Julia Gillard's popularity has taken a dip in the latest Newspoll. The Prime Minister's approval rating is 49 per cent. That's down four points. She still leads Opposition Leader Tony Abbott though he's increased his rating by two points, rising to 3

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The local market has snapped a three-day losing streak with both the All Ords and the ASX 200 closing up one and a third per cent. Bargain-hunters stepped in to snap up Telstra shares after it slumped to an all-time low of $2.82, helping it recover a

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The local share market took its lead from a tumble on Wall Street today and not even a hearty outlook from the RBA deputy governor could pull it up. The All Ords and the ASX 200 closed more than one per cent lower. Billabong shares fell ten per cent

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BP will create a Twenty-billion-dollar compensation fund to pay damages claims arising from the worst oil spill in US history. The oil giant agreed to the demand at a White House meeting between US President Barack Obama and company executives. After

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And the US economy grew at a slower pace than previously estimated in the three months to the end of September. Revised figures from the US Commerce Department show that gross domestic product grew by two per cent. Now that's half of one per cent low

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The Australian teenager facing drug charges in Bali will front court for the first time in Denpasar today. The 14-year-old boy was arrested last month for allegedly buying a small amount of marijuana. His lawyers say they expect the case to last for

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The Reserve Bank looks set to keep interest rates on hold until the economic picture becomes clearer. In the minutes from its September meeting, the RBA highlighted increasing risks to global growth -- particularly in the eurozone -- and a softer-tha

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The European shares have tumbled to close at their lowest levels in more than a fortnight. Germany's DAX had the sharpest fall, closing down more than 5 per cent. France fell more than 4.5 per cent and London's FTSE closed almost 4 per cent lower. Co

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Julia Gillard and Barack Obama have stressed the close relationship between Australia and the US after their first talks in the White House. President Obama paid tribute to Australia's commitment in Afghanistan. Trade issues and the developments in t

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All finance analysts fear the massive Japanese earthquake has increased the chances of fiscal crisis in the world's third largest economy and it could affect countries around the globe. While it may be several days or weeks before the costs of the di

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The US economy continues to show encouraging signs of recovery with growth picking up to 3.2 per cent in the final quarter of 2010. The result takes the annual growth rate for the last year to 2.9 per cent, the biggest increase since 2005. US Treasur

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A massive storm is bearing down on the US east coast. New York is going into lockdown. It's shutting the public transport system and schools and almost 400,000 people have been told to evacuate. Schools in Washington are also being closed. The hurric

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And the ratings agency StandardPoor's is warning the odds of the United States slipping back into recession are on the rise. It says there is a 25 per cent chance of another recession in the United States. In February, it said the odds of a double-di

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Teltra says it's raising costs of many of its fixed line and mobile phone plans for the first time in 9 years.From 1 of October, one rental will increase for half of Telstra's HomeLine plans by between 2 and 5 dollars.The local course will cost an ad

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Time for the business news, and when the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE was up 28 points, the DAX up 61 points, and the Euro Stoxx up 13. In the US, trading closed higher. The Dow was up 24, SP 500 also finishing the we

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As you heard standard and pools has decided to downgrade the France top notch credit rating. From its television says the rating's agency were cut pairs triple A rating. Other EU nations set to be facing the same fate late today. The northern territo

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In India, questions are being raised over how a possible economic downturn in the United States will impact India's fast-growing economy. India's economy is expected to slow down slightly, but continue to grow at a healthy pace in the coming year. 在印

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Judith Latham 05 February 2010 Since 2001, Islamic radicalism has been largely associated with the Arab world and South Asia. But in the past few years, some analysts have raised concerns about radical and militant groups in the five Central Asian st

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