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• Kiwi boffin quits over bobsleigh 'lies'
  NEW Zealand's top military scientist quits after claims that he lied about being an Olympic bobsledder.
  
  
• Kiwi nurse told she must sit English test
  NURSE denied registration in Australia until she can prove she is competent in English.
  
  
• Firms 'pay more to keep male employees'
  EMPLOYERS are willing to pay more to stop men walking out the door than women, survey finds.
  
  
• Stock market 'hobby' cost $4.2 million
  GEORGE Hawa lists "financial markets" as a hobby but trying to turn it into a profession left him accused of a $4.2 million fraud.
  
  
• How DJs could have avoided $37m suit
  STORE rejected $850,000 offer to settle just days before damaging harassment complaint lodged.
  
  
• Rumours China's bank chief has defected
  SPECULATION swirls that China's central bank governor has defected to avoid reprisal after a $481 billion loss on US Treasury bonds.
  
  
• DJs sex suit may include 11 more women
  ELEVEN complainants may be added to the $37 million claim against retailer David Jones and its former CEO Mark McInnes.
  
  
• Companies cry foul over privacy reforms
  COLES, Telstra and Westpac part of a group of large companies unhappy about proposed reforms to privacy law.
  
  
• DJs publicist holds nerve on court case
  KRISTY Fraser-Kirk is expected to file an amended claim as her $37 million sexual harassment claim kicks off today.
  
  
• David Jones deal expected within days
  AN out-of-court settlement is imminent in the historic David Jones sexual harassment case.