Last updated: December 03, 2010

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CBA tipped to be first to lift interest rates

COMMONWEALTH Bank likely to lift mortgage rates out of step with the Reserve Bank, analysts believe.

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Store brands match big labels - Choice

SUPERMARKET "store brand'' products match premium labels for taste and nutrition, study shows.

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Home loan weakness continues

WEAKNESS remains in home lending sector, giving RBA room to hold rates steady, economists say.

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Australian retail sales in shock dive

Shopping

CAFE, restaurant and food retailing have been hardest hit by a plunge in Aussie shoppers' spending.

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Swan to create fifth pillar in banking

Wayne Swan

WAYNE Swan has plans to offer help to building societies and credit unions to build a "fifth pillar'' in the banking industry.

Burnt by $4.5m on coastal sale

247 Hedges Avenue

A LOSS of $4.5 million in only two years on a Gold Coast mansion tells the a grim story of the diving property market on the coast. 

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OlyDam document in the bag

A KEY milestone in the expansion of Olympic Dam mine was reached with the handover of the draft Supplementary Environmental Impact Statement.