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<title><![CDATA[Shifting sentiment drives banks]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[AUSTRALIAN banking stocks benefited from a global shift out of miners into financials as US lenders unveiled better than expected results. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free RSS news feeds on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Maquarie forecast troubles some]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[MACQUARIE Group has benefited from a global re-rating of financial stocks, despite lower first-quarter earnings, continuing shareholder concerns about its business model and a gloomy outlook statement interpreted in some quarters yesterday as a profit downgrade. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free RSS news feeds on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Westpac wins over ACCC]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[WESTPAC has passed another important milestone in its proposed merger with St George Bank, after the competition watchdog yesterday gave a provisional thumbs-up to the deal. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free news widgets on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[BHP set for another record profit]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[BHP Billiton has set itself up to log a sixth straight record annual profit, posting solid gains in yearly and quarterly production for petroleum and iron ore as prices surged. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free content on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mitchell Drilling sells for $150m]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[THE resources boom has crystallised another huge fortune for a Queensland family who yesterday sold their drilling business for $150 million. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free content on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Buy it, wear it, bin it]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[YOUNG women are bingeing on cheap clothes and then banishing them to the back of the wardrobe or charity shops after just a week's wear. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free content on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Inflation numbers still too high]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SO, the RBA was right to raise interest rates into those storms of protest and cries that the ''ivory tower theorists'' didn't understand what was happening. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free news widgets on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ACCC flags Westpac-St George issues]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[THE ACCC says issues have emerged from its inquiries into the proposed $16bn takeover of St George Bank by Westpac. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free RSS news feeds on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Demand for fixed rates plummets]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[THE demand for fixed rate home loans fell sharply in June as borrowers resisted being locked into high interest rates that may begin to ease again, a new study finds. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free RSS news feeds on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Macquarie shares jump 11pc]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[MACQUARIE shares closed the day 11pc higher after the company said it had a solid start to the fiscal year, despite a drop in profit. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free RSS news feeds on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[BHP Billiton hits production records]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[BHP Billiton has booked full year production records for seven of its commodities, despite higher costs and supply disruptions. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free news widgets on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Inflation up, rates likely to stay on hold]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[TREASURER Wayne Swan has warned banks to think twice before hiking home loans again, after figures out today showed inflation is at a near 17-year high. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free content on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Developer 'made millions' from Firepower]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A COMPANY directed by  property developer Warren Anderson made millions from onselling shares in the discredited fuel technology company Firepower, court documents show. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free RSS news feeds on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lew offers sweetener in Just group deal]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SOLOMON Lew has turned up the heat on takeover target Just group with a sweetened bid aimed at sealing the deal within a month. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free content on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[BHP in big Chile copper find]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[BHP Billiton has made a big discovery near its Escondida copper mine in Chile and has announced plans to spend $US327 million ($337 million) to shore up the resource and two others nearby as it looks to extend the life at the world's biggest copper mine. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free news widgets on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Telstra's Chinese plan hit by staff cuts]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[TELSTRA chief executive Sol Trujillo has taken a second dent in his armour within a month of the company postponing plans to float its Chinese internet business Soufun Holdings as global stock market conditions continues to deteriorate. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free content on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Telstra's Chinese plan hit by staff cuts]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[TELSTRA chief executive Sol Trujillo has taken a second dent in his armour within a month of the company postponing plans to float its Chinese internet business Soufun Holdings as global stock market conditions continues to deteriorate. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free news widgets on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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