Australia welcomes Obama, well most

A cross-post for Voices without Votes:
Australian bloggers found their voices after being glued to the media or live-blogging the election for most of Wednesday our time.
Man of Lettuce, Sydney taxi driver and author of Cablog, joined work and pleasure as usual on election night:
Last night the City was awash with the intoxicating ambience of Barack [...]

Switch bank?

I really hate the federal government which never does anything. Just like the changes that have now taken effect that make it easier for you to switch banks.
Back on our old home, there were a few threads on the topic, and some of our old friends stated that the proposal:
1. would never happen
2. was a [...]

Economy XVI

Well, what a dud this new president had turned out to be. He gets elected and the Dow falls by 1.65%, the FTSE falls by 2.3%.
The AllOrds was up 2.82% yesterday, but the feeling is that we are in for another fall today.
Yesterday – the federal government has announced that up to $40 [...]