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	<title>Crikey &#187; NAB</title>
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		<title>Doom-laden forecasts rejected by central banking heavy hitter</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/27/doom-laden-forecasts-rejected-by-central-banking-heavy-hitter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/27/doom-laden-forecasts-rejected-by-central-banking-heavy-hitter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ANZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian dollar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bank of canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big four banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canadian dollar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christine Lagarde]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Monetary Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US dollar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Westpac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Bank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=271133</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The tensions continue to go out of the tight conditions in global banking, especially in the eurozone.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>The 2011 Crikeys: who went boom and bust in business</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/22/the-2011-crikeys-who-went-boom-and-bust-in-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/22/the-2011-crikeys-who-went-boom-and-bust-in-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 02:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Mayne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[axa asia pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bluescope Steel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crikey awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Leckie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foster's Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lachlan Murdoch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mark mcinnes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rupert Murdoch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supermarkets]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=266628</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After another year of remarkable volatility caused by the unpredictable news flow coming out of the European debt crisis, Australian investors have every reason to be sitting on their hands. So who did capitalise?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/22/the-2011-crikeys-who-went-boom-and-bust-in-business/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bartholomeusz: banks rattle the rates cage</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/16/bartholomeusz-banks-rattle-the-rates-cage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/16/bartholomeusz-banks-rattle-the-rates-cage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bartholomeusz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ANZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big four banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gail Kelly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[westpac bank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=265605</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Having had a week to think about ANZ’s bold move to distance itself from future Reserve Bank rate decisions, two of its peers have passed up the opportunity provided by their AGMs this week to announce they would emulate it.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/16/bartholomeusz-banks-rattle-the-rates-cage/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why retirees will be $65k worse off with financial planning fees</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/14/why-retirees-will-be-65k-worse-off-with-financial-planning-fees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/14/why-retirees-will-be-65k-worse-off-with-financial-planning-fees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:52:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankwest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brokerage fees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial adviser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=265047</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[About a decade ago, shonky operators operating in mortgage broking led to widespread calls for more regulation. And so gradually the government worked itself into something-must-be-done mode, writes <b>Nicholas Gruen</b>, economist and CEO of Lateral Economics.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kohler: the big four&#8217;s cloak-and-dagger dance</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/kohler-the-big-fours-cloak-and-dagger-dance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/kohler-the-big-fours-cloak-and-dagger-dance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ANZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big four banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate decision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[westpac bank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=264055</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the more bizarre rituals of global finance is the Australian Monetary Policy Dance, where we all wait to see whether an adjustment to official interest rates is "passed on".]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/kohler-the-big-fours-cloak-and-dagger-dance/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bank stand-off over interest rate cut</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/bank-stand-off-over-interest-rate-cut/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/bank-stand-off-over-interest-rate-cut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ANZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big four]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commonwealth Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Westpac]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=264004</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Crikey media wrap</b>: The Reserve Bank's decision to cut interest rates by 0.25% earlier this week has turned into a stand-off with ANZ the only one of the Big Four banks to pass the cuts on to customers.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/bank-stand-off-over-interest-rate-cut/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mortgage, interest rate cuts war as serious as the Nullarbor Nymph</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/07/mortgage-interest-rate-cuts-war-as-serious-as-the-nullarbor-nymph/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/07/mortgage-interest-rate-cuts-war-as-serious-as-the-nullarbor-nymph/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACCC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ANZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big four banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[westpac bank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=263844</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, the big four: CBA, ANZ, Westpac and NAB are sitting back and waiting for one of them to bolt from cover, so they others can get a lead on how much of the 0.25% rate cut to pass on.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Our big four banks still among the world&#8217;s most creditworthy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/our-big-four-banks-still-among-the-worlds-most-creditworthy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/our-big-four-banks-still-among-the-worlds-most-creditworthy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ANZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big four banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commonwealth Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit rating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[us banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[westpac bank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=262977</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australia's AAA sovereign rating from all three ratings groups is another reason the impact on funding costs will be minimal.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bartholomeusz: NAB keeps five to stay alive</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/03/bartholomeusz-nab-keeps-five-to-stay-alive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/03/bartholomeusz-nab-keeps-five-to-stay-alive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 02:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bartholomeusz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big four banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates down]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reserve bank of australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=256787</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wayne Swan’s attack on National Australia Bank, labelling it "greedy" for "only" passing onto home loan borrowers 20 basis points of the Reserve Bank’s 25 basis point reduction in official interest rates, is churlish and betrays a poor memory.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/03/bartholomeusz-nab-keeps-five-to-stay-alive/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Argus and Crawford rail against basic accountability</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/12/argus-and-crawford-rail-against-basic-accountability/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/12/argus-and-crawford-rail-against-basic-accountability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Mayne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BHP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Crawford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don argus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[executive salaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KPMG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=252320</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest problems with Australia’s corporate governance over the past few decades has been the way a clubby network of powerful Melbourne-based directors have worked against the basic principle of accountability for poor performance. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/12/argus-and-crawford-rail-against-basic-accountability/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Flagging labour productivity is understandable: report</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/27/nab-report-labour-productivity-growth-has-slowed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/27/nab-report-labour-productivity-growth-has-slowed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labour productivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peter reith]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=249501</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Australia Bank has, with its paper The Productivity Puzzle, entered the productivity debate and its contribution won't be much liked by conservative economists, columnists and perhaps even sections of the Reserve Bank and Federal Treasury.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/27/nab-report-labour-productivity-growth-has-slowed/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Banks and competition &#8230; what competition?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/10/banks-and-competition-what-competition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/10/banks-and-competition-what-competition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 03:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bendigo and Adelaide Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[westpac bank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=240257</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Where's the competition in banking that the banks and their industry mouthpiece say is intensifying?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fund managers, investors on the Lemming Express</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/10/fund-managers-investors-on-the-lemming-express/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/10/fund-managers-investors-on-the-lemming-express/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 03:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bendigo and Adelaide Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macquarie Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[superannuation funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[westpac bank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=240232</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why the shares in probably the safest of the sectors in the market had to be sold yesterday in their millions, and were then bought back in the afternoon, will be the biggest mystery of yesterday's outing by the lemmings of Australian finance.
]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>36</slash:comments>
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		<title>Memo to the banks: the housing party&#8217;s over</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/16/memo-to-the-banks-the-housing-partys-over/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/16/memo-to-the-banks-the-housing-partys-over/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 01:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vaughan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ANZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big four banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[westpac bank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=223359</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While many Australians realise that the housing party is over -- the Financial Review reported that first "buyers joy turns to despair" -- there are still a few who haven’t quite read the memo.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Banks, on IT, enough with the excuses</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/12/banks-on-it-enough-with-the-excuses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/12/banks-on-it-enough-with-the-excuses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 03:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big four banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eftpos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[westpac banking corporation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=222765</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NAB, and as was revealed last week, Westpac, are loath to cut over to disaster-recovery mode, writes <b>Charis Palmer</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Aussie banks ignore the basics</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/10/aussie-banks-ignore-the-basics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/10/aussie-banks-ignore-the-basics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cameron Clyne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commonwealth Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=209484</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NAB CEO, Cameron Clyne, is in somewhat of a tough spot. On one hand, he is charged with increasing the bank's profits, inevitably by lending more money. However, to lend more money, banks need to have money to lend -- and money is getting more expensive.]]></description>
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		<title>Gottliebsen: how Swan gave our banks a hot flush</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/01/gottliebsen-how-swan-gave-our-banks-a-hot-flush/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/01/gottliebsen-how-swan-gave-our-banks-a-hot-flush/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross Stapleton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=206931</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This month big banks have more money to lend than they ever dreamed of, which is a hidden force behind the banking price war, writes <b>Robert Gottliebsen</b>, of Business Spectator.]]></description>
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		<title>Westpac stays &#8216;mum&#8217; on emergency $1b loan from US Fed</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/20/westpac-stays-mum-on-emergency-1b-loan-from-us-fed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/20/westpac-stays-mum-on-emergency-1b-loan-from-us-fed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 02:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gail Kelly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[morgan stanley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Evans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Federal Reserve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Westpac]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=193916</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes important corporate news is ignored. Shareholders miss it, companies hide it and governments fail to publicise it. ]]></description>
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		<title>BHP 3rd most valuable company as Liberal bank holdings hit $28m</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/08/bhp-3rd-most-valuable-company-as-liberal-bank-holdings-hit-28m/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/08/bhp-3rd-most-valuable-company-as-liberal-bank-holdings-hit-28m/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 01:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Mayne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ANZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BHP Billiton]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[federal liberal party]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=183916</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the federal government warning of revenue shortfalls on its new mineral resources rent tax courtesy of the surging dollar, it is clear BHP-Billiton could comfortably afford to pay billions more in tax if the MRRT variables were tweaked.]]></description>
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		<title>Just how overvalued is our housing sector?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/09/just-how-overvalued-is-our-housing-sector/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/09/just-how-overvalued-is-our-housing-sector/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing finance figures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=170655</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a perverse way, sometimes trying to avoid risk can actually lead to far greater loss. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Iron ore market not shipshape &#8230; BP continues to bleed &#8230; Coffee price high &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/25/business-as-usual-iron-ore-market-not-shipshape-bp-continues-to-bleed-coffee-price-high/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/25/business-as-usual-iron-ore-market-not-shipshape-bp-continues-to-bleed-coffee-price-high/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 03:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business As Usual]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coffee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=148532</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In today's business news Chinese steel companies continue to cut their ship chartering for iron ore and coking coal, BP's share price hits a new low and New York Arabica coffee futures hit a 12 year high.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Clive Peeters gone &#8230; $160m debt too much for NAB</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/20/clive-peeters-gone-160m-debt-too-much-for-nab/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/20/clive-peeters-gone-160m-debt-too-much-for-nab/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 03:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clive peeters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jb hi fi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McGrath Nichol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retravision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick Hart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sonya Causer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=139896</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The board of retailer Clive Peeters yesterday appointed McGrath Nichol to act as administrator of the company after the company’s banker, NAB, refused to provide new funding to the retailer. ]]></description>
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		<title>Fee gouging: banks may take it up the class (action)</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/13/fee-gouging-banks-may-take-it-up-the-class-action/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/13/fee-gouging-banks-may-take-it-up-the-class-action/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 02:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bank fees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[maurice blackburn]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=138091</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It has taken more than a decade but finally, a serious Australian legal action has been launched against 12 of Australia’s largest financial institutions for alleged fee gouging.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Chi-X Australia wins favour &#8230; matter of timing on AXA, NAB</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/31/business-as-usual-chi-x-australia-wins-favour-matter-of-timing-on-axa-nab-melb-printer-on-target/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/31/business-as-usual-chi-x-australia-wins-favour-matter-of-timing-on-axa-nab-melb-printer-on-target/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 02:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business As Usual]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACCC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[axa asia pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BHP Billiton]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=127458</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was a busy time for funds manager and insurer AXA Asia Pacific and the National Australia Bank, BHP Billiton will now be a tougher company to read, a new lease of life for a Melbourne printer and other business news.]]></description>
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		<title>Do banks really give crap customer service?</title>
		<link>http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/service-from-a-pack-of-bankers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/service-from-a-pack-of-bankers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=120022</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With all the bad press that banks receive, <em>The Punch</em> decided to put five banks to the test in a bit of old fashioned role playing, testing the speed, efficiency and friendliness of their customer service.]]></description>
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