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CBA ready for Greek default

4:00 AM | SYDNEY _ Greece's exit from the euro zone would not have the same impact on the world as the events that led to the global financial crisis, the head of Commonwealth Bank says.

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Decline in mining industry denied

4:00 AM | SYDNEY - The head of mining products company Boart Longyear has disputed claims by BHP Billiton that commodity price falls and global economic uncertainty are causing miners to scale back.

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Toll deal `not source of inefficiency'

17 May 12 | INFRASTRUCTURE Minister David O'Byrne says a deal that encourages freight company Toll to use the Burnie port is not the reason other ports are inefficient.

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Greece sinks stocks most in six months

17 May 12 | MELBOURNE - Australian stocks have plunged to two-month lows led by the resources sector, with Greece's problems keeping investor confidence at depressing lows.

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Gunns' short contract term has 'bad look'

16 May 12 | Gunns boss Greg L'Estrange's decision to extend his contract by just six months would not give confidence to potential investors, according to Northern financial analyst Tony Gray. |

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Gunns boss extends tenure, shares still on hold

15 May 12 | Gunns Limited managing director Greg L'Estrange will stay on with the struggling forest company until at least the end of the year. |

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City redevelopment `on time, on budget'

15 May 12 | THE northern end of Launceston's central business district can expect a boost in retail activity with the completion of the former Robert's building redevelopment.

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Call to invest in `human capital'

15 May 12 | MELBOURNE - The Reserve Bank has warned that the resources boom will not continue indefinitely and that it was still important for the nation to invest in training and education for its workforce.

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Go-ahead for $104m Midland water project

14 May 12 | The $104 million Midlands Water Scheme has been given final approval with construction ready to begin. |

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Coles deal on yoghurt allows expansion

14 May 12 | Family business Tamar Valley Dairy will grow by 40 per cent after it signed a five-year contract with Coles to provide yoghurt for its home brand line to be stocked around Australia from July. |

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All TCCI roles under spotlight

14 May 12 | The new chief of the Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce Industry has asked the board to re-evaluate all roles.

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Asset sales, board refresh plans

12 May 12 | MOVES to refresh the board of the Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry are afoot after the business lobby group discovered an $800,000 black hole in its budget.

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$20m Scamander project shelved

12 May 12 | A CONTROVERSIAL $20 million Scamander residential development has been shelved, with developers saying that banks don't want to invest in Tasmania. |

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Smaller rate cut for ANZ customers

12 May 12 | ANZ has become the last of the big four banks to pass on some of the Reserve Bank of Australia's interest rate cut.

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ANZ cuts rates

11 May 12 | ANZ become the last of the big four banks to announce its mortgage rate cuts.

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$5m for failed bet firm frozen'

11 May 12 | Former Treasurer Michael Aird tried to authorise a further $5 million investment in a failed betting agency on his last day in the job, the Victorian Supreme Court has heard.

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