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Green, green grass of home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... growing year in, year out for 21 years (that's a generation!) without a recession. That's despite being subjected to the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997/98, the bursting of the dotcom bubble in 2000, September 11, 2001, GFC of 2008...and Julia Gillard. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... trades on confidence underpinned by ongoing monetary easing measures in Japan, Europe and the United States. HONG KONG - Asian markets rallied following a record-breaking performance on Wall Street, with Tokyo and Sydney both hitting multi-year highs. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... wake of last week's elections. The euro eased, however, to $1.3017 from $1.3024 late on Monday in New York. HONG KONG - Asian markets climbed following a big sell-off in the previous session, with Shanghai leading the rebound as China's annual parliamentary ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... week's inconclusive national elections. The euro slipped to $US1.2995 from $US1.3018 late on Friday in New York. HONG KONG - Asian markets have mostly tumbled with US lawmakers failing to prevent the imposition of $US85 billion ($A83.74 billion) in spending ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... sector continued to shrink in February. The euro fell to $US1.2984 from $1.3062 late in New York on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mostly lower as traders took a breather after healthy gains in the previous session while Chinese data showed ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... intraday trading on Friday. "In particular, the negative momentum at the end of the US session appears to have spilled into Asian trading today," Mr McCarthy said. Mr McCarthy said the Australian market also seemed to have trouble moving to new highs ...

Strong result for AIA

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... Crewe, AIA Australia CEO. "These results reinforce AIA's strength in Australia and across Asia-Pacific, as the leading pan Asian, independent life insurer," Crewe said. AIA Group recorded a 27% growth in value of new business (VONB), a 43.6% increase ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... points, as dealers took their cues also from rising German consumer confidence and overnight gains on Wall Street. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly rose after US Federal Reserve head Ben Bernanke reaffirmed the central bank's huge monetary easing scheme ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... Madrid's IBEX 35 index dived 3.2 per cent to 7,980.7 points on fresh fears of eurozone instability, traders said. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly took a tumble, with dealers spooked by an election in Italy without a clear winner, leading to political ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... centre-left in Italy, but then fell back to $US1.3197. That was still up marginally from $US1.3189 on Friday. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly rose, with Tokyo surging after the yen hit a near three-year low against the US dollar, while concerns eased ...