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Send money to Greece? Have you lost your marbles?

AUSTRALIA has some very rich Greeks. Many have built fortunes from nothing in a generation or two. So they might baulk at a bold request from the mother country: send cash to rescue Greece from its debt crisis.

Gospel blues from the wings of a dove to the heart of the city

PATTY GRIFFIN Downtown Church (EMI)

Tusker gives 4 million reasons to be happy

If gold equities are flavour of the month it is doubly so when you're talking about African gold equities. That is why the $10 million float (50 million 20c shares) of Tusker Gold is going down a treat, with a listing likely on December 17 if all goes according to plan.

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Channelling Coco

AUDREY TAUTOU might be able to make a cardigan jacket look sexy but not everyone can. Despite this, women the world over are scrambling as we speak to get their hands on cardigan jackets and boxy, boucle and tweed jackets made famous by Coco Chanel all those years ago.

Gold Coast Skyscraper Developers Becoming Cautious

THE retreating property market is beginning to hurt the Gold Coast unit and serviced apartment sector.

Black Gold

NEWCASTLE export coal is selling for between $170 and $235 a tonne, turning a once low-price product into black gold.

Private Hospitals Go For Medicare Gold

Leading private hospital groups have swung behind Labor's $2.9 billion pledge to give immediate free treatment to older patients, under its Medicare Gold scheme - which has been dismissed as "a hoax" by the Prime Minister, John Howard.

Exploration 'weak Link' For Gold

New concerns have been raised about the Australian gold industry's ability to sustain its annual $8 billion-plus investment on capital works, exploration and operational expenditure despite the strong gold price.

Surfwear Chain Promoter Jailed

Failed Gold Coast surfwear entrepreneur Lux Daswani has been jailed for up to 12 years, after pleading guilty to charges relating to dishonestly obtaining millions of dollars in bank loans and abusing his position as a company director.