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All of us overspend from time to time. After all, nobody's perfect. But ongoing spending habits or ill-suited financial products can be a major drain on your bank account in the long run. The new year is a great time to review your financial situation ... More

Jonathan Biggins is an actor, writer, satirist, and comedian, and is responsible for the Wharf Revue. Biggins had begun touring his Paul Keating one-man show The Gospel According to Paul , in which he is said to 'out-Keater Keating', around ... More

One of the joys Matthew Reilly gets from writing thrillers is to travel. His research takes him to plenty of exotic places - the pyramids in Egypt, Easter Island and the ancient Chichen Itza Mayan city in Mexico. No matter what evil is pursuing his ... More

Jacqueline Feilich is an Elvis tribute artist who has been singing his music for 14 years. Her love of Elvis'music, and the fact that women rarely perform his songs, steeled her determination to succeed. Armed backing tracks and custom-made costumes ... More

Where would you invest $10,000 ? We spoke to eight finance experts to find out what they would do with such a windfall. Where would I invest $10,000? Two options are a portfolio with five stocks at $2000 each or one with 10 stocks at $1000 each. The ... More

The biggest lesson learned by the Ferrone family - Carol, Peter and their children Julian, Sienna and Olivia - during their TV journey, Back in Time for Dinner , was that circumstances can change very quickly. Travelling through the first five decades ... More

When Avid Technology (NASDAQ: AVID) released its Q3 financial results in late October, analysts following the company scrambled to upgrade their forecast for the share price. The bullish results reflected what the Avid chief executive described as the ... More

It's a stubborn myth that costs investors millions, but the properties on The Block 2020 are disproving it once and for all. It is a widely held belief that only new properties hold depreciable value, but there are more than $14 million dollars ... More

Peter FitzSimons is a journalist, columnist, radio and television presenter. He is also a prolific author with more than 30 published books, all centred on very Australian subjects. His latest title, Breaker Morant , portrays the soldier whose story ... More

I am a self-confessed cricket nut. I love cricket. Part of the reason is that cricket is as much a game of strategy as it is a game of skill. How the captain plays the game, and the decisions they make on the field, are as important to success as the ... More