Business
Cautious optimism rules for 2011
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MOST analysts have a bullish outlook for the share market in 2011, with forecasts of a 17 per cent rise.
Aussie dollar trading above parity
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THE Australian dollar has managed to stay above parity with the US dollar at Christmas.
Shares dragged lower by big miners
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THE Australian sharemarket fell in abbreviated Christmas Eve trading as offshore markets drifted down.
Terramin looking to buy projects
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TERRAMIN Australia is on the acquisition trail, with a well-funded Chinese partner riding shotgun.
Beach shares rise 7.4 per cent
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SHARES in Beach Energy rose after it reported positive results from its Cooper Basin project.
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Hills dives on profit downgrade
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A WEAK steel market will cause Hills Holdings to fall short of last year's half-year result by 30 per cent.
Mining & Energy
Terramin looking to buy projects
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TERRAMIN Australia is on the acquisition trail, with a well-funded Chinese partner riding shotgun.
Business Owner
Small business goes mobile
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SMALL-BUSINESS owners are using mobile technologies to save money and increase efficiency, says Vodafone Australia.
Money
Why Christmas rage is a primal instinct
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PSYCHOLOGICALLY we are all still angry cavemen at heart when it comes to holiday shopping.
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Financials
FTSE tops 6000 in Santa rally
BRITISH stocks closed above 6000 for the first time in 30 months overnight in a Santa rally on a shortened Christmas Eve trading session.
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Breaking News
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- Dollar holds ground above parity
- Warning over Boxing Day sales hysteria
- Christmas shopping sluggish - retailers
- $A back above parity against greenback
- Tata Steel studies Riversdale options
- Shares dragged lower by big miners
- ISPT buys Westfield Doncaster stake
- Macphersons Reward in strong debut
- Gold price to continue rallying in 2011
- Shares weaker on light volumes
- Dollar holds its ground above parity
- Gillette won't renew contract with Woods
- Petrol workers underpaid $500,000
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'We're lucky to have each other'
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POLITICAL leaders have bestowed their Christmas wishes to the Australian people and asked them to keep our troops in mind over the festive season.
Sport
Ponting cleared for battle
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RICKY Ponting has declared himself fit for the Boxing Day test with his injured finger surviving a training session at the MCG.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Actors file for divorce
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ACTORS Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson have made their break-up official by filing for divorce in Los Angeles.
TECHNOLOGY
Broadband network 'viable'
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PRIME Minister Julia Gillard says the business plan for the national broadband network proves it will be both viable and affordable.
TRAVEL
Plane lands in Iraq after 20-year detour
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THE first flight from a European airline has arrived in Baghdad since a 1990 international embargo.