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
- <i>Australian Idol</i>: The gossip on Kate Cook
For the evening:
- Tuesday is new CD day! We suggest The Rolling Stone’s latest ressue: <i>Get Yer Yaya’s Out</i>. 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.
