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		<title><![CDATA[CBA Raises Home Loan Rate By 37bps]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Australia's biggest home loan lender Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd CBA has raised its standard variable lending rate by more than the central bank's increase.CBA said in a statement on Friday that it would increase its standard variable home loan rate by 37 basis points to 6.61 per cent,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:55:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Improve Climate Change Laws: Business]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Business groups want the federal government to "iron out" flaws in its climate change legislation that failed in the Senate on Wednesday.The government has promised to reintroduce its carbon pollution reduction scheme CPRS bill for a third time when parliament resumes in February.It will include the amendments negotiated with...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:08:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Govt's Bank Guarantee Hurting BOQ: Liddy]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Bank of Queensland Ltd BoQ chief executive David Liddy has seized upon Westpac Banking Corporation's variable mortgage interest rate hike to call for government intervention to safeguard competition in the banking sector.Mr Liddy, who is also the Australian Bankers' Association deputy chairman, pointed to Westpac's bigger than expected 45...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Size of New Mortgages Hit a New Record]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The average size of new mortgage hit a record in Australia during November despite sales of overall home loans falling for the second straight month.Mortgage broker AFG said on Tuesday an average home loan brokered in Australia was $367,000 in November, a rise of 6.4 per cent since May.AFG's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:06:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Failed CPRS 'may Lead to Better Plan']]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The failure of the federal government to get its climate change legislation endorsed by parliament provides an opportunity to get the design right, business groups say.The government's carbon pollution reduction scheme CPRS was defeated in the Senate a second time on Wednesday.The Minerals Council of Australia says the government...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:58:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Australia #2 in Survey of Expats]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a survey commissioned by HSBC Bank International, Australia came in second, behind Canada, as the overall preferred destination for expat workers (or number one in the Asia Pacific region, if you really want to push it).    Here are a few more findings pulled from the report....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:56:30 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[RBA Chief Sees Growth Lasting For Years]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A rebound in economic activity in Asia is positive for Australia, which is already emerging from the global economic downturn, the central bank says.Reserve Bank of Australia RBA deputy governor Ric Battellino says it is now 18 years since Australia has experienced negative year-end gross domestic product growth, marking...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:19:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[NAB CEO to Watch UK For Expansion Chance]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ National Australia Bank Ltd NAB chief executive Cameron Clyne is watching the changes taking place in the UK financial sector before deciding whether his bank will expand in or exit that market.The European Commission is forcing UK banking giants Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland to divest...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:17:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ANZ Sells Custodian Services Business]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ ANZ Banking Group Ltd will sell its custodian services business to US Banking giant JP Morgan as the Australian lender moves to focus on its core markets in the Asia Pacific."Custodian Services is increasingly a global scale business and JP Morgan Worldwide Securities Services is ideally placed to service...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:37:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Authors win digital book concession from Google]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Book publishers and authors in most countries outside the US have won a significant concession as Google and American book industry representatives agreed to make changes to their landmark digital books settlement.The amendments, disclosed in a legal filing in New York close to midnight on Friday, were made after...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Strong Growth For Asia, Australia: BNP]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Asia and Australia can look forward to a period of strong growth as infrastructure and other investment spending is funded by cheap money from the US and Europe, says BNP Paribas' chief economist.Inflation in the US and Europe, if it rises, is the only factor that may threaten growth...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:42:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Westfield 'resilient Through Downturn']]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Shopping centre owner Westfield Group has reported slower retail sales growth in Australia in the third quarter, while conditions in the United States and the United Kingdom continued to stabilise.In an update on the group's performance in the three months to September 30, managing director Steven Lowy said he...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:51:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[RBS in Rival Bid For Babcock Infrastructure - Report]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SYDNEY (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Royal Bank of Scotland RBS will make a A$1.5 billion (844 million pound) bid for Australian investment firm Babcock & Brown Infrastructure BBI BBI, taking aim at a rival Canadian proposal, the Australian Financial Review said on Thursday.Citing an unidentified RBS source, the business daily said...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:30:35 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Stokes Says Seven's in Good Shape]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Seven Network Ltd executive chairman Kerry Stokes says the company has come through a difficult 12 months in good shape."I am pleased to report that Seven Network Limited has come through a tough 12 months for the economy, and is in good shape today," Mr Stokes told shareholders at...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:52:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rosemary Howard, AGSM Executive Programs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Executive Director of AGSM Executive Programs describes what Australian leaders and managers can do to improve their performance on the global stage.]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Australian Ties With Asia at 12-year Low]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Australia's research and business ties with Asia have experienced the largest decline in a decade, a new study shows.The PricewaterhouseCoopers Melbourne Institute Asialink Index, released on Friday, also indicates that Japan has reclaimed its position from China as Australia's largest trading partner.The index measures Australia's links with 25 Asian...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:45:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Operator Instructions Your first question is from Dan Boyd with Goldman Sachs. Dan Boyd - Goldman Sachs Quick question on what your outlook is in Australia. I know there are a number of L&G projects that have reached FID, and maybe that demand is out...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:15:29 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global recession? Not Down Under, where home prices actually went up. How'd they pull that off?    They picked the  right trading partner    Ten years ago, the story for Australia might have been very  different. At that time, 70 percent of the country&#8217;s...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Aussie Rate Hike: Throw the US Dollar on the Barbie?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a surprise move, Australia became the first G-20 central bank to raise interest rates (by .25% to 3.25%), noting that the critical phase of the economic crisis was essentially over. The action spurred global stock gains; a pullback in the US dollar/a spike in the Australian dollar to a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:12:43 -0700</pubDate>
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