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		<title><![CDATA[CBA Completes Sale of Fiji Business]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd has completed the sale of its Fijian banking and insurance businesses to the Bank of South Pacific Ltd.The Sydney-based bank announced on Friday the completion of the sale, which it announced in June.Bank of South Pacific, based in Port Moresby and Papua New Guinea's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:21:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MAp Increases Stake in Brussels Airport]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Airport owner and operator MAp Airports Ltd has increased its stake in Brussels Airport in Belgium.MAp said it had received an exercise notice in respect of Global Infrastructure II's GIF II three per cent beneficial interest in Brussels Airport."The put option was triggered as a result of the internalisation...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:28:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Firstfolio Boost For Medibank Members]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Home loan and financial services provider Firstfolio Ltd has signed a deal with Medibank Private to give the health insurer's members access to a mortgage check and discounted loans.Firstfolio will give members of Medibank, Australia's biggest private health insurer, access via website eChoice to a free home loan health...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:34:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Merchandise Imports Fell 3% in November]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Merchandise imports into Australia fell by $565 million in November, or by three per cent, seasonally adjusted, according to figures released on Thursday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics ABS.Unadjusted, merchandise imports fell by two per cent, or $409 million, to $17.535 billion, from a downwardly revised $17,944 billion...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:03:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Govt Spending Rose 0.7% in Sept: ABS]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ General government final consumption expenditure rose by 0.7 per cent in the September quarter in seasonally adjusted chain volume terms, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ABS said on Tuesday.General government gross fixed capital formation rose by 6.7 per cent while gross fixed capital formation by public corporations rose by...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:38:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Personal Loans Fell 1.5% in October]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Total personal finance commitments fell 1.5 per cent in October, seasonally adjusted, to $6.953 billion, from $7.062 billion in September, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ABS said on Monday.Total commercial finance was down 16.3 per cent in October, seasonally adjusted, to $25.778 billion, down from $30.803 billion in September.Lease...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:01:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Most Listed Firms Worse Off, Report Says]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Most listed companies ended the financial year in worse financial shape compared with a year earlier, a report says.The Australian Corporate Health Index report from specialist advisory firm 333 Consulting found 71 per cent of listed companies had gone backwards over the past financial year.This was up from the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:38:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AP Eagers Lifts 2009 Earnings Estimate]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Automotive retail group AP Eagers Ltd has lifted its earnings guidance for calendar 2009.Net profit before tax was expected to be within the range of $48 million to $50 million for the year ending December 31, 2009, the company said in a statement on Friday.The company's previous forecast, on...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:48:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Macquarie to Buy Shares For Bonuses]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Investment bank Macquarie Group Ltd will buy $350 million of existing shares for bonus payments to senior staff, after changing its remuneration arrangements in October.The shares will be bought and held under the Macquarie Group Employee Retained Equity Plan, a proposed new plan, the Sydney-based investment bank said in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:22:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Govt Expects Xmas Broadband Breakthrough]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Federal Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy says he is confident the government will have significant progress to announce by Christmas in the broadband negotiations with Telstra.Discussions with Telstra continue to be "very constructive", Senator Conroy told reporters in Sydney on Thursday.Telstra was committed to understanding what the government's direction was,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:31:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BoQ Expects Better Conditions in 2010]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Bank of Queensland Ltd says economic conditions in the coming year and cost reduction and efficiency gains should provide better trading conditions for the regional lender."Economic data is pointing to more conducive trading conditions for the Bank in 2010 than the past 12 months," chairman Neil Summerson said in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:29:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cash Rate Unlikely to Hit 5%: Broker]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ While further interest rate rises can be expected next year, one mortgage broker believes it is unlikely that the official cash rate will top five per cent.Loan Market Group chief operating officer Dean Rushton says he would be surprised to see the Reserve Bank raise the cash rate again...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:52:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Caltex Expects Similar Result to 2008]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Caltex Australia Ltd says it expects its 2009 profit to be roughly in line with the previous year after incurring costs on the closure of an oil refinery.Australia's largest listed oil refiner said on Wednesday it expects an after-tax profit of between $180 million and $205 million for calendar...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:16:00 -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[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[AACo New CEO to Be Paid Up to $A1.1m]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The new chief executive of beef producer Australian Agricultural Company Ltd AACo, David Farley, could receive an annual pay package of up to $1.1 million.Mr Farley took up his new position on December 1, 2009.AACo said on Friday that Mr Farley's annual remuneration comprised fixed remuneration of $600,000, an...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:24:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ConnectEast Says EastLink Traffic Up]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Melbourne toll road operator ConnectEast Group has recorded the highest number of average daily trips on its EastLink tollway since tolling started on July 27, 2008.ConnectEast owns and operates the 39km EastLink toll road connecting the eastern and south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It opened in June 2008.ConnectEast said on...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:49:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lend Lease Eyes ING Retail Property Fund]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Lend Lease Corp Ltd says it is eying the unlisted ING Retail Property Fund as part of a continuing review of potential asset acquisitions."Currently this includes a potential acquisition of the ING Retail Property Fund," it said on Friday in a statement."Lend Lease's involvement in the competitive process for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:47:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[NAB Raises Home Loan Rate By 25bps]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ National Bank of Australia Ltd NAB has raised its standard variable mortgage rate by the same amount as the central bank's increase.NAB said in a statement on Thursday that it would increase its standard variable home loan rate by 25 basis points to 6.49 per cent, effective Friday December...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:03:00 -0800</pubDate>
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