| Source: | Lateline Business |
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| Published: | Thursday, November 27, 2008 1:02 AEDT |
| Expires: | Wednesday, February 25, 2009 1:02 AEDT |
Global investors have savaged the share price of mining giant Rio Tinto over the past 24 hours after BHP Billiton last night ended its takeover bid.
ABC News Online takes a look at the big stories from 2008.
Want to know more about the Sydney Festival? Ask our blogger Antonette Collins.
Hundreds of Elvis impersonators have boarded a train from Sydney to Parkes for an annual festival.
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