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		<description><![CDATA[By Eoin Blackwell &#8211; From: AAP 

Economy to grow at 3pc to June 2010
Timing of new mining projects could impact growth
Sluggish private spending a risk to economy
Points to longer pause on interest rates

THE Reserve Bank has maintained its forecasts for strong economic growth, but much depends on the resource sector&#8217;s timetable for starting major projects. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marketwatch.net.au/?p=187</link>
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		<title>Shares slump as investors fret over Goldman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Steep drop on Goldman fraud woes
News of a civil lawsuit against Goldman Sachs rocks markets with the DJIA down 1.1 per cent and the S&#38;P 1.6 per cent.
Close Australian shares fell to their lowest level in more than two weeks, as investors dumped shares across markets after US fraud charges against Goldman Sachs.
Investors also took [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marketwatch.net.au/?p=171</link>
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		<title>Ex-Macquarie banker Newton Chan on market manipulation charges</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A FORMER Macquarie trader has pleaded guilty to share market manipulation / news.com.au Source: news.com.au


Trader allegedly inflated company&#8217;s share price
Company eventually collapsed in 2008
Trader pleads guilty to market manipulation

A FORMER Macquarie Equities senior client adviser is to face the Supreme Court of Victoria for sentencing after pleading guilty to charges of market manipulation. 
Newton Chan, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marketwatch.net.au/?p=167</link>
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		<title>Economic growth picks up steam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian economy back on track. Business columnist Malcolm Maiden takes a look at the news in this week&#8217;s business market.
Update Australia’s economy ended last year with a growth spurt that&#8217;s carrying into 2010, as government and businesses invest more, and households step up spending.
Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of the nation’s economic activity, rose [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marketwatch.net.au/?p=163</link>
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		<title>Strong Australian dollar hits super returns in January</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tim Blue - The Australian
SUPER funds retreated last month under pressure from a strong Australian dollar that hit overseas earnings, while local equities and listed property markets pulled back from a strong finish to last year.
Median growth funds retreated 2.2 per cent in the month, while median balanced funds went backwards 1.2 per cent, according to figures [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marketwatch.net.au/?p=160</link>
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		<title>Shares plunge amid Greek concerns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Close The Australian sharemarket has closed lower on broad-based falls after fresh worries about Greece’s debt problems and as the bourse digests local earnings results.
The benchmark S&#38;P/ASX200 index fell 54.4 points, or 1.2 per cent, at 4594.1, while the broader All Ordinaries index lost 51 points, or 1.1 per cent, to 4614.9. Among the main [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marketwatch.net.au/?p=157</link>
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		<title>Shares slide on profit-taking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Close The Australian sharemarket has ended the day in the red as wary investors took profits from financial stocks ahead of earnings reports by US banking giants.
At the close, the benchmark S&#38;P/ASX200 index was down 49.9 points, or 1 per cent at 4861.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index fell 46.5 points, or 1 per [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marketwatch.net.au/?p=152</link>
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		<title>RBA rate rises hit home</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CHRIS ZAPPONE

Update Australians took out fewer home loans than expected in November as the Reserve Bank&#8217;s interest rate rises took effect.
Total home loans slumped 5.6 per cent, seasonally adjusted, to 59,516, worse than the 0.5 per cent fall economists had been expecting. The result for the previous month, October, was also revised lower to a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marketwatch.net.au/?p=148</link>
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		<title>No Rate Relief: RBA lifts interest rates to 3.75%</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No festive season gifts from the RBA as interest rates are boosted 25 basis points to 3.75 per cent.
Families that are feeling the pinch will need to tighten the purse strings even more, with the RBA topping up the rates before Christmas.
The Reserve Bank of Australia today raised the official interest rate by a quarter [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marketwatch.net.au/?p=144</link>
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		<title>UAE stock markets recover, Dubai remains volatile</title>
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Abu Dhabi and Dubai stock markets opened stronger Sunday after heavy losses last week over Dubai&#8217;s debt woes, but the Dubai bourse remained volatile and had slipped back into the red by mid-morning.
The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, which shed 11.6 percent of its capitalisation last week, opened up 3.9 percent and gained further ground in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marketwatch.net.au/?p=143</link>
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