The Lunch Box 03/11

Spring Lunchin’

It's Melbourne Cup day - what more do you need to know. So here's all the latest as the nation goes mad on the punt and has a really good excuse for a lunch/party/event. Have fun.

Melbourne Cup 2009

• RESULTS - NSW TAB Totes
• 21 Shocking $9.80 $3.40
• 8 Crime Scene $11.20
• 5 Mourilyan $7.30
• 4 Master O'Reilly ran 4th
• Quinella: $268.00, Exacta: $424.90, Trifecta: $8694.60, First Four: $80963.90

• The race: Shocking sits three-wide and still wins
• Final placings: How your horse fared
• Record plunge: NSW and Victorian punters wage $95.6 million

Channel latest

• NetSuite CEO, Zach Nelson, claimed that traditional VARs are an endangered species thanks to cloud computing
• ISV, Intelligent Software Development, announced it has increased its ties with the Department of Defence

State of the market

• The markets are still skittish and shed early gains in the afternoon. At close of trading the S&P/ASX200 was down 8.9 points at 4531.5.
• The Aussie dollar is up again to $US0.9039, but expect more movement following the Reserve Bank’s decision on interest rates today. Gold is up to $US1050.4 an ounce while oil has risen to $US78.1 a barrel

General news

• Interest rates: Up to 3.5%
• Asylum seekers: Twelve Sri Lankans lost in sea tragedy
• Politics: Coalition pulls back Labor in latest Newspoll
• Real Estate: Land charges 'pricing out buyers'
• Emissions trading scheme debate: Climate expert, Clive Splash,'heavied' by CSIRO management
• Expert tech: Laptops move into netbook territory
• Opinion: Swan misses chance for recovery
• Hot stuff: Sydney boils as mercury rises
• Technology: Microsoft warns of worms infesting computers

Sport

• Cricket: Stunning comeback; Aussies sink India
• World Series: Yankees win 7-4 to lead 3-1
• A-League Coast agree to scrap the cap
• Rugby union: Leicester confirms signing of Tuquiri
• AFL: Ror Ross, it's the beginning of the end
• Rugby League: Sheens shocked by heavy-handed tactics
• Rugby League (2): Free Willie - Club will cope without star, Anasta says

Entertainment

• Radio: Triple M still searching for ratings
• Box office record-breaker: This Is It sets worldwide box office record
• Television: Free TV, ABC call for sport Web bans
• Small screen value shrinks: Seven cuts $1.5bn from TV value
• Magwatch:Tom and Katie renegotiate marriage contract
• Style stoush: Hells Angels get shirty with Mambo
• Australian Idol: The gossip on Kate Cook

For the evening:

• Tuesday is new CD day! We suggest The Rolling Stone’s latest ressue: Get Yer Yaya’s Out. It's a classic.

Tomorrow's weather:

• Sydney: Chance shower. Min: 18, Max: 22
• Melbourne: Shower or two. Min: 12, Max: 19
• Brisbane: Fine. Min: 19, Max: 31
• Perth: Shower or two developing. Min: 17, Max: 31
• Adelaide: Fine. Partly cloudy. Min: 11, Max: 22
• Hobart: Shower or two. Min: 7, Max: 16
• Canberra: Fine. Partly cloudy. Min: 9, Max: 24
• Darwin: Afternoon or evening storm. Min: 25, Max: 35

Product Wars: Movie/TV inspired gadgets

Results so far...

• 1st - Doctor Who K9 style Roving security sentry - 90%
• 2nd - Get Smart Shoe Phone - 84%
• 3rd - Transformers style “All Spark” Hub - 70%
• 4th - James Bond hidden video-camera watch - 63%
• 5th - Dick Tracy inspired touch-screen internet watch - 61%

Don't agree with the results? Do something about it by voting here.

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