Another week, another lunch. It’s getting closer to Christmas now (perhaps you’ve noticed the too-early decorations in supermarkets across the country), but for now enjoy the last few days of Spring – Summer is coming with a vengeance.
Channel news
- Marcus Heron, formerly of Corporate Express, has landed with consumables vendor, Peach
- BTAS has won a major contract to provide Alcatel Lucent technology to defence contractor, Thales Australia
State of the market
- The markets have risen higher than expected in morning trading, but not by much. At 11:13am, the S&P/ASX200 was up 27 points
- The increased market risk led to traders retreating to the USD and dropped the Aussie dollar in overnight trading. It now sells for $US0.9202. Gold is up very slightly to $US1142.2 an ounce while oil is down to $US77.5 a barrel
General news
- Call of the wild: Talking to this telco takes its toll
- Telstra: Dismemberment may be put on hold
- Emissions trading scheme: Offer expires this week, Gillard warns
- Sex scandal: Rann slams 'totally false' allegations by former barmaid
- Lift-off: New airport set for take-off
- NSW burns: Dozens flee as fires threaten homes
- Red light: Internet hook-ups hurt sex industry
- Real estate: Sydney to squeeze in 640,000 new homes
- Anti-abortion: Uproar as JFK's nephew banned from communion
- Stoush: Extraordinary sex life of Paddington pub owner
Sport
- Football: Defoe gets five as Spurs hammer nine past Wigan
- Football (2): Weary Beckham needs fancy footwork to keep three jobs on the go
- A-League: Sydney's spot at the top goes west in Perth
- Cricket: Ooh, Aah, it's the same old McGrath
- Cricket (2): Krejza pulls out Doosra in bid for recall
- Cricket (3): ODIs best for test preparation, Hilditch says
- Cricket: Bollinger tipped for Test team
- Rugby league: No need to panic about rival code expansion, according to Gallop
- Gambling: Betfair and racing authorities battle over fees
- Boxing: Your man Green won't last distance, Jones brags
Entertainment
- <i>Twilight</i>: Sequel makes $US140 million on opening weekend
- ARIA Awards:Access all areas
- <i>Australian Idol</i>: Soul singer Stan Walker wins
- Flight path: The avian highway
- Travel: Plane misses runway, lands in lava
- Film: Matt Preston - the kitchen of my dreams
- radio: Tom Ballard amd Alex Dyson to host Triple J breakfast
- Robbie Williams: Wants to float
- Now for something completely silly: Liam forms new band - Oasis without Noel
For the evening:
- The new movie in the Twilight saga, New Moon came, saw, and left whimpering. While you’ve probably already found yourself dragged to see it, you’re better off getting out the rather wonderful Bram Stoker’s Dracula for a real vampire movie.
Tomorrow's weather:
- Sydney: Shower or two. Min: 17, Max: 21
- Melbourne: Mostly sunny. Min: 11, Max: 25
- Brisbane: A shower or two. Min: 22, Max: 28
- Perth: Sunny. Min: 16, Max: 34
- Adelaide: Fine. Mostly sunny. Min: 14, Max: 23
- Hobart: Mainly fine. Min: 11, Max: 22
- Canberra: Mainly fine. Min: 12, Max: 31
- Darwin: Showers/afternoon storm. Min: 26, Max: 32
Product Wars: Best IT invention
- Results so far...
- 1st - Google - 73%
- 2nd - Netspace - 71%
- 3rd - Apple iPods - 60%
- 4th - Nintendo Gameboy - 55%
- 5th - Social Networking sites - 52%
- Don't like what you see? Go ahead and change the results by voting here.
