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Australian share market closes higher

The Australian market has closed at a fresh four-year high as gains by financial stocks offset falls by the big miners. At close on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had lifted 16.8 poi..

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FMG says demand strong for decades

Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals has rejected suggestions that it is vulnerable because Chinese steel use is waning, saying that country's urbanisation had more than another 20 years to run.Fortescue's..

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Good growth expected for H1 2013

Australian economic growth should maintain its momentum in the first half of 2013, a private survey shows. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Index, which indicates the likely pace of economic..

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Dow, S&P 500 hit new post-crash highs

US stocks pushed higher on Tuesday, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 to their best levels in more than five years. US markets kept alive a rally in Europe, where shares ..

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Seven West shares down after H1 loss

Seven West Media's newspaper and magazine businesses look set to endure more tough times, with few signs of any improvement in advertising markets.The Kerry Stokes-chaired Seven posted a net loss of $..

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