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• Dollar down after strong run
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  THE AUSSIE dollar has retreated slightly from a three-month high after a reassessment of global economic prospects by the ...
   
• Shares close at seven-week high
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  THE Australian share market the week at a seven-week high led by the resources and materials sector.
   

  
   

• RBA should cut interest rates: Hockey
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  THE federal opposition says the Reserve Bank needs to stimulate economic growth by further reducing interest ...
   
• Scheme pays employers to take on workers
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  A NEW subsidy that helps employers take on the long-term unemployed has been rolled out in Adelaide.

  
   

• Higher costs squeeze Colgate's profit
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  COLGATE-PALMOLIVE has posted a nearly six per cent decline in fourth-quarter net income.

  
   

• Oil price climbs above $100 a barrel
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  THE price of oil is higher after new reports on jobs and manufacturing show a steadily improving US economy that will need more ...