Stocks slide: The big miners and the big banks are all lower.
Local stocks continue to plummet
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Australian shares have fallen 3.5 per cent after a big dive on Wall Street.
Free trade: Aust joins Asia-Pacific talks
Australia will join negotiations for a free trade agreement across the Asia-Pacific.
Banks urge plans to 'get off the guarantees drip'
Australia's banks have raised concerns about the Federal Government's banks deposits scheme.
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'No deposit' loans disappearing
In a sign that credit rationing is now hitting Australian consumers, the Commonwealth Bank has stopped offering no deposit loans.
Shipping threat
Merchant shipping companies may have to stop sending ships through the Suez Canal because of attacks by Somali pirates.
'Really, really scared'
It has been a crushing couple of weeks for Australian businesses already battered and bruised by the global financial crisis.
Beating financial blues
Bhutan suggests an alternative: focus not on the bottom line, but the size of your smile.
What financial crisis?
The mining sector expects a significant increase in jobs over the next 12 years.
Banks as landlords
The pressure is on financial institutions to stop foreclosing and start looking at potential home defaulters as tenants.
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