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  • Poaching the fruits during winter

    As many sectors feel a chill wind, canny firms are poaching anxious staff in preparation for the inevitable upturn, writes Fiona Smith.

  • Stockland sets a standard

    At Stockland's head office in Sydney, you can lean over the third floor balcony into the atrium and look down into the reception area to see if your 10.30 appointment has arrived, peer across to see if there is a free table at the in-house coffee shop, and scan up and down the stairs in case there is someone there that you need to catch up with.

  • Time for action to right gender balance on boards

    The day after West Australian Liberal leader Troy Buswell resigned last week, a group of women gathered in Perth for a conference on getting more women onto boards.

  • Briefs

    Job levels steady

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The US appears to be putting its houses - Fannie and Freddie - in order, writes Glenn Mumford.