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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><title>The Australian | Business | News</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/businessnews/</link><description>News, views and information from the pages of The Australian</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:07:58 +1100</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:07:58 +1100</lastBuildDate><language>en-au</language><copyright>Copyright 2012 News Limited. All rights reserved.</copyright><generator>aus_businessnews_691</generator><ttl>5</ttl><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheAustralianBusNews" /><feedburner:info uri="theaustralianbusnews" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><item><title>CBA fights dual storm on costs</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAustralianBusNews/~3/XXaGmvXxAnc/story-fn91vch7-1226271576493</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/profit-loss/cba-fights-dual-storm-on-costs/story-fn91vch7-1226271576493</guid><description>COMMONWEALTH Bank is facing both higher deposit rates and increased  funding costs, the country's biggest home-loan provider said.
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