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New Neutrino Detector Being Built In Minnesota
lithis writes "NOvA, a new neutrino detector, is being built in northern Minnesota. MPR has information on the project's funding and the International Falls Daily Journal talks about the environmental issues. This detector will complement the MINOS neutrino detector in the Soudan Underground Laboratory."
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THE Australian dollar
At the local close, it was trading at US72.45c, up from Thursday's close of US72.36c.
During the session, the unit traded between US73.24c and US72.24c.
It began the local session at a six-month high of US73.18-22c.
ICAP economist Adam Carr said risk appetite was boosted by the declining US dollar.
The safe-haven currency declined during the four-day Easter break after news that US bank Wells Fargo had posted a better-than-forecast guidance for its first-quarter earnings.
"The Aussie's tracked higher," Mr Carr said. "We've had a couple of bounces up a couple of hundred points.
"US dollar weakness has been the key thing over the Easter period. Today, we've given some of those gains back, but not a lot. Significantly, we've held over US72c."
According to Wells Fargo, it expects "record" net income, about $US3 billion ($4.1 billion) for the first three months of 2009.
Markets considered it another sign of improvement in credit and lending markets. But Mr Carr said the overnight offshore session could prove volatile for the Australian dollar.