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Aussie shares close at five-year high

Australia's share market has closed at the highest level since mid-2008 as China regains its economic growth pace. A resolution to the US debt crisis also boosted gold prices and the Australian dol..

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RBA says $A is still too high

The head of the Reserve Bank says the Australian dollar is still too high. "I personally would continue to think that a lower currency would be helpful in rebalancing the growth of the economy," RB..

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China’s third-quarter GDP grows 7.8pc

China's gross domestic product expanded 7.8 per cent year-on-year in July-September, the government says, snapping two quarters of slowing growth in the world's second-largest economy. Friday's fig..

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Santos warns on oil and gas production

Santos' Australian gas customers paid a record $5.98 a gigajoule in the September quarter in a worrying signal for businesses fearing unaffordable price rises. The price is almost at export parity ..

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Philip Morris 3Q profit up

Philip Morris International says its third-quarter profit rose five per cent as higher prices helped offset the decline in the number of cigarettes it sold. The seller of Marlboro and other cigaret..

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Cockatoo Coal raises $408m for growth

Cockatoo Coal plans to raise $408 million to expand its Baralaba mine in Queensland, repay debt and fund a takeover offer for Blackwood Corporation.The central Queensland coal producer will issue new ..

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Crown wants to develop Sri Lanka casino

James Packer's Crown is in talks to develop a "must see" $US400 million ($A416.17 million) casino resort in the Sri Lanka capital Colombo.Crown says it is in talks with the Sri Lankan government and p..

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Local dairy giant joins takeover fight

Murray Goulburn has stepped up the takeover battle for Warrnambool Cheese and Butter, targeting the company's farmer shareholders with a $420 million offer it says will help turn around Australia's de..

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S&P 500 rockets to new record

US investors have powered the S&P 500 to an all-time high, one day after Washington politicians reached a deal to reopen the government and avert a feared debt default.The S&P 500, the broadest of the..

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