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Australian home-loan approvals fell in December for a third month and the proportion to first-home buyers slumped to an eight-and-a-half year low as central bank interest-rate cuts failed to lure buyers into the market.
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Boeing Co.’s suppliers in Japan that doubled their share of parts going into the 787 Dreamliner over previous models now find themselves at greater risk with no end in sight to the jet’s grounding.
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Japan set up a team to investigate the safety of the Boeing Co. 787 after aircraft operated by the nation’s carriers suffered a series of glitches since last week, including a fire on board a Japan Airlines Co.. jet in Boston.
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Former Australia rugby captain Michael Lynagh said he’s yet to regain full vision since suffering a stroke last month that his doctor said could have killed him.
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Michael Lynagh, Australia’s leading points scorer in elite international rugby, is in a “critical but stable condition” in a Brisbane hospital after suffering what doctors said was a significant stroke.
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Diamond prices are poised to rise for the next four years, outpacing gold, as increased spending on luxury goods in China, India and the Middle East outpaces supplies of the precious stone, analysts said.
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BHP Billiton Ltd. and Rio Tinto Group financed a seven-week advertising campaign to end a mining tax in Australia. Instead, they got a new prime minister.
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Australia is abandoning a six-decade consensus favoring immigration, risking slower growth and faster inflation in a nation short of workers to help meet China’s demand for its commodities.
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Australian wages grew at a slower pace in the second quarter, increasing the central bank’s leeway to postpone future interest-rate increases.
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Former Australia rugby captain Michael Lynagh said he’s been cleared to fly back to the U.K. after suffering a stroke last month that his doctor said could have killed him.
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