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Grand 1880 Paddington House Sydney Australia Fox Studio

Grand 1880 Paddington House Sydney Australia Fox Studio

US $2,350,000.00

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2005 Australia $3000 Roster KILO 9999 3215 oz gold

2005 Australia $3000 Roster KILO 9999 3215 oz gold

US $31,000.00

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Alternative Income Streams - October 2008

Another month is done and it’s time to take a look at my alternative income for the previous month. In past months, I’ve given a number that was very specific, down to the cents. This month, I can’t be as specific - the power cord on my laptop is broken, so I have [...]

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Australia is Completely Different, but Very Much the Same

I’ve been in Australia for a few days now and one thing I’ve noticed is that almost everything seems backwards here. The water goes down the drain the clockwise. People drive and walk on the wrong different side of the road (my wife has been right to remind me that there’s no definitive [...]

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Weekend Links - Preparing for Australia/Thailand Edition

My wife and I will be heading to Australia and Thailand in less than a month. Instead of looking forward to the vacation is excitement, I’ve found myself looking forward with worry. A flight across the United States is almost more than I can stand. I’m not sure how I’ll do on [...]

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Australian Lending Hub aims at real-time verification

Lending Hub - an australian p2p lending site, which says it will launch in August or September 2008, has set an ambiguous aim: processing borrowing and lending applications in real time.
The Lending Hub system will check and process a borrowing application within less than a minute (assuming you have a traceable credit history and have [...]

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Best Credit Card for Foreign Travel? (Ask the Readers)

Last week, I mentioned how my wife and I are going on ambitious trip to Phuket (and Australia). It’s been a little while since I went outside the US. Last year, we went to Aruba, but I’m so familiar with saving money in Aruba, that I didn’t feel the need to conserve every last cent. More importantly, they accept US Dollars so there’s no conversion.
Australia and Thailand are two different monsters entirely. I have no clue what to expect for prices. I’ve heard that credit card companies can play some tricks with conversion rates and [...]

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Overview of Lending Hub

Guest article, by Ivan Martelli, Director Lending Hub 
Lending Hub is a p2p lending and borrowing platform for small to mid-sized personal loans with a core focus upon developing the site around communities, groups, friends and networks. The objective of the Lending Hub platform is to match individuals with surplus funds who are not active lenders [...]

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iGrin - First p2p lending site in Australia launched

Earlier this month the first Australian p2p lending service iGrin.com.au quietly launched. Here is what Phil Hopper, iGrin's CEO told me, when I contacted him about iGrin's goals: 'We set out with the intention of being Australia's first and best P2P banking community. To date we have intentionally kept a low profile whilst we have [...]

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First peer to peer lending service for Australia and New Zealand?

Peermint.com says it will be offering peer to peer lending in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. In Australia and New Zealand Peermint will probably be the first social lending service, whereas in Canada it will compete with Communitylend.com which plans launch for Fall 2007.Source: The Better Banking Blog

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