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		<title>Rio Tinto, BHP results cloud mining tax bottom line</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/10/rio-tinto-bhp-results-cloud-mining-tax-bottom-line/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/10/rio-tinto-bhp-results-cloud-mining-tax-bottom-line/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[iron ore prices]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273701</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just how much money will the government’s revised mining tax end up raising from the big players, ask <b>Glenn Dyer</b> and <b>Bernard Keane</b>?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Maley: prepare for a US house price washout</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/10/maley-prepare-for-a-us-house-price-washout/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/10/maley-prepare-for-a-us-house-price-washout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Maley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 US elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[us banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[us housing bubble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US housing market]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273688</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[US investors heaved a sigh of relief overnight, as the Obama administration unveiled a $25 billion settlement with five major home lenders over foreclosure abuses.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/10/maley-prepare-for-a-us-house-price-washout/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Weak prices, outlook pressure Alcoa &#8212; not the dollar</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/09/weak-prices-outlook-pressure-alcoa-not-the-dollar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/09/weak-prices-outlook-pressure-alcoa-not-the-dollar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alcoa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aluminium prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian dollar]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273444</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Blaming the value of the Australian dollar for all the problems and ills in manufacturing has become the easy option, write  <b>Glenn Dyer</b> and <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/09/weak-prices-outlook-pressure-alcoa-not-the-dollar/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>A simple copyright amendment? Sports chiefs don’t understand</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/08/a-simple-copyright-amendment-sports-chiefs-don%e2%80%99t-understand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/08/a-simple-copyright-amendment-sports-chiefs-don%e2%80%99t-understand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[copyright law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NRL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Optus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Telstra]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273225</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our copyright law is a wondrous complex beast, and even apparently simple tweaks carry the potential for significant unintended consequences, writes <b>Kimberlee Weatherall</b>, an associate professor in Sydney University's Faculty of Law.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/08/a-simple-copyright-amendment-sports-chiefs-don%e2%80%99t-understand/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gottliebsen: productivity problems? Call IT</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/07/gottliebsen-productivity-problems-call-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/07/gottliebsen-productivity-problems-call-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capital infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CEOs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[information technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273010</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian businesses and US businesses are adopting totally different strategies for the year ahead. Our chief executives are going down a dangerous path, says <b>Robert Gottliebsen</b> of <a href="http://www.businessspectator.com.au"><em>Business Spectator</em></a>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>When is a property expert not a property expert?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/07/dympha-boholt-real-estate-training-sessions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/07/dympha-boholt-real-estate-training-sessions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bruce yardney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dymphna Boholt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henry Kaye]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real estate advisers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272703</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Move over Henry Kaye. Step aside Bruce Yardney. There’s a new property expert back in town.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/07/dympha-boholt-real-estate-training-sessions/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wayne Swan causing a credit squeeze? Get real</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/07/wayne-swan-banks-interest-rates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/07/wayne-swan-banks-interest-rates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[banks in australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Murray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monetary policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272969</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Claims that Wayne Swan could hurt the banks by pressuring them to pass on rate cuts are rubbish.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/07/wayne-swan-banks-interest-rates/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australian housing: an unsustainable Ponzi scheme</title>
		<link>http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/residential/australian-housing-a-ponzi-scheme-and-the-housing-price-bubble-will-burst-academic/2012020653157</link>
		<comments>http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/residential/australian-housing-a-ponzi-scheme-and-the-housing-price-bubble-will-burst-academic/2012020653157#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian property market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing bubble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property market]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272981</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Deakin University's Philip Soos pulls no punches in his assessment of the Australian real estate industry, describing it as a Ponzi scheme and a bubble waiting to burst, writes <b>Larry Schlesinger</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/residential/australian-housing-a-ponzi-scheme-and-the-housing-price-bubble-will-burst-academic/2012020653157/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Plenty of light in the doom-and-gloom retail figures</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/06/plenty-of-light-in-the-doom-and-gloom-retail-figures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/06/plenty-of-light-in-the-doom-and-gloom-retail-figures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anz job ads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retail spending]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272778</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The headline fall of 0.1% in the seasonally adjusted value of retail sales for December got the "rate cut looms" mob back on the hunt this morning.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/06/plenty-of-light-in-the-doom-and-gloom-retail-figures/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The impact of FOFA &#8212; industry claims brought undone</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/06/the-impact-of-fofa-industry-claims-brought-undone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/06/the-impact-of-fofa-industry-claims-brought-undone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FOFA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rice Warner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[superannuation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272741</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new report shows how hysterical the financial planning industry has been in its opposition to reform.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/06/the-impact-of-fofa-industry-claims-brought-undone/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Maley: how much recession can Greece take?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/06/maley-how-much-recession-can-greece-take/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/06/maley-how-much-recession-can-greece-take/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Maley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Georges Papandreou]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greece default]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greece economic crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucas Papademos]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272729</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Investors again are being haunted with the prospect of a disorderly Greek debt default, as Greek political leaders dig in their heels and resist tough new austerity measures that are being demanded.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/06/maley-how-much-recession-can-greece-take/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The cheapest capital city suburbs in Oz</title>
		<link>http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/trophy-homes/the-154-capital-city-suburbs-with-a-median-house-value-under-$300000-and-gagebrook-tasmania-tops-the-list/2012020653265</link>
		<comments>http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/trophy-homes/the-154-capital-city-suburbs-with-a-median-house-value-under-$300000-and-gagebrook-tasmania-tops-the-list/2012020653265#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[property prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real estate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272835</guid>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The irresponsibility of &#8216;responsible investing&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/this-blog-harms/2012/02/06/investment-bankers-in-drag/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/this-blog-harms/2012/02/06/investment-bankers-in-drag/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272680</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Responsible Investing – despite what the appellation ‘responsible’ might suggest – is not about investing morally. Investors commonly view ethical concerns as a values-based distraction from the primary task of making money, writes <b>NAJ Taylor</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/this-blog-harms/2012/02/06/investment-bankers-in-drag/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Maley: a Greek writedown chain reaction?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/03/maley-a-greek-writedown-chain-reaction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/03/maley-a-greek-writedown-chain-reaction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Maley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greece default]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greece economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PIIGS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272442</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Global equity markets have enjoyed the best start to the year since 1994, but their euphoric mood is about to be sorely tested.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/03/maley-a-greek-writedown-chain-reaction/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Repealing a tax will &#8216;save&#8217; $4b? Er, no, Tony Abbott</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/02/repealing-a-tax-will-save-4b-er-no-tony-abbott/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/02/repealing-a-tax-will-save-4b-er-no-tony-abbott/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon pricing package]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272210</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tony Abbott is boasting of saving $4 billion, which will be long gone when he gets into office.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/02/repealing-a-tax-will-save-4b-er-no-tony-abbott/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>157</slash:comments>
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		<title>Residential property market continues to struggle</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/02/residential-property-market-continues-to-struggle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/02/residential-property-market-continues-to-struggle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing bubble]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[us housing bubble]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=271992</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite the best attempts by housing bulls, banks and politicians to resuscitate the flailing residential property sector, the Australian market (Sydney excluded) continues to struggle]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/02/residential-property-market-continues-to-struggle/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a big if, but Gina Rinehart could set Fairfax agenda</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/01/gina-rinehart-could-set-agenda-at-fairfax/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/01/gina-rinehart-could-set-agenda-at-fairfax/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Simons</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[convergence review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fairfax media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finkelstein media inquiry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Lowy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gina Rinehart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Conroy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272009</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There never has been, and is never likely to be, a rule that says someone who owns a company is not entitled to run it as she sees fit, within the limits of the law.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/01/gina-rinehart-could-set-agenda-at-fairfax/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>29</slash:comments>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t let the big banks frame the &#8216;funding costs&#8217; debate</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/31/dont-let-the-big-banks-frame-the-funding-costs-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/31/dont-let-the-big-banks-frame-the-funding-costs-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big 4 Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fitch ratings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Westpac]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=271783</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The debate over bank funding costs shows the Big 4 are getting away with distracting us from the real issue: their profits, write <b>Glenn Dyer</b> and <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/31/dont-let-the-big-banks-frame-the-funding-costs-debate/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Flat inflation &#8212; cue the &#8216;rate cut looms&#8217; headline</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/25/flat-inflation-cue-the-rate-cut-looms-headline/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/25/flat-inflation-cue-the-rate-cut-looms-headline/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian bureau of statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cpi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inflation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=270901</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A flat inflation result for the December quarter opens the way for a rate cut, yes, but watch Greece ...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/25/flat-inflation-cue-the-rate-cut-looms-headline/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ah, the tech-soap that is Apple will run and run</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/25/apple-breaks-sales-records/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/25/apple-breaks-sales-records/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stilgherrian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apple profits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apple results]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Cook]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=270865</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just in case you stayed under your rock longer than usual this morning, there's been two huge stories about the world's richest technology company overnight.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/25/apple-breaks-sales-records/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Govt proposals on private health insurance don&#8217;t go far enough</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/25/private-health-insurance-means-test-debat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/25/private-health-insurance-means-test-debat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dental care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=270795</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Government proposals to apply a means test to private health insurance subsidies have re-ignited the debate about the role of private insurance, write <b>John Menadue</b> and <b>Ian McAuley</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/25/private-health-insurance-means-test-debat/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>IMF paper positive about Australian banking system</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/25/imf-paper-positive-about-australian-banking-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/25/imf-paper-positive-about-australian-banking-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big four banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Monetary Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=270787</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What is disappointing about the reporting of the IMF working paper is the absence of any critical view.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/25/imf-paper-positive-about-australian-banking-system/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>A reality check for the ‘everything is cheaper’ in China apologists</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/25/a-reality-check-for-the-everything-is-cheaper-in-china-apologists-for-bad-management-at-qantas/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/25/a-reality-check-for-the-everything-is-cheaper-in-china-apologists-for-bad-management-at-qantas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aviation industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qantas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=270820</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a parallel argument about the importance of China to the future of any Australian airline, and the last two Qantas CEOs have convincingly endorsed that.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/25/a-reality-check-for-the-everything-is-cheaper-in-china-apologists-for-bad-management-at-qantas/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gottliebsen: facing off against a jobs raid</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/24/gottliebsen-facing-off-against-a-jobs-raid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/24/gottliebsen-facing-off-against-a-jobs-raid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hedge funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toyota job cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment figures]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=270591</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Global hedge funds and the capital markets are engaged in a two-pronged game to skyrocket Australian unemployment, writes <b>Robert Gottliebsen</b>, at Business Spectator.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/24/gottliebsen-facing-off-against-a-jobs-raid/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>The international agreement to gouge e-book customers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/24/the-international-agreement-to-gouge-e-book-customers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/24/the-international-agreement-to-gouge-e-book-customers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amazon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[e-books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ebooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hachette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harper Collins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macmillan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[publishing industry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=270548</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[E-book prices have soared due to an international agreement between publishers. But why are non-US customers being gouged even more?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/24/the-international-agreement-to-gouge-e-book-customers/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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