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Australia shares nudge higher; Amcor gains - Yahoo!7 Finance News

Fri 19/03/10 - 09:35:08 vs6
Friday March 19, 2010, 1:24 pm (Adds Amcor, Navitas ) MELBOURNE, March 19 (Reuters) - Australian stocks edged up 0.2 percent on Friday but struggled to make much headway, with financial stocks and miners trading narrowly as investors awaited a catalyst to break out of recent
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Shares higher on strong house data

Wed 17/03/10 - 01:34:22 vs6
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The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed up 56 points, or 1.17 per cent, to 4,853.2 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index rose 57.8 points, or 1.2 per cent, to 4,866.9 points. On the Sydney Futures Exchange the March share price index contract was 47 points higher at 4851 on a
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Sensible tax debate killed by cheap shots

Tue 16/03/10 - 08:54:18 vs6
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Swan, Rudd and Tanner are their own worst enemies. Days ahead of releasing a 900-plus page tax review that will demand sober consideration and recommend changes that will make some people worse off, and others better off, they launch an assault against what they are calling ''a
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Telling Whoppers

Tue 16/03/10 - 08:20:50 vs6
They launch an assault against what they're calling ''a Whopper - the Big Mac of taxes''. ''We've discovered what was under the budgie smugglers - a big new tax,'' the Treasurer told Parliament. ''It should send a chill down the spine of every business in this country.'' Multiplying the
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Late gains push Australian share market higher at close

Tue 16/03/10 - 12:54:25 vs6
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The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed up 13.1 points, or 0.27 per cent, at 4797.2 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index rose 9.7 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 4809.1 points. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 16:15 (AEDT) the March share price index contract was 10 points stronger
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Shares open mildly higher on offshore lead

Tue 16/03/10 - 07:35:20 vs6
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At 10.15am AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 11.2 points, or 0.23 per cent, at 4795.3 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had risen 11.3 points, or 0.24 per cent, to 4810.7 points. Oil and copper closed lower overnight, but precious metals ended higher Among
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