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• Iron ore and coal exports riseAustralia's exports of iron ore and coal rose to record levels in the December quarter buoyed by strong demand from Japan, Korea and China.
• Price pressure fears flat: surveyConsumer inflationary expectations were flat in March, but signs of economic growth meant the proportion of people who expect prices to remain stable declined.
• IiNet goes into trading haltiiNet Ltd shares have gone into a trading halt as Australia's third biggest ISP prepares a response to a newspaper report saying the company is to buy a rival.
• Eurozone at 'crossroads'Controversy over the future of the 16-nation eurozone sparked by Greece's fiscal crisis reached a new pitch this week over ideas for a rescue fund.
• Curbing derivatives might hurt, not help, GreeceThe complex financial products helped blow up the US housing market. They all but sank AIG. Now European officials want to crack down on a derivative called a credit default swap.
• Leighton wins $463m HK rail contractLeighton Holdings Ltd has won a $463 million contract to construct part of an express rail link between Hong Kong and mainland China.
• Economic woes put dampener on metalsCopper prices retreated on Wednesday after lingering worries over global economic health nudged the industrial metal into negative territory, analysts said.
• Myer first-half profit falls 74%Myer Holdings Ltd's first-half profit declined 74.4 per cent as the store owner says it remains cautious about the outlook for the second half of fiscal 2010.
• $A opens flat ahead of unemployment dataThe Australian dollar opened flat on Thursday ahead of key domestic employment data.
• Stocks to watchStocks of interest on the Australian stock exchange today.