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RIP May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... Australia? Couldn't they serve as offsetting forces of strength for global finance and economics? US consumer sentiment, manufacturing, housing, personal income and corporate earnings have been improving. China, India, Australia and some Asian countries ...

RSPT is govt trying to pick winners: academic

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... policy initiative. "With a two-speed economy, the issue of whether to slow down a booming mining sector to boost the manufacturing or services sector is a real dilemma if we're not competitive in the latter," said Professor Warren. The government is ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
... continuing. The Commerce Department said exports jumped in March to their highest levels since 2008. That bodes well for manufacturing industry, which has improved in recent months. European markets rose after better economic numbers signaled that a ...

Feeding the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... at their own risk. America's economy is slowly coming back on track. The Institute of Supply Management's (ISM) manufacturing and services survey, housing, productivity and personal consumption -- released last week -- painted a picture consistent with ...

INGIM builds distribution from ground up

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... McKay. McKay's appointment was announced today, less than a week since INGIM said it would expand its local product manufacturing and distribution to both financial advisers and institutions. The Dutch parent's decision to plough more resources into ...

Gunns freezes MIS offerings

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... international parties to create a new corporate group called Southern Star Corporation, which will focus on pulp manufacturing and plantation-based forest management. The new entity's principal assets will be a bleached hardwood Kraft Pulp Mill in the ...

Sell in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... analysts' estimates. Recent economic data out of America shows that the economic recovery there is progressing. The ISM manufacturing index rose to 60.4 in April -- higher than expected, the ninth consecutive month it has been in growth territory and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... per cent in the year to March, close to the upper-edge of what is normally seen as sustainable. Meanwhile, the US manufacturing sector grew at the fastest pace in six years, expanding in April for the ninth consecutive month, an industry survey said ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
... the house price index for the March quarter. The Australian Industry Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers performance of manufacturing index for April is also due for out, as is the TD Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge for April. In equities news ...

Too much ado about Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... by 11,000 last week -- the second straight weekly decline. Also, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas reports that manufacturing activity in its districts expanded at a "solid pace" in April and that the reading on employment reached its highest level ...