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Peace of Mind with DriveAway Holidays Hire Car Excess Insurance.
From as little as $5.50* per day DriveAway Holidays Hire Car Excess Insurance will reimburse up to AU$5000 of the amount charged by the car rental supplier in the event of damage or theft to a rental vehicle. As rental rates often only include basic
Updated: 01/31/2012 07:40P
Spring Festival gets deadly with holiday excess
Sudden deaths from heart attacks, wounds by fireworks as well as gastrointestinal disease were top threats during the past holiday. According to the Shenyang first-aid center in Liaoning province, the death toll reached 259 in the city during the
Updated: 01/31/2012 07:35P
The net closes on cyber-snoopers
The warning system, to be introduced by the European Advertising Standards Alliance and the Internet Advertising Bureau of Europe, will allow users to opt out of all Online Behavioural Advertising. It comes as Guy Parker, the chief executive of the
Updated: 01/31/2012 07:07P
Did you overspend on the holidays?
Holiday bills have mostly arrived by now, and 30 per cent of British Columbians say they overspent, a new RBC poll found. BC tops the polls with an average of $543.40 in overspending, compared to a national average of $467.10, RBC said in a news
Updated: 01/31/2012 06:48P
Schools back, drivers beware
Drivers are reminded that while roads have been quieter than usual during the holidays, reduced 40km/h speed limits again apply now that school is back. Broadmeadows senior paramedic team manager Brett Drummond said hectic school drop-off and pick-up
Updated: 01/31/2012 06:38P
Salvation Army sets new holiday fundraising record
AP | Posted: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 2:19 pm | (0) Comments The Salvation Army says it set a new fundraising record with its 2011 Red Kettle campaign during the holidays, raising $147.6 million across the nation. That record is a 3.4 percent increase
Updated: 01/31/2012 06:36P
Amazon 4Q results, outlook sends stock lower
26, 2012 photo, shows a webpage on Amazon.com featuring Kindle e-book readers on a computer screen in Miami. Amazon.com Inc., reports quarterly financial results Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, after the market close. Photo: AP / AP NEW YORK (AP) — Amazons
Updated: 01/31/2012 06:33P
Report shows national holiday spending flat
In a report released earlier this week by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, national consumer spending flat-lined over the holidays despite growth in personal incomes. The report contradicted popular retailer opinion that 2011 holiday shopping would
Updated: 01/31/2012 06:31P
Sydney Kids Meet Scooby - Doo!
MUSICAL MYSTERIES that opens in Sydney (City and Parramatta) during the April school holidays. Details at ScoobyDooLive.com.au Kids at The Childrens Hospital at Westmead will receive a special treat when Scooby-Doo comes to visit, ahead of his brand
Updated: 01/31/2012 06:30P
Quan Yifeng is home for the holidays
By Tan Kee Yun Most Chinese families in Singapore will make sure they have their Chinese New Year reunion dinner. But for beleaguered television host and MediaCorp artiste Quan Yifeng, 37, the reunion dinner she enjoyed with family members in Taipei
Updated: 01/31/2012 06:19P