| Source: | Lateline Business |
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| Published: | Thursday, August 7, 2008 9:14 AEST |
| Expires: | Wednesday, November 5, 2008 9:14 AEST |
Gambling operator Tabcorp has ended a troubled financial year with $700 million in write-downs, most of it relating to the loss of the company's poker machine licence in Victoria. But investors have been cheering the company's better than expected operating profit.
Some Australians stranded in Bangkok are being told that their travel insurance won't be valid.
Scientists say they've pinpointed certain gene combinations which make some suffer longer than others.
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