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Retail sector still struggling

Shoppers are failing to spend despite successive interest rate cuts, official data shows. However, economists say the plight of retailers will be low on the central bank's agenda when it meets on T..

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Stocks to watch on Monday

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange on Monday, February 6 AUN - AUSTAR UNITED COMMUNICATIONS LTD - up 1.5 cents at $1.175 TLS - TELSTRA CORPORATION - down two cents at $3.34 CMJ ..

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Interest rate cut expected

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is expected cut its interest rate for a third consecutive meeting as inflation eases, local employment growth slows and fears over a European recession grows. Th..

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Aussie economic data review

A review of the week's Australian economic data, January 30 to February 3: ***** NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK MONTHLY BUSINESS SURVEY Australian business confidence increased in December, despite ..

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Gold reaches 2-month high

Gold rose to a two-month high on Thursday on a larger-than-expected fall in new US claims for unemployment benefits, but analysts said bullion could pull back if Friday's US jobs report disappoints. ..

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Wall Street closes mixed

US stocks have ended the session mixed after weekly jobless claims fell, but Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke told congress the jobs market had a long road to recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial A..

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Stocks to watch on Friday

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange early on Friday: BHP - BHP BILLITON LTD - up 71 cents at $37.62 BHP Billiton has committed $US779 million ($A735.98 million) to a port project th..

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Aussie shares close 1% up

The Australian share market snapped its three-day losing streak to finish strongly on the back of resurgent mining stocks. Local mining stocks soared after commodities prices rose overnight on the ..

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Building approvals decline

Economists expect Australia's housing sector to remain soft for a while longer after new data showed building approvals continue to decline. Data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (AB..

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Greece told to cut wages

Greece and the IMF say negotiations for landmark debt deals will be concluded in a "matter of days", raising hopes that the country will dodge a disastrous default. Greece is in talks with private ..

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Stocks to watch on Thursday

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange early on Thursday: BLD - BORAL LTD - down six cents at $3.99 Building materials maker Boral has sold its Indonesian business for $US135 million (..

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BHP sells titanium interests

Global mining giant BHP Billiton says it has agreed to sell its stake in South African mineral sands venture Richards Bay Minerals to partner Rio Tinto, signalling its exit from titanium. "BHP Bill..

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Shares fall for a third day

Australian shares ended lower for the third straight day as brokers took profits ahead of the reporting season and after one of the best monthly starts to the calendar year in around 40 years. At t..

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