Fantastic Furniture sales up slightly | Business Breaking News | News.com.au

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Fantastic said the group’s like for like delivered sales have increased four per cent in September compared with the corresponding period to September 2008, while total sales rose 15 per cent.

Chairman George Bennett also reiterated recent guidance that pre tax net profit for the six months…

Australian share market opens slightly higher | Business Breaking News | News.com.au

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At 10:15 (AEDT), the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 3.2 points, or 0.07 per cent, at 4756.7 while the broader All Ordinaries had edged up 3.4 points, or 0.07 per cent, to 4758.3.

Before the market opened NAB reported a 42.9 per cent fall in annual profit after bad debt charges dented its…

Jetstar launches credit card | Business Breaking News | News.com.au

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Partnering with the card’s issuer, Macquarie Bank, the news marks Jetstar’s first foray into a product beyond airline and holiday travel, offering consumers a low-rate MasterCard or Platinum MasterCard.

“We aim to do for credit cards what Jetstar did for low fares airline travel in…

RBA offical Malcolm Edey warns on business loans | Business Breaking News | News.com.au

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Reserve Bank Assistant Governor of financial system Malcolm Edey also said he was cautiously optimistic about a recovery in financial markets.

“The past year has been an extremely challenging time, but Australia’s financial system, like the economy itself, has come through it better than..

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Country Road “cautious” as sales rise | Business Breaking News | News.com.au

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Country Road said that total sales for the first 17 weeks of 2009/10 were 10.8 per cent higher than the corresponding period of the prior year.

“Sales in stand alone retail stores were up 18.4 per cent on last year and sales in department store concession outlets were up 2.7 per cent,”…

James Packer defends casino business | Business Breaking News | News.com.au

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The Melbourne-based company also said conditions in Macau in China, where it has invested through its 33.5 per cent stake in Melco Crown Entertainment, are improving.

Chairman James Packer told the meeting Crown was weathering the unprecedented global financial storm and was well placed for…

Inflation rose 1pc in September quarter | Business Breaking News | News.com.au

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The median market forecast was for the headline CPI to have risen by 0.9 per cent in the September quarter, for an annual pace of 1.2 per cent.

The ABS said the most significant price rises were for electricity, which rose 11.4 per cent, petrol, up 4 per cent and financial products..

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Skilled job vacancies rose in October | Business Breaking News | News.com.au

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This was the third consecutive monthly increase, having steadily fallen since November 2007.

The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) skilled vacancies index in October was 40.2 points, 44 per cent lower than in October 2008.

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Telstra on track, no change in direction, says CEO David Thodey | Business Breaking News | News.com.au

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Chief executive David Thodey also said his strategy would not lead to a fundamental change in Telstra’s direction, but recent investments in technology upgrades would be used to improve customer service, expand into developing and adjacent businesses, and offer online customer…

Shares down after falls among the majors | Business Breaking News | News.com.au

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At midday AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 18.5 points, or 0.39 per cent, at 4735, while the broader All Ordinaries had fallen 17.1 points, or 0.36 per cent, to 4737.

“Banks are slipping away a little bit at the moment, NAB reported this morning at the top end of expectation…