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Financial security beats property

It used to be the great Australian dream: a big house on a quarter acre block with a couple of kids and maybe a pet or two thrown in. But white picket fences no longer hold the same allure they onc..

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Australian shares close 0.3% lower

The Australian share market has closed lower in the wake of falling commodity prices and weaker foreign markets. At the close on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 14.3 points, o..

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IAG completes NZ takeover

Insurance Australia Group has completed its $NZ380 million ($A303.72 million) take-over of New Zealand's AMI Insurance after getting the all clear from regulators. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand h..

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Stocks to watch today

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange at noon on Thursday: AMC - AMCOR LTD - down four cents, or 0.53 per cent, at $7.51 Paper and packaging group Amcor has paid $US40 million ($A38.8..

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