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      <title><![CDATA[ PPP confirmed for new Midland hospital ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Health Minister Kim Hames has confirmed that the new $360 million Midland Health Campus will be a private public partnership, similar to the model at the Joondalup hospital. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ ATG signs $8m China distribution deal ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Automotive Technology Group has signed an $8 million distribution agreement with Chinese automotive distribution group, Huachuang Zhenxin, for the exclusive distribution of ATG's Sprintex Supercharger products in China. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Greens may withdraw NBN support ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ The Rudd government's national broadband network strategy is in tatters after the Australian Greens indicated they may withdraw support for legislation that paves the way for the break-up of Telstra. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Financials, resources push market higher ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ The Australian share market had edged 0.6 per cent higher in morning trade on firmness among major financial and resources stocks after a positive Wall Street lead. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ New home starts surge 15% in Dec qtr ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Builders started work on a total 40,022 homes in the three months to December, the biggest quarterly increase in 18 months, new data released today showed. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ AWB shares slump on profit downgrade ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ AWB's shares dropped by more than 9 per cent after it downgraded its annual profit guidance due to a weak start to the year for its grain marketing business. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ David Jones posts record high H1 profit ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Retail giant David Jones has posted its highest first profit since it listed in 1995 and reaffirmed profit growth guidance for the next two years. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Local market jumps at open ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ The Australian share market rose in opening trade, after Wall Street rallied in late trading on news that US interest rates would stay down for now. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Wall Street rallies on Fed decision ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ US stocks ended higher Tuesday as investors cheered the Federal Reserve's pledge to keep interest rates &quot;exceptionally low&quot; &quot;for an extended period&quot; after a policy meeting. ]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Gillard bid to restrict union entry; Rio chief's pay jumps fivefold to nudge $10m; We're rolled by gold royalty hike - miners; Stokes asks for an 8.5% trim; NAB finally reveals $1.3bn loss ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Good oilfield practice not followed ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Reliance on a whiteboard and a lack of expert oversight contributed to the blowout of a well in the Timor Sea that caused Australia's worst offshore oil spill, an inquiry has heard. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ EU postpones hedge funds reform ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ European Union countries called off talks on new rules to oversee hedge funds, saying they needed more time to get &quot;isolated&quot; Britain on board a compromise deal. ]]></description>
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