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		<title><![CDATA[RBA Governor See Improved Outlook]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The central bank says the outlook for the global financial system is less worrying than it was a year ago at the height of the global financial crisis, but there are still challenges ahead.Regulators will have their work cut out trying to adapt supervisory frameworks to reduce the chances...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:10:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Retailers Expect $39b Christmas Spend-up]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Retailers are expecting a "fair, not great" Christmas sales period with a total spend-up of $38.7 billion.The Australian Retailers Association ARA said nearly three quarters of retailers found last week's traditional start to the Christmas trading period either met or was below expectations."After a year of patchy growth, retailers...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:36:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Economy to Remain Sluggish: Treasury]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Australian economy will remain sluggish for at least the next 18 months despite forecasts of above trend growth, a senior Treasury bureaucrat says.Treasury director of the Domestic Macroeconomic Group Dr David Gruen says the fewer number of hours being worked by Australians could be masking a higher unemployment...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:53:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rate Rises to Continue, Economists Say]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Homeowners face steadily rising interest rates during the next two years with the Reserve Bank's cash rate reaching 5.5 per cent in 2011, economists say.The results of the Australian Business Economists ABE annual forecasting survey, released on Tuesday, forecast the cash rate to reach 4.75 per cent in 2010,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:06:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Business Confidence Rises to 7-year High]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Australian firms continue to be optimistic about the economy despite higher interest rates, with business confidence rising to a seven-year high in November, a survey shows.The National Australia Bank's NBA latest monthly business survey showed business confidence rose three index points to plus 19 points in November, its highest...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:04:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CBA Bulks Up Equities Research, Sales]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Australia's biggest lender, Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd, has bulked up its institutional equities business by poaching 16 employees, mostly from investment banks.A telecommunications analyst formerly at Credit Suisse, Mark Storey, has been appointed head of research product, Sydney-based CBA said in a statement on Tuesday.CBA appointed a further...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:33:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Current Account Deficit Hits $16b: ABS]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Australia reported a seasonally adjusted current account deficit of $16.183 billion in the September quarter from a revised deficit of $13.133 billion in the June quarter, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ABS said on Tuesday.The median market forecast was for a deficit of $16.8 billion in the September quarter.The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:50:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ING Industrial Completes $700m Raising]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ ING Industrial Fund has completed a $700 million capital raising, which it used to repay debt and set aside for potential purchases of Australian industrial properties.The fund will issue about 443 million new units, representing the final close of the accelerated non renounceable retail entitlement offer, Sydney-based manager of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:43:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rates, Unemployment 'to Curb Spending']]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Retailers can expect only modest sales growth next year in the face of rising interest rates and unemployment, independent forecaster Access Economics says.It says Christmas arrived nine months early for retailers with the federal cash handout stimulus measures.It believes strong readings of consumer confidence are "overblown" and instead the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:58:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[We're Not the Banking Jetstar: Westpac]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Westpac Banking Corporation Ltd  chief executive Gail Kelly has elevated two members of her senior management team, which signals the start of a new phase of the bank's transformation program.Mrs Kelly was also unapologetic about the bank's controversial rate hike last week that drew criticism from consumer groups...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:10:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Women Win Under New ASX Rules: Broderick]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Requiring companies to disclose the number of women in senior management positions will drive greater gender equality in the country's boardrooms, sex discrimination commissioner Elizabeth Broderick says.ASX companies will have to list in their annual reports "the proportion of women employees in the whole organisation, in senior management and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:36:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Construction Activity Shrinks: Survey]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Activity in the construction industry contracted in November as falls in the building of flats and in engineering and commercial work constrained the sector, a survey shows.The Australian Industry Group Ai/Housing Industry Association Performance of Construction Index PCI shrank by 3.3 points to 47.6 points in November.This is below...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:40:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Westpac Appoint Executive to Lead Change]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Australia's second biggest lender Westpac Banking Corporation has elevated the head of its wealth management arm to lead its retail and business banking business, as part of a management reshuffle.Rob Coombe, BT Financial Group chief executive, replaces Peter Hanlon as group executive for retail and business banking, Sydney-based Westpac...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:28:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Investor Confidence Improves]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Investor confidence improved for a third straight quarter in the three months to December, having slumped in the first few months of this year, a new report released on Monday showed.The Investment and Financial Services Association IFSA-CoreData Investor Sentiment Index was 7.4 per cent in the December quarter, building...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:31:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cruise Sector Need Port Upgrades to Grow]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The cruise industry is forecast to contribute more than $3 billion to Australia's economy by 2020 but only if the federal and state governments can address port bottlenecks that are restraining capacity.An Access Economics report on the cruise industry released on Monday found the sector was the standout performer...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:03:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ANZ Completes RBS Vietnam Acquisition]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ ANZ Banking Group Ltd ANZ has opened its tenth branch in Vietnam and completed its acquisition of the Royal Bank of Scotland's RBS Vietnam businesses.The bank in August announced it would pay $US550 million ($A665.58 million) for six of RBS's Asia units spanning retail, wealth management and commercial businesses...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:01:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Australia to Umpire Business Squabbles]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A trio of organisations have launched a bid to become the business equivalent of cricket's third umpire in what they hope will become a new boom economy for Australia.Squabbles between businesses are said to have soared during the global financial crisis - but international firms are often reluctant to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:48:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ACCC Says Bank Takeovers Unlikely]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Australia's competition watchdog flagged more bank takeovers are unlikely and it would still knock back Caltex Australia Ltd's attempted takeover of Mobil Oil Australia's service stations if some sites were excluded from the deal.Chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ACCC Graeme Samuel on Sunday said it was...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:43:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[November Job Ads Surge: Index]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Advertisements for full-time jobs surged in November, confirming a rebound in the Australian employment market, according to the Olivier Job Index.The job index jumped 5.88 per cent in November, driving a 7.84 per cent rise over the past three months and reversing the October fall, which Olivier described as...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:21:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ford Australia Targets Steady 2010 Sales]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Ford Australia chief Marin Burela said on Friday that he expected car industry sales of 930,000 units in the 2010 full year.Mr Burela told reporters after addressing an American Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Melbourne that he expected that sales in 2010 would be at similar levels to sales...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:34:00 -0800</pubDate>
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