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Wharfies strike over entitlements
27 December 2010, 3:00 am

The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and shipping giant Patrick Stevedores are in a dispute over workers' entitlements.Crews have walked off Patrick's Fremantle dock, with Albany, Melbourne and ...

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[Shole]

European stocks slide on China rate action
26 December 2010, 8:07 pm

European stock markets retreated Monday, with sentiment dampened by a rise in Chinese interest rates, while the euro edged higher.The Paris CAC 40 was down 1.34 percent at 3,847.84 in mid-morning trade ...

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[Shole]

Oil prices climb on US, European weather woes
26 December 2010, 8:25 pm

Oil prices climbed in London on Monday on the expectation of a surge in demand for heating fuel in the face of record low temperatures in Europe and a huge snowstorm in the US northeast.The London oil ...

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[Shole]

PepsiCo's Russia deal gets initial go-ahead
26 December 2010, 11:40 pm

PepsiCo's biggest acquisition outside the United States made progress on Monday when the head of Russia's anti-monopoly service said he looked favourably on the US giant's takeover of a major ...

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[Shole]

Iraq oil production tops 2.6m barrels a day
27 December 2010, 12:31 am

Iraq's oil output has risen to more than 2.6 million barrels a day, its highest level for two decades, Oil Minister Abdulkarim al-Luaybi said Monday after a ceremony to mark his official takeover of ...

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[Shole]

New Kindle becomes Amazon's all-time best seller
27 December 2010, 1:59 am

Online retailer Amazon on Monday said its latest Kindle had become the company's best-selling product ever.Without giving details of the number of units sold, the company said sales of its third generation ...

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Norilsk Nickel ups Rusal stake buyout offer: company
27 December 2010, 3:00 am

Russian miner Norilsk Nickel said on Monday it could up its offer to buy out aluminium giant UC Rusal's stake in the company to put an end to squabbling over control of the world's largest palladium ...

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[Shole]

Israel reports record tourism figures
27 December 2010, 3:36 pm

An estimated 3.45 million tourists visited Israel in 2010, a record number of travellers to the Jewish state, the tourism ministry says.The number was 26 per cent higher than 2009 and up 14 per cent from ...

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[Shole]

Green light for three new mines
27 December 2010, 4:22 pm

The South Australian Government has approved three new mines in the state's north.A uranium project at Beverley North and copper-gold mines at Prominent Hill and Kanmantoo are expected to begin production ...

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[Shole]

Morales defends sharp fuel increase after strikes
27 December 2010, 8:02 am

Bolivian President Evo Morales defended an 83-percent hike on gasoline prices, saying previous subsidies were a "drain on the economy" after bus drivers announced an open-ended strike.Vice President ...

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Japan consumer prices continue to slide
27 December 2010, 9:11 am

Japan's core consumer price index fell 0.5 percent in November from a year ago, as deflation continues to plague the Asian economic giant, government data showed Tuesday.The latest reading means Japan's ...

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[Shole]

Bolivia defends sharp fuel increase after strikes
27 December 2010, 10:30 am

Bolivian President Evo Morales defended an 83-percent hike on gasoline prices, saying previous subsidies were a "drain on the economy" after bus drivers announced an open-ended strike.Vice President ...

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[Shole]

European bond market faces another volatile year
27 December 2010, 12:10 pm

The European bond market is heading for another turbulent year in 2011, with investors groping for direction in the face of an uncertain US recovery and a stubborn debt crisis in the eurozone.In 2010 bonds ...

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Japan's deflation persists, but rising output gives hope
27 December 2010, 12:26 pm

Japan's consumer prices slid last month as deflation kept a grip on the ailing economy, data showed Tuesday, but an uptick in factory output provided a glimmer of hope.The figures came as Japan's ...

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SA approves 16th mine
27 December 2010, 6:13 pm

South Australia is set to get its 16th mine as minerals exploration turns into mining projects.Premier Mike Rann says the state government recently approved three more mines - the Heathgate Resources uranium ...

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