Outmoded money
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In Australia, electronic transactions accounted for about 9 million payments per day in 1998. Consumers are putting more of their regular transactions, such as gas, electric and telephone bills on credit cards. And credit card companies are encouraging their use by rewarding customers with "loyalty" incentives. Smart cards will further alienate consumers from cash by their ability to store monetary value electronically.
Publication Name: The Bulletin with Newsweek
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1440-7485
Year: 1998
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Road warrior
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Businessman and former racing-car champion Bob Jane was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Along with his illness, his family business empire, which includes the flagship Bob Jane T-Mart was suffering financial losses. He vowed to beat the cancer and after years of treatment, he is getting healthier and also expanding and reorganizing his $300 mil group of companies.
Publication Name: The Bulletin with Newsweek
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1440-7485
Year: 1998
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Merchants of venom
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Anti-Semitic attitudes persist in Australian business culture. Tape-recorded telephone conversations reveal a series of offensive remarks about Jewish mining magnate Joseph Gutnick and the Jewish community at a stockbroking firm. Some critics argue the tapes are harmless forms of banter with no serious social significance.
Publication Name: The Bulletin with Newsweek
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1440-7485
Year: 1998
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