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		<title><![CDATA[BHP, Rio Seal Iron Ore Joint Venture Agreement]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MELBOURNE (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto on Saturday signed a $116 billion iron ore joint venture agreement to combine their Western Australian iron ore operations.The agreement brings together two of the world's three largest iron ore producers, and has upset major customers in China. However, it...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:45:30 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Settles With EU in Web Browser Dispute]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft and the European Commission, the European Union?s antitrust watchdog, announced a settlement over the inclusion of Internet Explorer with Windows. The European Commission had expressed antitrust concerns over Internet Explorer coming pre-installed on the operating system without other browser choices being presented to end consumers, which Microsoft attempted to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:58:54 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rex to Take QantasLink to ACCC]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Regional Express Holdings Ltd Rex has complained to the competition watchdog about the behaviour of a Qantas carrier servicing a route in North Queensland.Regional carrier Rex has called on the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ACCC to investigate QantasLink's pricing practices on the Townsville to Mackay route in North...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:24:00 -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[ACCC says bank takeovers unlikely]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/news-analysis/accc-bank-takeovers/22862/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[QUICK SUMMARY | FULL STORY AAP 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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:04:21 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BHP and Rio sign iron ore joint venture deal]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MELBOURNE, Dec 5 (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto on Saturday signed a $116bn iron ore joint venture agreement to combine their Western Australian iron ore operations. The agreement brings together two of the world's three largest iron ore producers, and has upset major customers in China....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:45:46 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BHP, Rio Seal Iron Ore Agreement]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MELBOURNE (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Mining giants BHP Billiton BHP and Rio Tinto RIO on Saturday signed a $116 billion (70.4 billion pounds) iron ore joint venture agreement to combine their Western Australian iron ore operations.The agreement brings together two of the world's three largest iron ore producers, and has upset...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:00:22 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft's Possible Terms for European IE 8 Deal]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/news-analysis/microsofts-terms-european-8/22816/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft refused to confirm this with me directly, but according to an unnamed source in The New York Times, Redmond is on the verge of settling its dispute with the European Commission (the EU's law-enforcement body and antitrust watchdog) over the integration of Internet Explorer 8 into Windows 7. The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:21:23 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ACCC rejects Caltex bid for Mobil petrol stations as Emerson requests petrol inquiry]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/news-analysis/accc-rejects-caltex-bid-mobil/22704/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The decision comes as small business minister Craig Emerson has requested the ACCC conduct another inquiry to investigate petrol price-fixing. The ACCC said the bid will be opposed due to the effect it will have on market competition for the supply of petrol, diesel and automotive LPG. Additionally, it said...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:14:22 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Breaking News: Govt asks ACCC to probe petrol pricing]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/auto/news-analysis/breaking-news-govt-asks-accc/22463/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The federal government has asked the consumer watchdog to investigate possible petrol price fixing. The federal government has asked the consumer watchdog to investigate possible petrol price fixing. Competition Policy Minister Craig Emerson said Labor had long been concerned that petrol companies were colluding to set a weekly price cycle,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:04:53 -0800</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Economists are fond of telling us that there is no such thing as a free lunch. Bankers, however, have always struggled to admit that there is no such thing as a free current account. Their reluctance is perhaps understandable when the truth is a rather sordid affair. The sad reality...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:31:54 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Orange and T-Mobile reject need for Ofcom concessions]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/media/news-analysis/orange-mobile-reject-ofcom-concessions/21473/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom have signalled they are unwilling to make concessions to competition regulators who will decide whether to allow the merger of their UK mobile phone businesses. Hamid Akhavan, Deutsche Telekom's chief operating officer, and Olaf Swantee, head of France Telecom's mobile operations worldwide, said they saw...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:04:11 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[T-Mobile and Orange merger could face concessions]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Mobile operators T-Mobile and Orange may be asked to make concessions to competition regulators in order to get approval for their UK merger. Ed Richards, CEO of UK telecoms watchdog Ofcom, says regulators are likely to ask the mobile operators to relinquish radio spectrum. Regulators may also scrutinise how...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:42:14 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Orange and T-Mobile reject need for Ofcom concessions]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom have signalled they are unwilling to make concessions to competition regulators who will decide whether to allow the merger of their UK mobile phone businesses.Hamid Akhavan, Deutsche Telekom's chief operating officer, and Olaf Swantee, head of France Telecom's mobile operations worldwide, said they saw...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[T-Mobile confirms biggest phone customer data breach]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/news-analysis/mobile-confirms-phone-customer-data/20906/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Employee stole and sold personal account details to rival firms, government privacy watchdog reveals    The personal details of thousands of mobile phone customers have been stolen and sold on to rival firms in the biggest data breach of its kind, the government's privacy watchdog said today....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:15:20 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EU Set to Decide on State Aid to Lloyds]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2407-14037_23-365700.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By Foo Yun CheeBRUSSELS (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Plans by British lender Lloyds Banking Group Plc LLOY to sell parts of its operations in return for billions of pounds in state aid are to be cleared by EU regulators on Wednesday, a person familiar with the situation said.The European Commission is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:00:37 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Reuters to face 'lock-in' antitrust probe]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/media/news-analysis/reuters-face-lock-antitrust-probe/19773/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Europe's competition watchdog has opened a full inquiry into the datafeed supply agreements between Thomson Reuters and its trading customers. The European Commission suspects the agreements might "lock" users, such as large banking groups, into working with the news and financial data company and breach antitrust rules. The Commission said...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:42:06 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EC Hands Down Formal Objection to Oracle-Sun Deal]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/news-analysis/ec-hands-formal-objection-oracle/19655/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The EC, antitrust arm of the 27-nation European Union, informed both Oracle and Sun about the decision because the deal includes the freely available and popular MySQL Web database. The regulators see a major conflict of interest in the world's largest commercial database company owning its largest open source competitor.It...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:50:07 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AXA Eyes Asia Growth With Takeover Bid]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/news-analysis/axa-eyes-asia-growth-takeover/19483/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[(Corrects per share price in paragraph 13 to A$5.34) By Denny Thomas SYDNEY (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - AXA Asia Pacific rejected a $10.3 billion (6.2 billion pound) bid from parent AXA SA AXAF and Australian rival AMP Ltd AMP on Monday, an initial hurdle for the French insurer's bold ambitions to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:32:18 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Australia approves Delta-Virgin trans-Pacific joint venture]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australia's competition watchdog has given Virgin Blue and Delta Air Lines permission to form a joint venture to operate trans-Pacific flights. "Under the joint venture, the airlines would take a coordinated approach to a range of issues including pricing, revenue management, schedules, capacity and routes flown," says the Australian Competition...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:10:09 -0800</pubDate>
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