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    <title><![CDATA[Australian Stock Market Report – Afternoon 6/19/13]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The behaviour of financial markets in recent months has been defined by one issue. What will the Fed do with Q.E. To this end it&#039;s interesting to note how composed the markets have been in the last day given the import of the day ahead in the US. Wednesday in Washington will see the Fed conclude its 2 day meeting with a press conference.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:59:59 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Sensex Falls Awaiting Fed; Bank Licence Hopefuls Surge]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The BSE Sensex falls 0.5 percent, while the broader Nifty is 0.4 percent lower, heading towards their second consecutive day of declines.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:02:23 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Rupee Approaches Record Low Ahead of Fed Meeting]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The rupee was off session lows in early trade on Wednesday, but still remained close to its record low ahead of the outcome of the Federal Reserve meeting that may signal a tapering down of the U.S. stimulus programme.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:25:36 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Material Matters: Global Capex, Iron Ore, Steel]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[- Global mining capex still softening in 2015- Happy days almost over for iron ore juniors- US scrap steel market still doing it tough- Most Aus economic scenarios negativeBy Andrew NelsonBeing negative on mining capex is no new thing.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:00:48 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[India Business Sentiment at Over 3-Year Low]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Asia&#039;s top companies have become more optimistic about their business outlook with the retail and shipping industries rebounding sharply in the second quarter of 2013, the latest Thomson Reuters/INSEAD Asia Business Sentiment Survey shows.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:44:28 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Australian Stock Market Report – Midday 6/19/13]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Australian shares are trading close to the highest levels of the day, with the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) up 0.5 per cent. There still is significant hesitation ahead of the Federal Reserve&#039;s statement on monetary policy due at 4am (AEST) tomorrow morning. Investors are hoping for further clarification on the US central bank&#039;s plans on stimulus in the future.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:22:59 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Philippine Embassies in Jordan, Kuwait, Syria Alleged as Prostitution Dens for OFWs in Distress, Sex in Exchange for Repatriation]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Officials in the embassies of the Philippines located in Jordan, Kuwait and Syria have been alleged to have formed prostitution rings to sexually abuse female distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in exchange for their repatriation.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:41:14 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Overnight Report: Expecting Good Things]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[By Greg PeelThe Dow rose 138 points, or 0.9%, while the S&P gained 0.8% to 1651 and the Nasdaq added 0.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Make or Break, Australia Maintains World Heritage Site Status for Great Barrier Reef But Only Until 2014, Unless…]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Australia was able to preserve the World Heritage Site status for its renowned Great Barrier Reef, but only for until 2014. And unless Canberra can present concrete ways and measures to satisfy UNESCO on how it plans to protect the reef, the World Heritage Site status could easily be changed and included into the body&#039;s list of endangered places next year.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:31:48 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[2 Companies Express Interest in Buying Rio Tinto’s $4B Iron Ore Operations in Canada]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[There are two miners that have expressed interest in purchasing Rio Tinto&#039;s (ASX: RIO) $4 billion iron ore operations in Canada.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:28:19 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Australian Dollar Outlook - 19 June 2013]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Bell FX Currency Outlook: The RBA minutes released yesterday leaves the door open to further cuts in interest rates.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:55:01 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Inside Ben Bernanke’s Doomsday Device]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Those who think the world is warming up should visit Edinburgh. It is a city made of stone. Yellow stone. Brown stone. Almost black stone. Almost every building is built of stone. And the entire city sits on a rock.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:18:17 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Australian Miners Refuse to Support Move Away from Coal Despite Climate Commission’s Call for Slowdown in Fossil Fuel Mining]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The Minerals Council of Australia is not supporting the call by the Climate Commission for the resource industry to move away from coal as the commission pushes for a slowdown in mining of fossil fuels.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:23:58 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Barnes & Noble Father’s Day Extended Sale: Nook Tablets as Low as $129]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Father&#039;s Day is over, but children who failed to give their dads a present on Sunday could still catch up. One gift they could consider, if papa happens to be a techie is Barnes & Noble&#039;s Nook tablets which are being sold at reduced prices as an extension of the retailer&#039;s Father&#039;s Day sale.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:49:19 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Australian Stock Market Report –Afternoon 6/18/13]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The Australian share market managed to stage another recovery in late afternoon trade, but still closed lower. After hitting an intra-day low of 4750pts, the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) finished the day&#039;s session down 10.4pts or 0.2 per cent to 4794.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:23:18 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Floods Spurred By Heavy Monsoon Rains Washes Homes, Trigger Landslides in India, More Than 50 Feared Dead]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[At least more than 50 people in northern India are feared dead after their homes were swept away by ravaging floods brought about by incessant heavy monsoon rains over the past days. The worst hit were the states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:05:36 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Blog Leaks Intel&#039;s Detailed Roadmap for 2013, Company Shows Plans after Haswell and Before Haswell-E]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Intel’s Corp’s detailed roadmap for 2013 was leaked through a blogsite: asder00.blogspot.it. The blog showed slides of the desktop platform roadmap of the company. The slides show that Intel is not planning on releasing a microprocessor by the name Broadwell.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:41:23 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Air New Zealand Unveils New Shark-Finned Airbus A320 Planes]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Air New Zealand has unveiled during the 50th Le Bourget Paris Air Show its brand new shark-finned Airbus A320 aircraft planes.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:23:16 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Australian Dollar Outlook - 18 June 2013]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Bell FX Currency Outlook: It was a fairly quiet session for currencies overnight with the AUD slowly drifting back towards the USD0.9550 level.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:23:59 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[China’s One Giant Step to Clear Air Will Take 18 Years to Materialize]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[China may have become finally aggressive in combating its pollution-riddled air and environment, but it would take at least 18 years for the zooming super-power to realise the fruits of its labor and be finally able to eat it too.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:23:23 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Australian Stock Market Report – Midday 6/18/13]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The Australian share market has reversed all of Monday&#039;s gains in the early session, as investors turn their attention to the US Federal Reserve&#039;s two day policy meeting which kicks off tonight in Washington. Market speculation over whether or not the Fed will wind back its stimulus program remains mixed.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:19:46 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Uranium Market Talks Turkey]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[- Spot price up 10c- Still below US$40- Japan may still come to the rescueBy Andrew NelsonLast week was a slow one on the uranium market, with many participants attending the World Nuclear Fuel Market conference in Turkey.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:49:46 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Global Recovery Reality Check: Australian Recession?]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[- US shaky, but still ok- More sideways trends in Europe- China to pick back up, slowly- Australia may be headed towards recessionBy Andrew NelsonIn this day and age it&apos;s hard to start a discussion about the global economy and its recovery prospects without roping in the big three: the US, Euro.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:29:09 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Overnight Report: Now The Journalists Are In Charge]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[By Greg PeelThe Dow closed up 109 points, or 0.7%, while the S&P gained 0.8% to 1639 and the Nasdaq added 0.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:29:34 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[New Gadgets on the Way: HTC One Mini, Samsung S4 Advanced, Next Gen Nexus 7 (VIDEOS & PHOTOS)]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The battle for a larger share of the smartphone  and tablet market intensifies as three new devices are set for roll out soon.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:23:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Time To Go Hunting]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[By Peter Switzer, Switzer Super ReportAfter a trip away to Turkey and Greece, when the dollar dived and the stock market added to my hip pocket grief, there must be some investors worrying about whether we&apos;re in for another period of big sell-offs like we saw over 2011 and 2012.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:02:49 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Australian Gold Production Down 5% to 63.5 Tonnes in Q1 2013 as Price of Yellow Metal Down to $1,389 an Ounce]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The yellow metal once considered a safe haven continues to plummet, not only in price but also in production. Reports from mining consultancy Surbiton Associates said that Australian miners produced 5 per cent less gold in the first quarter of 2013.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:31:52 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Analysts Downgrade Sales Forecast for Samsung Galaxy S4 to 7 Million Units (VIDEOS)]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Is South Korean tech giant, the number one smartphone maker in the world, going the way of Motorola, BlackBerry, Nokia and Apple? That question is now on the minds of analysts who just reviewed the growth outlook for Samsung since almost 40 per cent of the 43 analysts downgraded earnings for the tech giant and shipments to 7 million from the initial 10 million units.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:33:53 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Australian Stock Market Report – Afternoon 6/17/13]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The Australian market had a very volatile start to the week, with stocks rallying strongly in the dying minutes of the session. Stocks slumped by as much as 1 per cent in the first hour of trade, only to steadily rise from 11am (AEST) onwards and spike in the final 30 minutes of trade. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) closed 0.6 per cent higher.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:32:26 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Intel Dominates Over Samsung, Qualcomm and Nvidia Processors, Haswell Processor Delivers Its Promise]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Intel&#039;s Z2580 application processor, also known as CloverTrail before launching, defeated other leading processors in a benchmarking exercise. Intel outperformed competitors like Qualcomm, Nvidia and Samsung in a test according to Allied Business Intelligence Inc. Allied Business is affiliated with ABI Research.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:46:33 +1000</pubDate>
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