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Cash-strapped post office tests same-day delivery
Emboldened by rapid growth in e-commerce shipping, the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service is moving aggressively this holiday season to start a premium service for the Internet shopper seeking the instant gratification of a store purchase: same-day package delivery.
- by Hope Yen
Markets Live: Shares stuck in Euro gloom
Australian stocks fell for a third day after early bargain hunting gave way to worries about Europe's raging debt crisis.
A race that can stop the nation
The financial runners are in the starting gates as David Potts dusts off his binoculars and climbs into the caller's seat.
Highlights of Obama's $3.73 trillion budget
A look at what President Barack Obama has requested in his $3.73 trillion budget for the 2012 fiscal year beginning Oct. 1.
- by The Associated Press
Levy to fund disability scheme: good news and bad
The Gillard government should introduce a levy to fund its proposed disability scheme and Australians and the Parliament should support it.
- by Letters to the editor
In safe hands
Obstetrician Christine Tippett is an unflinching advocate of a woman's right to choose — as long as that decision is well-informed.
- by Jill Stark
Santa's little helpers
As the cost of children's Christmas wishes snowballs, struggling parents are finding a new form of credit - and compassion - to pay the bills, writes Adele Horin.
Goward attack: mums betrayed
- by Carmel Egan
When can I afford to retire? Why 2 percentage points makes the difference
Financial expert George Cochrane answers readers' questions.
- by George Cochrane
The hits and misses of corporate confession season
From mauled miners to booming broadcasters, wretched retailers to faltering finance, this was an earnings season of truly mixed messages.
- by Clancy Yeates, Patrick Hatch, Carolyn Cummins, Cole Latimer and Darren Gray & Jennifer Duke
'Bad policy': Peter Dutton's early economic policy platform lashed
Peter Dutton's first big policy push has been savaged by his former cabinet colleagues, business and economists.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Explainer
Coronavirus pandemic
Can you catch COVID-19 from Aussie bats? When are you immune? Your questions answered
We're answering your questions about COVID-19 as they hit our inboxes, with regular updates featuring up top.
- by Sherryn Groch and Felicity Lewis
Rate hikes punish mortgage holders, not big spenders
Resistant inflation numbers show that the Reserve Bank’s loan rate hikes punish the wrong spenders