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Spain warns of soaring debt

Spain says its national debt will spiral sharply higher this year as data showed unemployment hit a record high in March, complicating efforts to stabilise the country's strained finances. Budget M..

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Aussie stocks inch higher

The Australian share market closed marginally firmer despite slipping in late trade after the central bank kept interest rates on hold. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 7.7 points, or 0.18..

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Metcash to axe 478 jobs

Metcash will axe almost 10 per cent of its workforce as it undergoes a drastic restructure amid a bruising price war with its supermarket rivals. The company behind brands such as Campbells Cash an..

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RBA keeps rates at 4.25%

The Reserve Bank of Australia has kept official interest rates on hold for another month but has flagged a likely rate cut as early as May. The RBA decided at its April board meeting in Melbourne o..

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Transfield in trading halt

Transfield Services shareholders are bracing themselves for a possible profit downgrade from the construction and maintenance company. Transfield's shares went into a trading halt on Tuesday as the..

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Aquila sells main coal asset

Aquila Resources has sold its main coal asset to fund a new iron ore project in Western Australia. Aquila sold its 50 per cent stake in the Isaac Plains coal mine in Queensland's Bowen Basin to Jap..

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Aussie shares close lower

The Australian share market could not hold onto early gains as disappointing local economic data overshadowed better-than-expected manufacturing figures from China. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ind..

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Consumer prices rise 0.5%

Consumer prices rose in March on the back of holiday expenses, alcohol and fuel - and despite falls in meats, housing and clothes. The TD Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge rose 0.5 per..

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Tatts in search of new CEO

Gambling firm Tatts Group has begun looking for a replacement for outgoing chief executive Dick McIlwain. The company wants to find a replacement before Mr McIlwain leaves, at the end of 2012, to e..

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Stocks to watch on Monday

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange Monday, April 2 AUN - AUSTAR UNITED COMMUNICATIONS LTD - up three cents at $1.45 Austar shareholders have said yes to a proposed $2 billion takeo..

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US stocks up 8% in quarter

US stocks closed out their best quarter in years on Friday, with record point-gains in the period for the S&P 500 and the Dow blue-chips. After another positive week confirming the first quarte..

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