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Lookin' for trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... August when Standard & Poor's downgraded the USA from AAA to AA+. The negotiation's failure doesn't mean the end of the world. It just means that there's more negotiating to be done between now and 2013 - and a lotta fodder for speculation. Big trouble... ...

Prettiest of them all

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... was during this time that the Greek crisis again erupted. Global growth concerns remained in the September quarter as the world worried over the first downgrade in 70 years of America's AAA credit rating and the European sovereign debt crisis and their ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher, despite world stock markets coming under pressure as the eurozone debt crisis continues to push most European government borrowing costs dangerously higher. At 0800 AEDT on Thursday, the December ...

Asian counterweight

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... with money, they better think again. China didn't get to where it is now by being somebody's fool. At the World Economic Forum in the Chinese city of Dalian, Premier Wen Jiabao said that the world shouldn't rely on China to save the world. Instead, "Countries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... expressed opposition to it. Meanwhile, a closely-watched report on US manufacturing added to concerns about the weakness of the world's largest economy. Shares of Caterpillar, the industrial conglomerate widely seen as an economic bellwether, gained ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... TOKYO - Asian stocks fell on growing concern that US lawmakers will not break a deadlock on a deal to avert a default by the world's richest country. Adding to downward pressure was news from Washington that a vote on a plan drawn up by Republican leaders ...

Whatever the question, the answer is China

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... in as money previously destined for the US or Europe seeks higher yields. This is creating problems in other parts of the world but in Asia it's leading to a pick up in lending," he said. Banks in Asia, however, have plenty of spare capacity to lend ...

Homegrown techs gain top billing

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011
... expenditure on Research & Development," she said. Australia was ranked seventh out of 134 countries surveyed by the World Economic Forum for the sophistication of financial markets in the Global Competitiveness Report 2008-09.

From ratchet to resilient: an economy in bloom

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
Long-time economist Don Stammer described Australia's economy as the 'most potent' in the world, shrugging off the financial crisis like no other - but it faces serious challenges this year and next. Stammer was one of six leading economists that presented ...

No pleasing Mr. Market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... rest of the world down. But hear ye, hear ye to what People's Bank of China Deputy Governor Zhu Min told the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland. "We'll continue with current accommodative fiscal and monetary policy" in order to ensure that the ...