The lunch box - 12/08

- Another day another lunch

Snack down on some juicy news bits over lunch, and keep up to date with the goings-on in the world with the ARN lunch box!

Channel latest

• Retailer, JB Hi-Fi, has continued its run of impressive results with its most recent announcement
• Jobs remain down, but there are pockets of demand, according to Kelly Services Market Wrap
• Secure networking vendor, AEP, has set up shop in Australia

State of the market

• The ASX 200 had a shaky day, but closed at 4341.1, up 11.1 points.
• Meanwhile, gold is up to $US947.6, and oil has fell to $US69.5

General news

• Kokoda plane crash: No survivors, nine Australians dead, Rudd says
• Dressed to steal: Snazzy robbers pull off $80m jewel heist (with video)
• Rio Tinto spy scandal: Chinese charge Hu and three others
• Property slump: Stockland posts $1.8bn loss
• Stamped out: Charges after $4.2m postal fraud - Australia's biggest
• Born to tweet: Wife of Twitter boss 'tweets' son's birth
• Email an alien: Australians invited to send message to Gilese 581d
• Something's out there: NT UFOs on video, but excess traffic crashes site - or does it?

Sport

• The Ashes (1): Fighting talk at last as Mitch finds mojo
• The Ashes (2): Clark no certainty for 5th Test selection
• NRL (1): Former star, Craig Field, cleared of armed robbery
• NRL (2): Inglis future clouded as partner flees
• Pain in the neck: Schumacher calls off comeback
• Football: Verbeek to stick with single striker
• Swimming: Trickett, Sprenger, Seebohm set world records

Entertainment

• Nic nosedives: Jet frontman collapses twice during London gig
• Publishing faux pas: Dark reaction to whitewashed book
• Hewitts want a name: New idea apologises to Bec over brother mix-up
• Tyson: An American epic is born
• Food to swallow: Sydney's best cheesecake
• So You Think You Can Dance: Talia's sick but still in step
• Wolfmother: Second album, first review

• Crime fiction veteran, Marele Day, is back with a new book – The Sea Bed, but according to The Australian, it’s not what you would expect.

Tomorrow's weather:

• Sydney: Fine. Mostly sunny. Min: 10, Max: 21
• Melbourne: Shower or two, clearing later. Min: 10, Max: 17
• Brisbane: Fine. Min: 13, Max: 28
• Perth: Few showers. Min: 11, Max: 19
• Adelaide: Possible morning shower. Min: 8, Max: 17
• Hobart: Rain, clearing. Min: 8, Max: 14
• Canberra: Fine, partly cloudy. Min: 3, Max: 14
• Darwin: Fine and sunny. Min: 19, Max: 31

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