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11:10PM Monday 06 October, 2008 Sunshine Coast weather Late thunder min 18° - max 30°

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Dog attacks policeman in Nambour

Witnesses say a police officer is lucky to be alive after a large boxer mastiff cross attacked him today at a Sunshine Coast home.

Wall Street bailout 'only the beginning'

The approval of the $A900 billion Wall Street bailout is good news for Australian borrowers, but investors are tipped to react with caution next week.

Economy is in your hands: Abbot

Sunshine Coast Regional Council mayor Bob Abbot told a gathering of business owners in Maroochydore last week it was up to them to help grow the region’s economy and create jobs.

Profit from stock market panic: experts

Buy, don’t sell. That was the message coming from brokerage firms yesterday after the Australian stock market suffered another black day.

Sunshine Coast Surfari

Shaun Levings was in uncharted waters when he took promising young Sunshine Coast surfers, Joel Parkinson and Nick Wallace, on a promotional surfing trip to The Maldives in March, 1997

Lehman Brothers crash no time for panic

Financial Planning Association CEO Jo-Anne Bloch told a Sunshine Coast branch meeting in Buderim that the current global financial crisis was not the time to panic.

Eumundi lager comeback?

John Whimpress has just had his biggest coup: snagging a distribution deal with retailing giant Woolworths to sell Laguna Bay Premium Lager through Dan Murphy’s liquor outlets.

Youi insurance in Maroochydore

A second major South African financial services group has chosen the Sunshine Coast as the location for its Australian headquarters.

Healthy outlook for Coast tourism

Tourism may be struggling, with operators putting a downturn at between 10% and 20%, but the Sunshine Coast is far better placed today than five years ago, according to the local industry's new boss.

Coast sugar cane industry looks sweet

After years of uncertainty about the prospects of a cattle feed industry to replace sugar, a BioCane plant is set to open outside Nambour early in the new year.

Salon a star

Pomona-based hairdressing success story Surrender Dorothy has added to its awards cabinet by taking out the Small Employer of the Year category at last week’s Queensland government training awards.

Annette Sym's business recipe

Annette Sym may be just half the person she once was, but she is infinitely happier, healthier and wealthier after her cook books sold more than two million copies around the world.

Butcher survives competition

The butchery industry might be steeped in tradition, but new generation operators like Liam Richards from Mick’s Meat Barn know innovation is the key to surviving against competition.

Wanted: 1000 houses in five years

The not-for-profit Sunshine Coast Regional Housing Council has called for 1000 additional dwellings to be added into the affordable housing rental pool on the Coast.

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Small business owners put freedom first

The result of a recent Suncorp survey of more than 600 small business owners across Queensland and Western Australia showed it wasn’t about the money. >>

Smart advice

Blog Central: High interest rates are good news for some

High interest rates are good news for some

Paul Clitheroe | September 27

Term deposits may offer an alternative to investing in shares. >>