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| UpdatedPeople line up to make transactions at an ATM outside a Bank of Cyprus branch in Athens.
Topics: banking, industry, business-economics-and-finance, cyprus
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The historic Hotel Kurrajong in Barton sells at auction for $7.65 million to a Sydney-based hotel chain.
Topics: industry, hospitality, states-and-territories, barton-2600, act
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Whitney Fitzsimmons speaks to Tom Price, a global commodities analyst for UBS, about commodities-related issues including the decision by mining giant Xtrata Coal to close its headquarters in Queensland.
Topics: industry, coal, mining-industry, australia
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| UpdatedYesterday RBA deputy governor Philip Lowe told the Australian Industry Group that Australia's productivity growth improved in 2012.
CEOs and boards have now finally accepted that a high dollar is here to stay and are doing something about it; those that aren't are no longer troubling the scorers.
Many firms are genuinely still in strife, but many more are getting on with life and getting their act together in a changed environment.
Topics: economic-trends, business-economics-and-finance, markets, industry
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| UpdatedSwiss mining giant Xstrata Coal is closing its Brisbane office and moving administration operations to New South Wales.
Topics: mining-industry, public-sector, industry, business-economics-and-finance, brisbane-4000, australia, qld
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| UpdatedThe Airbus deal with Indonesia's Lion Air is said to set a new level in aviation contracts.
Topics: industry, air-transport, indonesia, european-union
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| UpdatedConstruction work has come to a halt on a new Telstra computer data centre in Clayton, in Melbourne's south-east.
Topics: unions, telecommunications, industry, vic, clayton-3168
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| UpdatedThere are no major delays despite a small fire in the control tower at Melbourne airport.
Topics: air-transport, industry, business-economics-and-finance, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedThe eurozone has struck a deal to hand Cyprus a bailout worth 10 billion euros ($12.5 billion), but demanded bank depositors help foot the bill.
Topics: world-politics, banking, industry, business-economics-and-finance, cyprus, european-union
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| UpdatedTopics: banking, industry, business-economics-and-finance, cyprus
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| UpdatedCustoms and Border Protection has unveiled the first of eight new Cape Class patrol boats that will protect Australian waters.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, industry, henderson-6166, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedMining magnate Nathan Tinkler tells the Supreme Court in Sydney his group of companies is in debt to the tune of $500 million.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, business-economics-and-finance, industry, mining-industry, sydney-2000, qld, middlemount-4746
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| UpdatedFinance Minister Michael O'Brien told 891 ABC the SA Government would underwrite building insurance once QBE withdrew its current offering, a move welcomed by Robert Harding of the Housing Industry Association. The full story is here
Topics: building-and-construction, insurance, industry, business-economics-and-finance, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, sa, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedThe South Australian Government has been forced to act swiftly to counter a decision by insurer QBE to withdraw from the building market in SA from July.
Topics: building-and-construction, insurance, industry, business-economics-and-finance, states-and-territories, sa, adelaide-5000, australia
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Indonesia's President has signalled another attempt to reform the country's fuel subsidy scheme, which is costing the government billions of dollars.
Topics: industry, road-transport, laws, asia, indonesia
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| UpdatedThe Pacific's peak geoscience advisory body has been accused of assisting Lockheed Martin in Fiji's seabed mining legislation negotiations.
Topics: industry, mining-environmental-issues, fiji, pacific
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The Pacific's peak geo-science advisory organisation, SOPAC, has been accused of helping a US areospace company to get what it wants from Fiji's new draft decree on sea-floor mining.
Topics: industry, mining-environmental-issues, mining-industry, fiji, pacific
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| UpdatedAdelaide Airport said its new electronic taxi pick-up system was working well despite complaints from some drivers.
Topics: transport, industry, business-economics-and-finance, activism-and-lobbying, west-beach-5024, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedCalled Rockit, an apple variety the size of golf balls is to be planted in Australia.
Topics: agricultural-crops, fruit, rural, food-and-beverage, industry, business-economics-and-finance, human-interest, food-and-cooking, lenswood-5240, adelaide-5000, sa, new-zealand, australia
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| UpdatedIndonesia’s long-standing policy of providing cheap fuel is coming at an increasingly high cost. With an election on the horizon, there's only a short time left to deal with the pressing policy issue.
Topics: industry, budget, road-transport, indonesia, asia
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| UpdatedNews Limited chief Kim Williams has launched a stinging attack on the Federal Government's proposed changes to media laws, accusing it of using "Soviet-style" tactics.
Topics: media, industry, business-economics-and-finance, journalism, information-and-communication, print-media, television-broadcasting, radio-broadcasting, broadcasting, federal-parliament, parliament, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedStephen Conroy announces sweeping changes to media laws, including stronger self-regulation and a new public interest test for significant media company takeovers and mergers.
Topics: media, business-economics-and-finance, industry, television-broadcasting, broadcasting, radio-broadcasting, journalism, information-and-communication, abc, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedForestry group RuralAus will close its Perth office and move its headquarters to Adelaide.
Topics: company-news, timber, industry, business-economics-and-finance, forestry, sa, parndana-5220, kingscote-5223, port-pirie-5540, adelaide-5000, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedThe Government says CSG projects which impact on water supplies will now need federal approval.
Topics: industry, business-economics-and-finance, mining-industry, mining-rural, mining-environmental-issues, australia, qld, nsw, toowoomba-4350, nt
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| UpdatedThe Whim Creek hotel in the Pilbara, which served last drinks in 2011, could reopen.
Topics: industry, whim-creek-6718