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Credit card transactions go up 30 per cent
National Australia Bank said it put through 3,839,518 ATM, EFTPOS and debit and credit card transactions on Boxing Day, with a peak transaction rate of 100 per second.
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Banks to issue 2012 results a month earlier
reece’s four main (National, Alpha, Eurobank and Piraeus) will publish their 2012 financial reports by the end of February and not end-March, as provided by law.
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Report says farm co-ops squandered state money
A report probing the country’s three main agricultural cooperatives points toward the mismanagement of millions of euros of state money.
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Police sweep illegal cigarette trade
A massive police crackdown on bootleg cigarette vendors led to 26 undocumented immigrants being detained and large quantities of illicit goods being confiscated.
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Historian to tell milk bars’ story
Greek Australian family and friends of milk bar owners past and present wanted for an overview of the history of the milk bar in Australia.
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Costs and savings in 2013
Savings in store for first home buyers and parents, but electricity bills will rise.
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Hellenic Dance back again
Lessons for the Hellenic Dance Group Norwood kick off again on 15 January and anybody can join.
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1,000 illegal migrants repatriated in December
A total of 1,041 undocumented migrants were returned to their countries of origin in December as part of an ongoing campaign to crack down on illegal immigration.
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Civil servant transfers to start next month
Some 2,500 civil servants who have been put on a so-called labor reserve scheme on reduced pay are to be transferred to understaffed parts of the public sector.
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Government braces for clash over list
The war of words between the coalition government and SYRIZA over the alleged doctoring of the Lagarde list of Greek depositors with Swiss bank accounts has intensified.