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By Greg Peel The Dow closed up 44 points or 0.4% while the S&P gained 0.5% to 1098 and the Nasdaq added 0.7%. Yesterday's stronger than expected Chinese economic data provided Wall Street with a positive lead-in.

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Citi rates as Sell, High Risk - Citi notes that rival Flour reported a small miss for 3Q and cut its CY09 guidance by 4%.

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By Greg Peel China released a raft of monthly economic data today which confirmed hopes (or might that be fears?) that China's economy is continuing to accelerate. Industrial production rose 16.1% year-on-year in October - the fastest growth rate since March 2008 - and retail sales leapt 16.2%.

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The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment fell by 2.5% in November from 121.4 in October to 118.3 in November.

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 By Greg Peel The Dow closed up 20 points or 0.2% to another new high at 10,246.

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RBS Australia rates as Buy - Target $0.89 (was $0.64).

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Economists may not be all convinced just yet, but investors and homeowners in Australia should prepare for another rate hike by the Reserve Bank in December.

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By Greg Peel An Australian federal government review is currently underway in the wealth management industry, with new regulations expected shortly.

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By Andrew Nelson The uranium spot market was relatively quiet last week, with uranium market consultant TradeTech's U3O8 Weekly Spot Price Indicator slipping just US$0.50/lb to US$46.00/lb after a drop of US$3.50/lb the previous week. There were only three transactions totalling approximately 400,000 pounds U3O8 equivalent registered by TradeTech for the week. While TradeTech notes the spot price at the beginning of last week was still looking a bit fragile, with transactions happening below the current spot, by the end of the week, deals were being done at or near the current level. While turnover was arguably weak last week, there has still been an increasing amount of interest in uranium after the previous week's decline, reports TradeTech.

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 By Greg Peel The Dow rose 203 points or 2% to 10,226 - a new post-GFC high.

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RBS Australia rates as Buy - Target $0.48 (was $0.53).

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By Chris Shaw Cabcharge reported a market share for October of 57.7%, a result Macquarie notes was largely flat on September but well below the 63.4% share reported in August.

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By Andrew Nelson Not since Steven Bradbury won gold in the 1000m short track speed skating event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, has Australia taken such a bitter-sweet first place on the world stage.

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(This story was originally published on Wednesday, 04 November, 2009.

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Deutsche Bank rates as Hold - Marking to market oil prices and foreign exchange rates for October 09 sees FY09-11 EPS lift by 2%, 1% and 2%.