RadioShack to close up to 1100 US stores

RADIOSHACK plans to close up to 1,100 of its underperforming stores in the US and has reported a wider loss for its fourth quarter as traffic slowed during the critical holiday season. The stock tumbled more than 24 per cent in Tuesday premarket...

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Winds pose new threat to Vic mine fire

Teacher sues over blackboard injury A FORMER science teacher who says using a defective 1950s-style blackboard left her with debilitating injuries is suing the state for $850,000 Law & Order Share Rodriguez joins Melbourne Grand Prix...

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Study shows HPV vaccine saves lives

AUSTRALIA'S mass HPV vaccination program is working and saving lives, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal. The population-based study shows women who are fully vaccinated are far less likely to develop cervical cancer...

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Medicare costs must be reined in: Dutton

HEALTH Minister Peter Dutton says the Medicare system needs to modernised to be affordable, but he won't say if GP co-payments will be part of the mix. The Consumers Health Forum on Tuesday reignited debate on GP co-payments, when it released...

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Hospitals could be $1b more efficient

EDS: Not for use before 2000 (AEDT), Tuesday, March 4. CANBERRA, March 4 AAP - Almost $1 billion could be saved each year if public hospitals were forced to be more efficient with their spending, a think tank says. The Grattan Institute says...

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AEC assurances sought ahead of WA poll

FEDERAL parliament will seek assurances from the Australian Electoral Commission ahead of Western Australia's Senate poll re-run. A joint parliamentary committee hearing in Canberra on Wednesday will continue its investigation into the AEC's...

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Economic growth getting a little faster

AUSTRALIA'S economic growth is expected to have strengthened a little at the end of 2013, getting a boost from a lift in mining and resource exports. December quarter gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to have grown by 0.7 per cent, for...

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