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Brain drain: why young entrepreneurs leave home

17 May 12 | "WE'VE created crack for women," says 20-year-old entrepreneur Nikki Durkin of her online fashion startup 99dresses. The trouble is, Australian financiers don't want to get the habit.

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Chapeau Robbie McEwen on a great career

17 May 12 | On Sunday, the racing career of one of Australian greatest riders will end. When Robbie McEwen comes to a halt after the last stage of the Tour of California and dismounts his bike, a terrific chapter of sporting toil and triumph will close. But it won't be the last that Australian cycling sees of McEwen as he will continue with the Orica-GreenEDGE team as their sprint consultant.

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Facebook mania: pitfalls and profits

17 May 12 | Facebook’s IPO is easily the most eagerly anticipated share debut of the year - but what should a local investor make of the hype?

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HSUeast is completely dysfunctional, court hears

17 May 12 | The NSW Industrial Court has ruled that an application to place HSUeast into administration should be heard urgently because it is "completely dysfunctional and its ability to represent its members' industrial interests is imperilled".

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No spoof: Thomson may claim his phone was hacked

17 May 12 | In his statement on Monday, the member for Dobell may suggest he was the victim of spoofing, an illegal practice involving a specific website in which somebody can make it seem as though they are calling from someone else's phone when they are not.

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Mundine's got Game - and maybe Snoop Dogg too

17 May 12 | Anthony Mundine is set to work with Jeff Fenech ahead of his first US fight and hopes to have rap stars Game and Snoop Dogg in his corner for the July 14 bout with former WBO light middleweight champion Bronco McKart at The Palms in Las Vegas

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The Scarlet Pimpernel of funds management

17 May 12 | The mysterious Peter Drake is executive director of the ill-fated LM First Mortgage Fund whose investors are hurting badly.

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Face-sook: an open secret?

17 May 12 | Does Facebook say far more about your relationship than you realise?

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Victor Chang's killer set to be freed and deported

17 May 12 | The man who fired the shot that killed heart surgeon Victor Chang may be out of prison by late July, after the NSW Parole Authority indicated its intention to grant him parole.

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Wiggles shake-up: female back-up dancer joins as three members retire

17 May 12 | A 20-year-old back-up dancer for the Wiggles will become the group's first female member, as part of a major line-up change.

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'It is her duty to look good and fit': Bollywood star and former Miss World targeted over failure to lose post-pregnancy weight

17 May 12 | The former Miss World is due to appear at the Cannes festival as a debate about her weight rages

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The Voice sacking triggers The Conspiracy drama

17 May 12 | It takes a giant TV show to create a giant conspiracy theory.

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Conservatives want Third World Australia: Shorten

17 May 12 | Mr Shorten struck out at those he said were trying to "smear" the entire union movement over the Health Services Union affair. He said unions should not listen to conservative commentators who were now regularly saying that the only way to make Australian workplaces more competitive was by cutting wages and conditions.

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