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Bendigo and Adelaide bank raise ratesBendigo and Adelaide Bank has lifted its home loan interest rates by 15 basis points, more than either ANZ or Westpac.

10,000 banking jobs to go by 2014: FSUANZ Bank will axe 1000 jobs in 2012 amid union fears 10,000 jobs could disappear from the banking sector while banks raise interest rates.

Pilots attack Joyce over Qantas commentsPilots say comments made by Qantas CEO Alan Joyce about the grounding of the airline last year are "bizarre and worrying".

Samsung Heavy wins $2.5bn Australia orderA new Australian gas facility, expected to be ready by the end of 2015, will be the world's largest offshore plant.

Fixing Airbus A380 wing cracks to cost $123mTiny cracks detected in January in the wings of some Airbus A380s will cost around 100 million euros to fix, the German weekly Der Spiegel reports in its edition to appear Monday.

Rate rises, jobs losses spark angerOther banks have raised their mortgage rates, following the ANZ's lead, which also announced that it is cutting 1000 jobs.

Telstra results, interest rate-gate: the final chapter, and accountabiltyWe have the final chapter of the Interest Rate-Gate saga, take a look at Telstra Corporation’s (ASX: TLS) first half results, and show how The Motley Fool stands accountable for its sharemarket recommendations.

CBA standard variable home loans up 10bpsCBA has hiked interest rates on mortgages by 10 basis points and said it will also raise rates on 6-month term deposits by 20bps on February 20.

Poll blow to Gillard's economic managementThe latest Newspoll shows voters think Tony Abbott would be better at guiding the economy than Julia Gillard.

Market Indices 18 January,2011

18/01/2011 11:25 Sydney, Australia.

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Market Indices18 January,2011

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Nikkei 225	10460.93	-41.93
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