold Coast target Culina may stay in Europe
- Football: Derby upsets Manchester United in League Cup
- Cycling: Rogers wins national time trial championship
- Tennis: Guccione handed Sydney wildcard
- Dakar Rally: Heart attack killed motorcyclist
Elizabeth Farrelly
Choking to death in the suburbs.
Peter Roebuck
Exhilarating, intense and sporting - long live Test cricket.
Ian Verrender
The regulators fiddled while we got burnt.




















