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

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

Shares higher on strong house data

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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

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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

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

Late gains push Australian share market higher at close

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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

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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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