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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... fell to $1.2763 in late London deals, compared with $1.2814 late in New York on Tuesday. HONG KONG - The dollar slipped in Asian trade while share markets were muted after President Barack Obama's re-election. On equity markets, Sydney gained 0.71 per ...

Market wrap early AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... concerns over debt-plagued Greece. It later stood at $US1.2818, up from $US1.2791 late in New York on Monday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed in cautious trade as investors awaited the outcome of the knife-edge US presidential election, while concerns ...

Western recovery expected to lift Asian stocks

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
Hope of recovery in the developed world, improvements in China and Gillard rhetoric around the 'Asian century', have combined to create a golden opportunity for investment in Asia, according to Certitude's Craig Mowll. Mowll, chief executive of the ...

Market Wrap early AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... against Republican challenger Mitt Romney and Beijing is expected to annoint a successor to President Hu Jintao. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mostly down as better-than-expected US jobs figures were offset by caution ahead of the US presidential election ...

Act soon on Johnson Report: FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... the end of 2013, said the Financial Services Council (FSC). After the Gillard Government released its 'Australia in the Asian Century' white paper last week, John Brogden, chief executive officer, FSC, called for fast action on the Johnson Report into ...

Market wrap early AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... New York on Thursday. HONG KONG - A string of upbeat data from the United States and a rally on Wall Street have boosted Asian markets, while growing confidence in the global outlook kept the safe-haven yen under pressure. The latest statistics from ...

Good not great but getting better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... index jumping to an eight-month high. And it's not only happening in China, Markit Economics' PMI updates across several Asian countries also improved last month. Taiwan's purchasing managers index jumped to its highest level since June, it accelerated ...

Market wrap Early AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... dry on November 16 unless his country receives the next 31.2 billion euros ($A39.3 billion) in rescue funding. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets were mixed, with stronger Chinese manufacturing data providing support as Tokyo's rise is stunted by a huge ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... market was likely to be influenced by the release of Chinese manufacturing data later on Thursday. Making news, Arrium's Asian suitors said they would no longer seek a takeover after the Australian steel maker deemed its latest offer too low. Arrium ...

With or without China we're not cactus: James

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
Despite concerns over a seismic slowdown in China, the Asian monolith remains a global economic powerhouse responsible for 34% of global economic growth in 2012, according to Commsec economist Craig James. In his keynote address to the AFA Conference ...