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    <title><![CDATA[Australian Dollar Outlook - 02/14/2012]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[From Daily FX Forex News:

The AUD/USD may struggle to hold its ground on Tuesday&#039;s trading with all four components advancing against the USD on Monday, led by a 0.67 percent rally in the Australian dollar, according to David Song, Daily FX analyst. falls back from oversold territory.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Australian Stock Market Leads - 02/14/2012]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The Australian stock market is seen heading for a slow but steady start on Tuesday with the positive global markets performance extending limited gains on commodities and other risk-related assets.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Doji&apos;s Galore]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[By Rudi Filapek-VandyckFNArena has added another video to its Investors Education section on the website.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Valentine's Day Gift Buying Could Leave U.S. Retailers Jilted]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[While Valentine&#039;s Day has always been sure to disappoint lonely hearts, this year&#039;s festivities also may dishearten the retailers used to sweetheart sales during the period, various economic indicators suggest.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Global Markets Overview 02/14/2012]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Stocks added to gains and hit session highs in afternoon trading, buoyed by the adoption of austerity measures by Greece&#039;s Parliament. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was recently ahead 82 points, or 0.6%, at 12884. The Standard & Poor&#039;s 500-stock index advanced 10 points, or 0.8%, to 1353, and the Nasdaq Composite gained 29 points, or 1%, to 2933.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Stocks Rebound on Greek Austerity Vote: Daily Markets Wrap]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[U.S. stocks bounced back Monday from Friday&#039;s biggest loss of the year as Greece&#039;s parliament passed the deeply unpopular austerity bill to secure international rescue funds. The strict financial reform includes a 22 percent cut to minimum wage and 150,000 public-sector job cuts. Rioters protesting the measures set fire to buildings in downtown Athens.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Apple at $500: Nowhere to Move but Up?]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Apple made history Monday as shares of the world’s most valuable company exceeded $500 for the first time. They closed at a record $502.60.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Last Minute Valentine's Day Gift Shoppers In For a Deflating Surprise]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Last minute Valentine&#039;s Day gift shoppers hoping to surprise their paramours with a bouquet of balloons are in for a deflating surprise this year. A global helium shortage is causing supply-chain disruptions for gift shop owners, raising the possibility that there won&#039;t be enough of the li...]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Greek Austerity: What Does It Mean for Investors?]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Given that gold, U.S. bonds and the U.S. dollar remain safe havens during times of uncertainty, they cannot be ignored.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Defying Weak Economy, GE To Go on U.S. Hiring, Plant-Building Spree]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[General Electric Co., the blue-chip U.S. conglomerate widely seen as a bellwether of the state of the American economy, is going on a hiring spree. The company is set to employ 12,000 new workers over the next five years, including 5,000 veterans hired through a special priority-placement program, GE said Monday.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Apple Shares Top $500, Setting New Milestone]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Shares of Apple, the world’s most valuable technology company, hit the $500 mark  Monday valuing the company at $462 billion. It remains the world&#039;s most valuable company.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Retail Sales Rose in January: U.S. Economy Preview]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Sales at U.S. retailers probably climbed in January as Americans bought more new cars and shoppers took advantage of post-holiday promotions, a sign that the U.S. economy is recovering, economists said before a report this week.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[U.S. Week Ahead: Data to Provide More Signs of Economic Improvement]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[U.S. stock markets may begin the week with gains as stocks in Asia and Europe advanced after Greek parliament approved austerity measures demanded by Eurozone leaders to secure a bailout package and avoid a messy debt default.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Oil Prices Soar to Nearly $100 as Greece Passes Austerity Measures]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Oil prices rose to nearly $100 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange on Monday, after Greece&#039;s parliament approved painful austerity measures to secure a second bailout and avoid bankruptcy.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Top After Market NYSE Movers (NBG, LNKD, DLB, AOI, VMW, CIE, GCA, TLM, BCR, NYX)]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The top aftermarket NYSE gainers Friday were: National Bank of Greece, LinkedIn Corp, Dolby Laboratories, Alliance One International and Vmware. The top aftermarket losers were: Cobalt International Energy, Global Cash Access Holdings, Talisman Energy, C.R. Bard and NYSE Euronext.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Australian Stock Market Report - Afternoon 2/13/2012]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The Australian sharemarket has kicked off the new trading week higher, with the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) up 0.9 pct or 36.8 pts to 4359.4. Futures were initially pointing to a slightly lower start to trade, however turned positive once the Greek parliament passed new austerity measures despite a number of violent protests in seven Greek cities.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Post-Market NASDAQ Movers (MERU, EXXI, IDIX, FTNT, ACHN, NBIX, SMSI, FFN, DNKN)]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Friday were: Meru Networks, Energy XXI, Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Fortinet and Achillion Pharmaceuticals. The top after-market NASDAQ gainers losers: Neurocrine Biosciences, Smith Micro Software, FriendFinder Networks and Dunkin&#039; Brands Group.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Commodities to Hit Wall If China Falls Into Recession]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Commodities from copper to crude oil, in three years to five years, may plummet anywhere from 50 per cent to 70 percent from existing level prices as a domino effect of a China potentially falling into a recession by 2015, a mutual fund CEO said.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Japan’s LNG Imports Grew in January; Indonesia Interested in U.S. Natural Gas]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan on Monday said the country had imported a total of 5.23 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in January, compared over 4.12 million tonnes a year earlier.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[China Stocks Rise for Fourth Day Despite Wuhu Retracts Property Easing]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[China&#039;s stocks rose for a fourth day even as Premier Wen Jiabao has called on the need to fine tune economic policies, which has resulted in expectation of easing monetary policy though a decision was announced to suspend the easing of property restrictions in the third-tier city of Wuhu, in eastern Anhui province.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Transfield Still Haunted By Big Question Marks]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Pilots, Joyce Clash Over CEO Remarks on Qantas Grounding]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Despite the labor dispute between Qantas and the unions being under Fair Work Australia for arbitration, a word war erupted between Qantas Chief Executive Alan Joyce and the pilots union.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[More Capital Management For James Hardie]]></title>
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    <title><![CDATA[Australian Stock Market Report - Midday 2/12/2012]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The local share market is trading flat in the early session, as investors respond to the passing of a new austerity plan by the Greek parliament. Opponents to the plan have rioted in Athens over the weekend, however the vote, which paves the way for a new bailout package for the stricken Eurozone country, is expected to bring some stability to European markets.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Commodities Markets Summary: Treading the Crucial Lows]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[On Friday, most of the world&#039;s crucial commodities line-up was down spurred by weak Chinese economic data, losses in the euro and renewed problems in Greece over a failed negotiation for its bailout deal.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Asian Markets and Euro Gain After Greek Vote]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Asian shares and the euro gained modestly Monday, relieved by the Greek parliament&#039;s passage of austerity measures that put the country a step closer to securing a much-needed bailout fund and avoiding a messy default.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Commonwealth, NAB to Launch Review of Interest Rates]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The big four are apparently determined to veer away from the Reserve Bank of Australia&#039;s (RBA) overnight cash rate policy. The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) and National Australia Bank (NAB) are expected to launch a review of their interest rate after Westpac and ANZ Bank hiked their rates on Friday.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Official Data Confirm China’s Exports, Imports Down in January]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Official data from China&#039;s Bureau of Custom confirm that exports and imports by the world&#039;s second-largest economy had indeed fallen this January from a year ago.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Greeks Approve Austerity Plan, Central Athens in Flames]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Greek lawmakers late Sunday accepted terms of a deeply unpopular austerity plan that Eurozone leaders demanded as the price for financially rescuing the debt-choked nation.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
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    <description><![CDATA[Bell FX Currency Outlook:
The AUD tumbled on Friday from the close to 1.0800 to open just below 1.0700 this morning as financial markets became nervous before the vote on austerity measures by the Greek Parliament.]]></description>
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