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Australia's most useless Christmas presents

Useless Christmas presents — where to begin? How about a $2 shop soap on a rope, Tweety Pie socks for adults, chocolate for diabetics or a Great Dane puppy for unit dwellers?

Hot tips for summer finances

When you're relaxed, happy and eating ice cream, it's easy to forget your finances. Standards slip, budgets get sloppy and before you know it, you're getting slapped with big bills.

Online shopping versus in-store

Which is cheaper? Shopping online or visiting the stores?

Tech addicts: Aussies spend up on gadgets

Retail sales are booming in stores that sell entertainment and infotainment — like TVs, computers, cameras, phones and portable music players — and there's no end in sight.

Travel money: greenback or Aussie?

The weak US dollar may be great news if you are travelling to America, but do countries in Asia still want the greenback or are you better off taking Aussie dollars?

Christmas shopping bargains

The words ''bargain'' and ''Christmas'' don't often go together. Usually we spend way too much money because we've run out of time to actually think about what we're buying. Well, not this year. We've put together a wish list of the season's best-kept shopping secrets. Whether you choose to shop online or on foot, here's how to get the biggest bang for your gift-giving buck.

Buying a beaut barbie

Get ready for summer with a fresh new BBQ.

Now Jay-Z spurns dollar

First it was supermodel Gisele that turned against the US dollar. Now, the previously greenback-obsessed world of hip hop is joining the Brazilian beauty in shunning the once mighty dollar.

Frequent flyer: upgrade or cheap ticket?

Am I better off using frequent-flyer points to buy a ticket or upgrade a cheap ticket? Paul Clitheroe checks out how to get the best value for your points.

Summer daze: school holiday spending

How to survive school holidays without breaking the bank.

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